I guess it depends on what your baseline is. For most of my pageviews, an additional second would double the load time. On an internal app/site an additional fe

I guess it depends on what your baseline is. For most of my pageviews, an additional second would double the load time. On an internal app/site an additional few seconds usually isn't worth the trouble, but externally can make a real difference: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/googles-marissa-mayer-speed-wins/3925 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/googles-marissa-mayer-speed-wi...