Glenn Lee is the chief product engineer for Dotcom-Monitor’s
LoadView load testing platform. Glenn is an industry expert on load/stress testing and has appeared on numerous tech publications across the web. When Glenn’s not testing the limits of websites, he enjoys cooking, flying airplanes, and racing motorcycles.
Regardless of your target audience, or website purpose, every webmaster shares a universal goal: to create a fast and responsive website. You would think, given the proliferation of our digital lives, website performance and speed wouldn’t be an issue. However, for countless websites, the biggest contributing factor for limited success boils down to website speed.…
There are few situations a website owner will encounter that are as frustrating as a slow website. While the situation can be frustrating within itself being unable to identify the calls of slow page loading is an entirely different story. Because page load times are easily influenced by a myriad of on page and backend…
As many of you may already know, DNS is an integral aspect of the internet. While you may be aware this system is responsible for not only streamlining access to websites, but thwarting malicious cyberattacks, this system also plays a direct role in the overall performance and reliability of online enterprises. When your network experiences…
Throughout the past several years, the digital sky of the internet has become cloudy. No, this isn’t a sign of thunderstorms, but rather, the advent of technological advancements. The cloud we speak of isn’t an actual cloud at all, but rather, the manifestation of virtualization. Cloud-based technology is swiftly overtaking the world, and for good…
Throughout the past several years, our digital landscape has evolved from an easy going, calm pace to one that’s faster than shoppers bursting into department stores on Black Friday. And there’s no sign the need for website speed will be slowing anytime soon. Not only are internet users expecting faster website page load times, but…
Understanding the security weaknesses of every component within your digital infrastructure is paramount for true protection. While you may find yourself focusing more on the actual website and server security, one of the biggest threats to the health and performance of your digital platform is also the least discussed. DNS, which stands for Domain Name…
To say website availability, also known as website uptime, is important is an extreme understatement. Regardless of its purpose, every second your website is unavailable you’re not only hurting your reputation among internet users, but if this problem continues, organic traffic via search engines will dramatically fall. While important for any type of business, website…
As you probably already know, website security is essential in our day and age. With the threat of cyberattacks and malicious hacking running rampant throughout the digital world, if you aren’t committed to safeguarding your WordPress site, you could soon become one of the millions of security breach victims. There are new ways to hack…
As you continue to explore more into the world of DNS protocols, it’s easy to feel even more confused. Rather than be a simple communication and connection system, this unique and multi-tiered infrastructure contains a variety of data files. If you ever need to troubleshoot your DNS connection, or simply wish to understand more about…
As a website owner, you have to concern yourself with a myriad of topics. Everything from content quality to multimedia choices impacts the experience of visitors. While you can focus on building a stable and informational website, if you don’t choose a proper web hosting plan, your efforts are futile. This is especially true when…
Regardless of your web development project, CSS likely plays a crucial role. Also known as Cascading Style Sheets, CSS is responsible for giving your site visual appeal. If you were to think about website coding as a car, HTML is the frame and CSS is its interior and exterior design. Essentially, CSS is the interior…
Consider these 4 reasons why some web hosts are faster than others and you’ll understand that not all web hosts are created equal.
One of the most important ways you can optimize your website is through proper CSS code organization.
The ultimate deciding factor of website speed rests in the hands of your hosting provider.
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