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Me too :) https://webperf.xyz/ https://webperf.xyz/ It's a 3 day running average that is focused on Article pages (not the homepage), against the mobile versi

Me too :) https://webperf.xyz/ https://webperf.xyz/ It's a 3 day running average that is focused on Article pages (not the homepage), against the mobile version of article, tested using Lighthouse. Each site gets tested 1-3 times a day. All historical data is available in Google Sheets (linked from main page) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sGKmbnW74u9r1GOzAQcIl3tAdLPLQ7ZkDMK2uR2HYfA/edit#gid=1647776330 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sGKmbnW74u9r1GOzAQcI...

gaws 4y ago
> https://webperf.xyz/ https://webperf.xyz/ This is the superior tracking-news-website-speed tool.
tootie 4y ago
Hey this is the site I use! It's been excruciatingly difficult to get a higher ranking when you have any ads at all.
- donohoe 4y ago
  Very difficult. It is not just technical but there are business reasons too. That said, it is possible to make drastic adjustments that help monetization, UX, and still have ads. I did that as a short-lived experiment for a very ad heavy mobile site (SFGate): Main points are here (not a ton of details) in this sanitized post-redaction deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12ds0b4nTxzcDy23te0Zmc9UOdx8HWsTf1UECwhxkNdo/edit https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12ds0b4nTxzcDy23te0Zm... I had an extra labeling for non-ad sites so there was some distinction and would like to restore that. However look at El Diario - ads and number 1 spot! DotDash has numerous high performant sites (ThoughtCo etc) that have ads too.
  - tootie 4y ago
    El Diario has to have some kind of crazy loophole. That or some rogue genius has solved a pernicious problem and hasn't shared their wisdom with the world. I see normal google ads and just everything loads so incredibly fast. I'm not a perf expert, but our page speed insights seem to pin almost everything on ads.
    - donohoe 4y ago
      I would encourage you to see if you can find out! Someone there should do a talk/post about it

gaws 4y ago

> https://webperf.xyz/ https://webperf.xyz/ This is the superior tracking-news-website-speed tool.

tootie 4y ago

Hey this is the site I use! It's been excruciatingly difficult to get a higher ranking when you have any ads at all.

donohoe 4y ago
Very difficult. It is not just technical but there are business reasons too. That said, it is possible to make drastic adjustments that help monetization, UX, and still have ads. I did that as a short-lived experiment for a very ad heavy mobile site (SFGate): Main points are here (not a ton of details) in this sanitized post-redaction deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12ds0b4nTxzcDy23te0Zmc9UOdx8HWsTf1UECwhxkNdo/edit https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12ds0b4nTxzcDy23te0Zm... I had an extra labeling for non-ad sites so there was some distinction and would like to restore that. However look at El Diario - ads and number 1 spot! DotDash has numerous high performant sites (ThoughtCo etc) that have ads too.
- tootie 4y ago
  El Diario has to have some kind of crazy loophole. That or some rogue genius has solved a pernicious problem and hasn't shared their wisdom with the world. I see normal google ads and just everything loads so incredibly fast. I'm not a perf expert, but our page speed insights seem to pin almost everything on ads.
  - donohoe 4y ago
    I would encourage you to see if you can find out! Someone there should do a talk/post about it