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Getting a PageSpeed score of 100 with WordPress

July 3, 2019July 2, 2019 by Sean MacEntee

Google’s PageSpeed Insights tool is a quick and easy way of checking site performance on desktop and mobile. It provides you with suggestions on what to improve and this can help you to figure out if there are any quick wins to be had. It can also help to troubleshoot performance and give clues as … Read moreGetting a PageSpeed score of 100 with WordPress

5 tips to speed up your wordpress site

February 10, 2014February 10, 2014 by Sean MacEntee

As part of this site’s latest makeover, I went all out to optimise its performance. Like an F1 car, the slightest of adjustments can have a big impact on performance so I’ll run through my top 5 tips for optimising wordpress… First things first, you need to establish a benchmark. You can’t improve something by measuring … Read more5 tips to speed up your wordpress site

speed and consistency at last

February 23, 2011November 16, 2010 by Sean MacEntee

For the past several months, my home broadband has been plagued with speed & consistency problems. Worse than dial-up speed one minute, 7mb the next. Peak times were the real killer…

chrome 4.0 is upon us

February 23, 2011January 25, 2010 by Sean MacEntee

Google Chrome has grown up and is now at version 4.0. Up until now, it’s been a fast reliable browser but lacked the bells and whistles firefox had. photo credit: fsse8info Chrome 4.0 brings with it a 42% performance boost over the old Chrome (which was faster than most browsers anyway!) plus it brings with … Read morechrome 4.0 is upon us

Google DNS -v- Open DNS

February 23, 2011December 5, 2009 by Sean MacEntee

Having tested out google’s new public DNS service, i decided that whilst i was at it, i’d give OpenDNS a go. I’d heard of OpenDNS as it came up as a good solution whenever ISP’s were overloaded with attacks. I also know a bit about DNS (forced in to studying it at college) but the … Read moreGoogle DNS -v- Open DNS