How to get reliable website speed test...
Google is putting greater emphasis on website performance, which is why I decided to spend a good deal of money on high-performance VPS hosting.
But how do you get a reliable speed check? Google Webmaster Tools is telling me my page loading time is 8.4 seconds... slower than 91% of other sites! Ouch!
But this can't be right. In my own experience I get times of no more than a couple seconds, even after clearing my cache.
Online speed tests are all over the place from 0.1 seconds to 12 seconds.
I need to know my true site performance in order to justify my high hosting fees.
Thanks for any suggestions!
But how do you get a reliable speed check? Google Webmaster Tools is telling me my page loading time is 8.4 seconds... slower than 91% of other sites! Ouch!
But this can't be right. In my own experience I get times of no more than a couple seconds, even after clearing my cache.
Online speed tests are all over the place from 0.1 seconds to 12 seconds.
I need to know my true site performance in order to justify my high hosting fees.
Thanks for any suggestions!