WPO or Web Performance Optimization can be defined as the best web development technique. In some ways it is very similar to hydraulic engineering, more or less, just replace fluids with data and liters with kilobytes. A great experience and a deep knowledge on the behavior of web browsers is required.
According to Google’s statistical analysis, if a page does not load within 3 seconds on the 4G network, about 53% of mobile users don’t load the page and not only abandon but never return.
What is the loading speed of a web page?
Called latency, is the speed measured on wired/4G/3G network of a web content in a device with the browser cache disabled. With the browser cache disabled because it is necessary to place oneself in the position of one who loads a web content for the first time.
What influences perfomance ?
hardware (virtual/real)
network bandwidth
load distance balancing (client server distance)
application complexity
memory consuption
response time of databases and service providers
user/client load
time slots (of day, day of week, holidays, etc.)
Why does the user leave a slow web page ?
The fundamental reasons are three:
cost for excessive user data consumption
user battery consumption
user experience
An important note is that relating to sustainability. The heavier a web content is, the more it consumes electricity and the more it produces CO2 .
Today the web has the same CO2 footprint as global air travel.
Data = CO2 1 Gigabyte sent by wired network: 3 kg CO2
1 Gigabyte sent by wirelessly (3G/4G): 35 kg CO2 source: Summit 2017 Vancouver by Susteinable UX
About it, every developer can take to adopt greener hosting for their applications and make optimized and lighter applications possible.
From an economic point of view of companies, whether they want to communicate something or sell, a user who is leaving the web page, due to slowness, is a cost, a loss.
How much cost one second of delay ?
A 1 second delay in page response can
result in a 7% reduction in conversions.
If an e-commerce site is making
$/€ 100,000 per day, a 1 second page
delay could potentially cost $/€ 2.5
million in lost sales every year.
For those who wishing to deepen about web performance optimization, take a look at the guidelines of these links:
Odisseo offers professional WPO (web performance optimization) services. Regards the costs of building high speed web solutions or consulting, can vary from € 30,00 to € 70,00 per hour plus VAT, depending on the number of working hours and the complexity of the project. It is also possible to stipulate agreements on achievement of objectives, SLA (Service Level Agreement).
Odisseo are looking for external partnerships with Art Directors, Graphic designers, Wacom designers willing to marry a minimalist design philosophy, not extreme but of common sense, and the basic concepts of web performance optimization.