Comments on: #2: Be like electricity http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/ Made in New Zealand from local and imported ingredients Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:22:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Chad http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-8583 Chad Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:26:54 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-8583 Customers Are Won or Lost in One Second A new study by Aberdeen Group says a delay of even one second can impact conversions by seven percent, page views by 11 percent and customer satisfaction by 16 percent. http://www.aberdeen.com/summary/report/benchmark/5136-RA-performance-web-application.asp Customers Are Won or Lost in One Second

A new study by Aberdeen Group says a delay of even one second can impact conversions by seven percent, page views by 11 percent and customer satisfaction by 16 percent.

http://www.aberdeen.com/summary/report/benchmark/5136-RA-performance-web-application.asp

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]]> By: Rob Fonseca-Ensor.com » Blog Archive » All about me http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-8012 Rob Fonseca-Ensor.com » Blog Archive » All about me Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:33:58 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-8012 [...] mention making their websites faster! Speaking of faster websites, it’s interesting to hear what Rowan Simpson has to say: "In other words, people would use Trade Me more if it was faster [...] [...] mention making their websites faster! Speaking of faster websites, it’s interesting to hear what Rowan Simpson has to say: "In other words, people would use Trade Me more if it was faster [...]

]]> By: #8: Be informal but serious « Rowan Simpson http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-7261 #8: Be informal but serious « Rowan Simpson Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:57:31 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-7261 [...] #2: Be like electricity [...] [...] #2: Be like electricity [...]

]]> By: bumperbox http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-6792 bumperbox Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:08:06 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-6792 the point you make is pretty straight forward. make your site fast i just recently moved from shared hosting to a vps server, thinking it would go faster, but it actually seems the opposite. possibly cause the database & webserver are all running off one machine what are 3 things i can do that will give me the best speed increase for the average punter perhaps you can give a few simple tips. eg hosting local vs international how much speed increase will that get me compared to caching pages, etc how in fact do you measure the speed of your site? maybe you could make another article out of it cheers the point you make is pretty straight forward. make your site fast

i just recently moved from shared hosting to a vps server, thinking it would go faster, but it actually seems the opposite. possibly cause the database & webserver are all running off one machine

what are 3 things i can do that will give me the best speed increase for the average punter

perhaps you can give a few simple tips.

eg hosting local vs international
how much speed increase will that get me compared to caching pages, etc

how in fact do you measure the speed of your site?

maybe you could make another article out of it

cheers

]]> By: #7: Hire people smarter than you « Rowan Simpson http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5823 #7: Hire people smarter than you « Rowan Simpson Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:45:43 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5823 [...] #2: Be like electricity [...] [...] #2: Be like electricity [...]

]]> By: #6: Talk straight « Rowan Simpson http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5822 #6: Talk straight « Rowan Simpson Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:45:23 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5822 [...] #2: Be like electricity [...] [...] #2: Be like electricity [...]

]]> By: #4: Empathise « Rowan Simpson http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5816 #4: Empathise « Rowan Simpson Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:42:04 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5816 [...] #2: Be like electricity [...] [...] #2: Be like electricity [...]

]]> By: #5: Make people feel safe « Rowan Simpson http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5815 #5: Make people feel safe « Rowan Simpson Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:41:41 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5815 [...] #2: Be like electricity [...] [...] #2: Be like electricity [...]

]]> By: Pujji Like Gucci » Blog Archive » Use the web to become a lip-service business (a how-to guide) http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5553 Pujji Like Gucci » Blog Archive » Use the web to become a lip-service business (a how-to guide) Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:39:37 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5553 [...] to Gren for the hurry up, and Rowan for his recent insights into TradeMe’s approach to doing business online, they’re the complete opposite to a lip-service business unfortunately, good luck to them [...] [...] to Gren for the hurry up, and Rowan for his recent insights into TradeMe’s approach to doing business online, they’re the complete opposite to a lip-service business unfortunately, good luck to them [...]

]]> By: Dan http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5510 Dan Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:48:27 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5510 Hey Rowan, this is a really good series of posts that you're doing here. Really appreciate you sharing this all this stuff. It should be mandatory reading for the "corporate IT" world!! Hey Rowan, this is a really good series of posts that you’re doing here. Really appreciate you sharing this all this stuff. It should be mandatory reading for the “corporate IT” world!!

]]> By: Trade Me Manifesto « Rowan Simpson http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5508 Trade Me Manifesto « Rowan Simpson Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:22:35 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/09/17/2-be-like-electricity/#comment-5508 [...] #2: Be like electricity [...] [...] #2: Be like electricity [...]

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