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We thought we’d look back at the highs and lows of 2018 and share with you some stats about last year’s internet performance, and discuss a potential trend for this year. Browser Usage First, we’ll look at which browsers were most popular in 2018. Chrome remained on top of the market and has grown even […]

As many retailers earn more during the holidays, web and application performance should be a top priority. Surges in traffic and transactions coupled with a rise in fraud and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks during the holiday season puts tremendous pressure on a retailer’s digital infrastructure. Even an extra second in page load time or […]

Webpage size matters because it correlates with how fast users get to your content. People today have grown to expect good performance from the web. In fact, Google published data showing that 53% of mobile site visits are abandoned if a page takes longer than three seconds to load. And the more data your webpage […]

Google, perhaps more than any other company has realized that information is power. Information about the Internet, information about innumerable trends, and information about its users—YOU.

So how much does Google know about you and your online habits? It’s only when you sit down and actually start listing all of the various Google services you use on a regular basis that you begin to realize how much information you’re handing over to Google.

In the age of high-speed Internet, poor performance can spell disaster for your website. 53% of mobile site visits are abandoned if a page takes longer than three seconds to load, and 47% of consumers expect a web page to load in two seconds or less. An extra one-second delay can result in fewer page […]

At Pingdom, we’re all about speed. You know that already—and you’ve probably tried our speed test? (If not, head over there at once!) Within the Pingdom® interface, we also offer continuous page speed testing so you can track how the page load evolves over time, and how website changes affect page speed. With over 850 […]

In the push to make the web more accessible, performance is key. Websites are becoming bigger and more complex than ever before, placing a toll on both servers and clients. However, website performance is vital to attracting and keeping users engaged. In this article, we’ll explain why web application performance is important and how you […]

We love our page speed test and, considering the amount of traffic coming into tools.pingdom.com, we have a feeling you guys love it, too. Hence, it was with a slight feeling of apprehension that we started working on giving the page, and primarily the back-end functions, a much-needed revamp. After all, if it’s not broken, […]

Have you ever wondered what happens when you type an address into your browser? The first step is the translation of a domain name (such as pingdom.com) to an IP address. Resolving domain names is done through a series of systems and protocols that make up the Domain Name System (DNS). Here we’ll break down […]

Within a few days the login page to my.pingdom.com is getting a completely new look: You know, switching things up for the new season. We’ve heard that Gen Z yellow  is the new “it color”, so we better flaunt it while on trend! Jokes aside, the only real change that’s going to affect you is […]

Web users now have such high expectations for website performance that a few minutes of downtime or a half-second delay in page loading can mean the difference between a sale and lost opportunity. Because so many customer-facing interactions are now conducted through the web, any downtime or subpar performance can lead to brand damage, degraded […]

Slow websites on your mobile device are frustrating when you’re trying to look up something quickly. When a page takes forever to load, it’s often due to a spotty network connection or a website that is overly complicated for a phone. Websites that load many images or videos can also eat up your data plan. […]

The size of the web is growing exponentially. From 2016 to 2017, the average size of a website increased from 2.5 MB to 3.4 MB, a jump of nearly 1 MB in just a year. Considering 1.1 MB was the average size of a website in 2012, that’s an enormous difference. While it’s true that […]

Last year, ecommerce accounted for 13% of total retail sales, up from 11.6% in 2016. Online retail grew faster than in any year since 2011. Ecommerce is growing again, and your focus should be on website performance for exceptional user experience. You already understand that exceptional website performance can help you keep customers. It’s too […]

Version 1.1 of the venerable HTTP protocol powered the web for 18 years. Since then, websites have emerged from static, text-driven documents to interactive, media-rich applications. The fact that the underlying protocol remained unchanged throughout this time just goes to show how versatile and capable it is. But as the web grew bigger, its limitations […]

We took a look at the web performance of the top 50 news sites to learn how many 3rd party trackers are being used, and what it does for the web performance. Average load time for the top 50 sites was 9.46 seconds with trackers loading, and 2.69 seconds without. Across all the sites tested, we […]

We are very happy to announce the new data retention policy for Pingdom Visitor Insights. As of today, Pingdom stores all data for one month up to a year depending on your plan. The retention policy is in effect immediately and gives you the ability to hold on to all data for significantly longer so that […]

Wouldn’t it be great if you could share the most important parts of your end-user experience data without giving access to your Pingdom dashboard? Our new Shareable Reports feature allows you to share Visitor Insights data easily, through interactive reports, without giving direct access to your Pingdom account. Introducing Shareable Reports Share Interactive Reports With […]

In 2016, we tested the web performance of the world’s top 50 e-commerce sites. The e-commerce and online retail industry generated over $2.2 trillion in revenue in 2017 alone, so it is with little surprise that e-commerce websites are growing and changing constantly. With the demand for websites to deliver faster and smoother visitor experiences, […]

In November you’ll remember that we released Pingdom Maintenance, which allows you to pause your Uptime and Synthetic Transaction monitoring checks when you need to take your site down for maintenance. Since then we’ve been listening to what you, our customers, have loved about it and how we could improve it even further. Thus, we’re […]