Google Page Speed
More helpful tips for all you web designers and developers out there. Google has recently introduced a tool called Page Speed which tests a web page based on a set of rules and best coding practices for fast-loading websites. It then gives you advice on what you can improve to make your website faster. It works as an add-on to Firefox and needs the Firebug extension (mentioned in our last post) to work.
Google’s new service is uncannily similar to Yahoo’s YSlow tool, another add-on for Firefox (with Firebug) which tests web page code based on fast-loading criteria and gives suggestions accordingly. Funnily enough Steve Souders the guy who created the first version of YSlow, now works for Google, although his involvement on the project if any is unknown. Of course more options are always a good thing and both services might offer valuable advice for improving the speed of your website.
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