Which speed test to use?
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Hi so I have a very easy question I think.
I am too new to seo stuff to know better, but which speed test site is the best?
I have a construction website. My issue is I am getting mixed results.
Pingdom is showing
<dl>
<dt>Load time</dt>
<dd>1.18s</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Requests</dt>
<dd>22</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="last">
<dt>Perf. grade</dt>
<dd>94/100</dd>
<dd>Gt metrix is showing 98/87 with a 2.13 load time.</dd>
<dd>And it varies from when I do it.</dd>
<dd>So which do I go off of?</dd>
<dd>With pingdom, I feel pretty good.</dd>
<dd>With gtmetrix I feel like maybe I could improve.</dd>
<dd>I ask because I have been looking into a cdn, but because its like learning a foreign language to me, I do not want to go there unless I have too.</dd>
<dd>Thank you for any advice on which speed test to view as most accurate</dd>
<dd>Chris</dd>
</dl>
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Ok thank you. I am using a cache plugin, yet I would like to add more stuff. For an example when I add social buttons, its another request and adds time.
Thanks for the help. Now if I have speed of I can work on more content
Thank you for everyone nice help
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Nice site - I use pingdom.com but webpagetest.org looks excellent.
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Those load speeds are absolutely fine and wont be hampering any SEO efforts at all. One of my sites takes around 7 seconds to load and ranks 1st to 4th for very highly competitive phrases
It is more about the user experience, content and making sure you are attracting the right people.
If your site is built in Wordpress, look at a cache plugin to speed load times up if you want to get a little more from it.
Don't sweat about those times though
-Andy
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I did see that yslow on gtmetrix. It says I get an F for no cdn. But not sure if it will even save me much?
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Hi -
http://www.webpagetest.org/ is a great resource. I also use YSlow (plugin for web browser). YSlow is great at telling you what's causing the high page load times. Hope this helps.
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