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Issue #107 is out, featuring Usability Study: Men Need Speed, and Study: Web Users Prefer Speed Over Customization, April 28, 2009.

Issue #106 is out, featuring Apple Streaming Media Players Target Microsoft and

UK Broadband Penetration Breaks 95%, Mar. 16, 2009.

Issue #105 is out, featuring Offload Resource Intensive Scripts to Improve Performance, Average UK Broadband Speed Is 3.6Mbps, and WSO Redesign Progress. Feb. 14, 2009.

Issue #104 is out, featuring Average Top 100 Weblog Performance Survey, Universal Broadband Plan Calls for $44 billion in Spending, new Adaptive Multivariate Testing Service, and the Google Online Marketing Challenge. Dec. 29, 2008.

Issue #103 is out, featuring Universal TV White Space Broadband?, and Slashdotted!, Nov. 18, 2008.

Issue #102 is out featuring O'Reilly Books on Web Performance, Global Broadband Penetration Survey, and an Italian review of our Website Optimization Secrets Book. Oct. 29, 2008.

Issue #101 features Solid-State Drive Web Server Test, World Usability Day, our new Blog Marketing Service, and more. Oct. 20, 2008.

Our 100th issue features news of Web Page Analyzer 0.98, US Drops to 19th in Broadband Penetration Worldwide, new CMS Performance Analysis Services, and a new dedicated server. Sep. 30, 2008.

Issue #99 features YouTube Dwarfs Top Video Sites, Optimize Drop Shadows, New Web Page Analyzer Pending, Book Reviews: Website Optimization Secrets. September 5, 2008.

Issue #98 features Website Optimization Secrets Book News Blog, US Broadband Penetration Breaks 90% among Active Internet Users, and the Ann Arbor News interviews author Andrew B. King, August 7, 2008.

New Adaptive Multivariate Testing, CMS Performance Analysis, Website Spell Checker, and Conversion Rate Optimization services. We work for a Washington DC Dentist

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What's happening in the web performance industry? What sites are fast? What sites are slow? Learn the latest news and views and some low-speed reviews in our free weekly magazine, Optimization Week. Along with slow-loading sites we'll feature the speed tweak of the week, where you'll learn the latest standards-based technique you can use right now to speed up your site. In addition, you'll keep up with the latest news from WSO, LLC including the latest on our free Web Page Analyzer.

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Optimization Week Issue #107, April 28, 2009

Usability Study: Men Need Speed

In a recent usability survey, researchers from Southern Illinois University found that after ease of use, men prefer fast download speed to easy navigation.

Study: Web Users Prefer Speed Over Customization

The most important interface design factor is speed, according to a new HCI study.

Optimization Week Issue #106, Mar. 16, 2009

Apple Streaming Media Players Target Microsoft - European Broadband Grows 20% to 110.5 Million Connections - US Broadband Growth Slows to 59% Penetration

The popularity of Apple's iTunes and QuickTime players has grown from 32% to 36.4% over the past year, while Microsoft's Windows Media Player has remained unchanged at 50.7% share.

UK Broadband Penetration Breaks 95% - US Broadband Penetration Grows to 93.4% among Active Internet Users

Broadband penetration in the UK has gone so high that the Office for National Statistics has discontinued its quarterly reporting of broadband growth.

Optimization Week Issue #105, Feb. 14, 2009

Offload Resource Intensive Scripts to Improve Performance

This article shows how offloading resource intensive scripts can significantly improve web server performance.

Average UK Broadband Speed Is 3.6Mbps

Broadband subscribers in the UK experience an average download speed of 3.6Mbps, only a fraction (45%) of the advertised speed of up to 8Mbps.

WSO Redesign Progress

We've finally redesigned the WebsiteOptimization.com web site (pending).

Optimization Week Issue #104, December 29, 2008

Average Top 100 Weblog Performance Survey

We compare the home page performance of the top 100 weblogs with the top 1000 websites.

Universal Broadband Plan Calls for $44 billion in Spending

The new Obama administration has pledged to deploy next-generation broadband to every community in America, but has offered few specifics. The Free Press has published a specific plan to accomplish broadband for all.

New Adaptive Multivariate Testing Service

WSO's new adapive multivariable testing service quickly finds the best combination of elements to maximize the conversion rate of your PPC landing pages. The new method requires 10 to 100 times fewer page impressions than conventional full factorial tools like Google Web Site Optimizer.

Google Online Marketing Challenge

Professors, you have until January 23, 2009 to register for Google's annual online marketing challenge.

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