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> Benchmarking is just logging the time taken during the process of waiting for the content to load I don't think it's as simple as you make out at all. Compar
by seanwilson 9y ago
> Benchmarking is just logging the time taken during the process of waiting for the content to load
I don't think it's as simple as you make out at all. Compared to just downloading the HTML and checking its contents, this requires executing JavaScript and rendering content in an actual browser which is orders of magnitude slower and more resource intensive.
- kmonsen 9y agoAnd can be gamed by detecting Google and serving different content to users that if slower.
- manigandham 9y agoThat's exactly what happens already because javascript can also change content, including all the React/SPA sites now. They've been doing it for years: https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2014/05/understanding-web-pages-better.html https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2014/05/understanding-web-...