I am merely the messenger. Here are five of many pages by Patrick Sexton regarding page speed improvement. Each page link includes a few words of reverence.
I must point out now: This site is the schizzle. And the sizzle. Ultimately, is the the ultimate. Simply put, it makes everything simple. And every, I mean EVERY, link in it are read, revered, referenced, reread, applied and are awesome.
2. Reduce the size of the above-the-fold content . </headsmack> This helps make sense of it all.
3. Displays how CSS is used on a webpage. , which relates to Page speed . Scare yourself – or your webmaster.
4. This one is a far better way of linking to external scripts. Most of us have been leaving them in the <html></html>, but as the last text in our </body>. His improved method has your page deferring the loading of Javascript . Nice, nice indeed.
5. Therefore, in (opening and) closing : There is tonnes more information on his google page to read. Go now, be in his presence, for he is one of the many keys of awesomeness online.
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