Site speed - query

[seoug_2005]

When you say site speed, does it mean speed of loading of each of the pages of the website or speed of home page loading. What do site speed tools measure ?

[STPseo]

There are quite a few factors that can be measure... initial response time... how long it take the page to render... how long it takes the entire page to load... and many other factors can be measured.

Here is a tool we use that may get you started at being familiar with what can be measured and hopefully improved.

This tool can measure any page on your site and you can also plug in competitor URLs to measure yourself against them. http://www.webpagetest.org/

I get a median of 5 runs because load time can fluctuate depending on location, time of day, and the general mood of the universe.

[KeriMorgret]

It's a measure of whatever page is in question. Usually site speed tools measure the page that you are currently on or the URL that you give them. It's not limited to the home page.