1 minute read Whenever I get asked why do I need load testing or why is load testing so important, over and over again I come up with this simple example. Load Testing Example Let’s say that you send an email campaign to 10,000 subscribers of your website/blog. What will happen to your website if 1000 subscribers open… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Page Load Time
What is First Meaningful Paint (FMP)?
< 1 minute read Time to First Meaningful Paint (TTFMT) is a modern performance metric introduced by few engineers from Google, and is the time to paint the main content that users are interested in, so the thing the users came here for. Rendering some background color can be much easier and faster, but that’s definitely not what the… Read more »
What is First Paint (FP) in Modern Performance Metrics?
< 1 minute read First Paint (FP) shows the time it took for something to happen, anything at all, however this can be not so useful, as this first render, may not be very useful for the user, and for the overall experience. First Paint entry marks the first key moment developers care about in page load – when… Read more »
What is First Contentful Paint?
3 minutes read A customer decides if a website is “slow” or “fast” by multiple moments experienced during the load of the website. Definiton First Contentful Paint (FCP) is a performance metric which measures the time from navigation to the time when the browser renders the first bit of content from the DOM. It provides feedback that the… Read more »
What is Disaster Recovery Testing in Software Testing?
4 minutes read Hey there! In the digital age, where businesses and their operations are increasingly online, having a plan for when things go sideways isn’t just smart—it’s essential. That’s where disaster recovery testing comes into play in the software testing world. Let’s unpack what it’s all about, why it’s crucial, and how to do it right. Understanding… Read more »
Introducing LF Page Speed Monitoring – Easily track speed of your website and compare with competitors
2 minutes read Customers conversion rate is a very important metric for every online business, even if you have a simple website, a blog, an ecommerce marketplace or a complex platform. At LoadFocus, we saw this as an opportunity to add a new service under the same plans, a service which will help you keep an eye on… Read more »
How to Improve Conversion Rate by Increasing Rendering Speed for Slow Websites
2 minutes read Let’s face the music: a slow website is like a party pooper for your conversion rates. Page load time isn’t just a number; it’s the heartbeat of your website’s user experience. Nobody, and I mean nobody, likes to wait around for a website to crawl onto their screen, not you as the website owner, nor… Read more »