SPDY is a good idea in general, but the average web site shouldn't be expected to see the same gains that a Google property (which is tuned like a mofo and whic

SPDY is a good idea in general, but the average web site shouldn't be expected to see the same gains that a Google property (which is tuned like a mofo and which is usually hosted entirely through Google-controlled domains) will: http://www.guypo.com/technical/not-as-spdy-as-you-thought/ http://www.guypo.com/technical/not-as-spdy-as-you-thought/ HTTP's high-frequency back-and-forth shuffle is a good thing to eliminate, but most of the time, there are more serious bottlenecks somewhere else. You can play with it easily enough in FF: set network.http.spdy.enabled to FALSE and see if Google News really seems any different to you as a human being.