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This paper is an extension of the work done for another article that highlighted the performance benefits of retrieving uncompressed and compressed objects directly from the origin server. I wanted to add a proxy server into the stream and determine if proxy servers helped improve the performance of object downloads, and by how much.
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In todays highly competitive e-commerce marketplace, the performance of a web-site plays a key role in attracting new and retaining current clients. New technologies are being developed to help speed up the delivery of content to customers while still allowing companies to get their message across using rich, graphical content. However, in the rush to [...]
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Interesting StatCounter “Feature”
In: smp
4 May 2005I use StatCounter to track the visits to a few of my Web sites. Lately I have discovered a number of visitors that are logged as coming from Private IP Space addresses (10.0.0.0/8, etc.).
I know what’s happening here. These folks are behind proxy servers. When they request the StatCounter object, it is actually requested from [...]
Google Web Accelerator
In: RANTING
4 May 2005Gee, want to make those searches even more powerful? How about we track exactly where every person on the Web is going by tracking them using a piece of software that they install on their own computers?
Google Web Accelerator. The latest from Big Brother those folks at Google.
This also explains why Google wanted to buy [...]
Performance Improvement From Caching and Compression
In: smp
30 Apr 2005This paper is an extension of the work done for another article that highlighted the performance benefits of retrieving uncompressed and compressed objects directly from the origin server. I wanted to add a proxy server into the stream and determine if proxy servers helped improve the performance of object downloads, and by how much.
Using the [...]
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Sears Shuts Me Down
In: GrabPERF
15 Dec 2004Starting at approximately 18:00 EST on December 14, 2004, Sears began blocking all incoming requests from my public IP address, most likely due to the GrabPERF testing I do from here.
How do I know it’s a filter and not a performance issue? Well, when I re-route traffic through one of the many thousands of open [...]
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