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Twitter’s Mobile Site is still too big and too slow
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
I thought I’d take a look at what Twitter is up to with it’s Mobile web page. It’s pretty fascinating data – and as you’ll see, they’re still sending way too much data to the phone.
First screen shot – the report of My Sprint HTC loading mobile.twitter.com – 287k in 7.5 seconds
Now to see what’s inside that page load. You can see the hot spots causing the performance problem.
So how about we go even deeper…this is just part of a much bigger report (it goes to line 88) and shows the inside story on how Android’s browser is processing the data. Some very interesting links.
Mobile Performance–Wi-Fi vs. Cellular using a Sprint HTC smartphone
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
For today’s test it was a simple drag race… Go to Vodafone’s UK web site (link) from Colorado USA using my Sprint HTC. First test was with Wi-Fi turned on, second test was without.
Here’s how the results looked using our new Mobile Performance Web service. Check out the cool icons underneath the test URL… they’re Cell strength, Wi-Fi strength, GPS and the cache cleared before load.
Wi-Fi ON: 14 seconds to download 662k
Cell Tower Only (ASU was 99, 85dbm): 23 seconds to download 662k
Let’s put that into context… using Wi-Fi it’s 64% faster than using Cell. What a difference a radio network makes over “copper”.
Check out our new service 3PMobile to learn even more about Mobile Web performance.
Mobile Performance Bing Vs. Google on AT&T on Android–Bing by a tenth!
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
And the winner is BING. Here’s the numbers
13 requests, 306.8KB in 6.89 seconds and NO errors!
11 requests, 130.5kb in 6.97 seconds but with 3 errors
What’s that tenth of a second worth? Well 1/2 a second is worth about a billion a year to Google. So a 1/10 of a second is probably worth a couple hundred million dollars.
Mobile Performance–the tale of the tape
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
Running some tests this afternoon and thought that these results were interesting.
In case you’re in a hurry – Blaze.io’s results are nearly a second faster than a desktop browser on a 22mbps cable connection!
Methodology:
- Test link – Steve Souders Cuzillion
- Test browsers – latest version of Safari and Firefox
- Performance apps – Web Inspector (Safari) & Firebug (latest version)
- Connection – Comcast Cable 22mbps
- Blaze.io – their network connection link
#1 – Safari on an iMac i7
13 GET requests (2 errors) 20.59kbs of data in 4.63 seconds
#2 – Firefox on an iMac i7
10 GET requests (no errors) 12.6kbs of data in 4.62 seconds
#3 – Blaze.io (link to actual test)
11 GET requests, 14.6kbs of data in 3.67 seconds
To Optimize or Not to Optimize?
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
That is the question. Or at least it should be.
There is no silver bullet to mobile site and service optimization, but before proceeding down any optimization path, you need to ask yourself and your Web or Product Dev teams a few key questions:
- On what devices are customers, partners and employees viewing our site or using our Web service?
- What kind of experience will they have today?
- Does that experience reinforce or hurt our company brand or competitive standing?
- Does that experience affect revenues or productivity?
- Should we make changes?
- What should those changes be?
Each business will answer these questions differently. Expect those answers to change over time – so ask them at least once per quarter. Things really are changing that fast.
The first step towards optimization is simply to ask the question and get your business thinking differently about your Web presence. If you don’t know the answers – FIND OUT. You can’t improve what you can’t measure. Get out your mobile devices and use your site or service as if you were a customer or employee.
Shameless plug: Our 3PMobile™ Performance Measurement Service can help.
For another perspective on this issue, we suggest reading:
Should You Always Be Optimizing Your Website For The Newest, Fastest Device?