July 25, 2007

Yahoo tips for “exceptional performance”

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Yahoo has just posted a list of 13 ways to improve the speed of your website.  Some of them are ones we’ve discussed on here in the past (ake JavaScript and CSS External being a big one).

Some of the tips really only apply to very large sites, but the list is worth looking over to see if you can tweak anything to improve your performance.

  1. Make Fewer HTTP Requests
  2. Use a Content Delivery Network
  3. Add an Expires Header
  4. Gzip Components
  5. Put CSS at the Top
  6. Move Scripts to the Bottom
  7. Avoid CSS Expressions
  8. Make JavaScript and CSS External
  9. Reduce DNS Lookups
  10. Minify JavaScript
  11. Avoid Redirects
  12. Remove Duplicate Scripts
  13. Configure ETags

Details about each item can be found on their site.

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