Google’s Page Speed Online is an open-source project started at Google to help developers optimize their web pages by applying web performance best practices, according to GoogleLabs.  Google’s Page Speed Online is a new web-based tool that allows users to analyze sites at any time, in any browser, without having to download an extension. Google’s Page Speed Online offers tailored suggestions for how a user can optimize their site. What makes Google’s Page Speed Online unique is Google features their new Mobile Analysis, which lets developers analyze their site as viewed by a mobile browser, and get suggestions specific to mobile optimization.

Google’s Page Speed Online | How do I test my website?

It’s very simple.  Click here and enter your URL and click the ‘Analyze Performance’ button.  In a couple of seconds, Google’s Page Speed Online will have a report and a ranking for you.

Google’s Page Speed Online | What is in the Report?

The report is broken into 5 parts:  your ranking on a scale of 1-100 (the higher the better), and your highest, medium, lowest priorities to change for improvements, and rules without suggestions.  The good news is that if you don’t know what any of these items mean, the information is hyperlinked, so you can learn how to correct the problem.  Many times these items can be corrected by adjusting specific settings on your site or adding an additional plugin to correct.

In conclusion, you want you website to be as quick as possible to maximize user experience.  If someone visits your webpage and stares at the hour glass for 5 seconds, you can bet they’ll leave the site.  Therefore, can obtain valuable information to speed up your website by utilizing the data from Google’s Page Speed Online.