Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: Browsers| Internet| Web Performance| Web analytics| WebPerformance.Org
17 Mar 2009For a number of years, I have owned three very popular domain names: WebPerformance.org, WebCaching.org, and WebCompression.org. Last night, after many days of consideration, I stopped pointing them at their own distinct Web space and pointed them at this blog.
This is not a bad or evil thing, considering that for at least 18 months, the [...]
In: Web Performance
11 Oct 2006Well, the irony of this is painful.
I went with 1&1 as the hosting location for my personal domains, including WebPerformance.org.
One of the things that I preach there is the use of compression.
Guess what? 1&1 doesn’t use Web compression on their servers.
Ugh.
A few years ago, I wrote an article ablout how to best set up Web server cache-control messages to take advantage of this free form of content distribution. Until now, it has only existed as a PDF file.
Last night, I sent a copy to Kevin Burton of TailRank in response to some of his recent [...]
In: Uncategorized
23 Aug 2006A few years ago, I wrote an article on how GZIP compression improved Web performance. Don Marti at the Linux Journal was a great editor, and eventually, the article ended up in the online version of the Magazine.
At the time, I used Ian Holsman’s webperf.org (now renamed ITScales) to capture the data. Now that I [...]
In: Life| Technology| Web Performance
6 Mar 2006I just had a look at the list of domains that I own and realize thatI want/need to clean house. There are 3 domains that I want to keep,and 9 that I am looking to get rid of.
Domains that I want to unload include:
mod-deflate.net
mod-deflate.org
performancecore.org
performancecorps.org
performancefreaks.org
performanceguru.org
performanceindex.org
searchindex.org
webcaching.org
webcompression.org
webperformance.org
Currently asking $2,000 each for webperformance.org, webcaching.org, searchindex.org, performanceindex.org, and webcompression.org, and [...]
UPDATE: We have a new home:
http://newestindustry.wordpress.com/
Stop by and check us out.
UPDATE: The shutdown date has been set.
NOVEMBER 22, 2005
Ok folks, this is it.
Last Call.
We have reached a point where the cost of the cable modem that connects my servers to the Internet has to be slashed.
Without the semi-static IP that I have had for the [...]
In: smp
26 Sep 2005Ok folks. We sat down and did an evaluation of the finances today…and we’re broke.
Very broke.
So, I have had to buckle down and put some of my high-value domains up for sale. Right now, they are up on Sedo.
Yes, webperformance.org is up for sale. Unfortunately, I need the money more than I need the domain [...]
In: smp
2 Sep 2005American Red Cross:
I know you have other things on your plate right now, but you seem to have a DNS problem.
redcross.org. 86400 IN NS arcdns3.redcross.org.
redcross.org. [...]
In: GrabPERF
11 Aug 2005I started gathering data on a number of large MSM Web sites, and created an index, similar to what I created for Search sites.
Check it out!
GrabPERF News Index
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