5 tools / online services To check your Website / Web page Load Speed

It is considered that websites which takes more than 5 second to load will loose 50% of its customers or users.Recent Akamai press release reveals 2 Seconds as the New Threshold of Acceptability for e Commerce Web Page Response Times.
So how do you check your website / web page load or response time. It is important to test this and find out the improvement areas to maintain a good website or portal.

How to create and use .htaccess file? Common usage and risks

.htaccess (hypertext access) is a a directory-level configuration file in several web servers.This is most common in Apache Web Server. .htaccess file allows for decentralized management of web server configuration. The directives in the .htaccess file apply to the current directory, and to all sub-directories. .htaccess files are read on every request.Changes made in these…

Check website/ web page for css/script Gzip/ Deflate compression – Optimization Tips -Part 3

In Part 1 and 2 of the Website performance optimization series We have analyzed
7 steps to Speed up website loading – Faster Website Tips -Part 1
and
Speed up website -Compress CSS/JavaScript uing GZIP/DEFLATE data compression-Optimization Tips Part2 .
Those steps are really essential to make sure that the website performance and loading time is faster.