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Issue #128 is out, featuring Speed Up Your Netbook, and Broadband Trends, March 25, 2013.

Issue #127 is out, featuring Localize External Resources, Average Number of Web Page Objects Breaks 100, Average Web Page Size Triples Since 2008, FCC Tests Broadband Performance Among Large ISPs, Part II, FCC Tests Wired Broadband Performance Among Large ISPs, Part I, Newsletter Delivery Change, December 3, 2012.

Issue #126 is out, featuring Blocking JavaScript with Web Page Test, Blocking CSS with Web Page Test, 2012 Olympics to Strain Broadband Networks , and a newsletter devivery change, April 30, 2012.

Issue #125 is out, featuring SEO Analysis Tool, and Internet Marketing for Dentists. March 17, 2012.

Issue #124 is out, featuring 1.2 Billion Active Mobile Broadband Users, Diagnosing Slow Web Servers with Time to First Byte, Rural States Go Wireless, and AdWords privacy policy, January 13, 2012.

Issue #123 is out, featuring JPEGmini: More Efficient Image Compression, US Broadband Penetration Drops to 27th Place Worldwide, and an upcoming book titled Website Optimization: An Hour a Day, September 9, 2011.

Velocity 2011 Web Performance Conference Highlights, Average Web Page Size Septuples Since 2003, and Page Speed Online. August 15, 2011.

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New Internet Marketing for Dentists, and SEO Analysis Tool, Case Studies Section, Adaptive Multivariate Testing, CMS Performance Analysis, Website Spell Checker, and Conversion Rate Optimization services. We work for a Philadelphia Invisalign Orthodontist, a Los Angeles Orthodontist, a Manhattan Cosmetic Dentist and a Dentist Sherman Oaks.

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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 #128, March 25, 2013

Speed Up Your Netbook

Learn how to speed up your netbook or low-powered laptop with more memory, a solid state drive, and software on a Toshiba NB525 netbook.

Over 700 Million People on Mobile Broadband

More than 700 million people subscribe to mobile broadband plans worldwide, according to a recent survey.

New Zealand Tops in Broadband Growth Worldwide

New Zealand topped all countries in broadband growth in a recent survey.

Average Web Video Duration 5.4 Minutes

The average web video has grown by 20% in the last 2 years.

Optimization Week Issue #127, Dec. 3, 2012

Localize External Resources

Ah the perils of third-party widgets. Even popular offsite widgets can slow down or hang your web pages. Learn how to localize offsite resources to improve web page performance.

Average Number of Web Page Objects Breaks 100

The size and complexity of web pages has increased at an alarming rate.

Average Web Page Size Triples Since 2008

Within the last five years, the size of the average web page has more than tripled, and the number of external objects has more than doubled.

FCC Tests Broadband Performance Among Large ISPs, Part II

In terms of web performance, the most effective upgrade consumers can make is moving from 1-3 Mbps to 6-10 Mbps broadband.

FCC Tests Wired Broadband Performance Among Large ISPs, Part I

Although the gap between advertised and actual broadband speeds is closing among US ISPs, there is still a 25-33 percentage point difference between the fastest and slowest providers at identical speed tiers,

Newsletter Delivery Change

We have switched our delivery software from our old vender to a new open source solution for this Optimization Week newsletter.

Optimization Week Issue #126, April 30, 2012

Blocking JavaScript with Web Page Test

Learn how to simulate the elimination of JavaScript with Web Page Test.

Blocking CSS with Web Page Test to Simulate Elimination of CSS

Learn how to simulate the elimination of CSS with Web Page Test.

2012 Olympics to Strain Broadband Networks

The 2012 London Olympics could place a major strain on the existing broadband infrastructure, warns the ISPA.

Newsletter Delivery Change

Due to a price increase, we are switching our delivery software from our old vender to a new open source solution for this Optimization Week newsletter.

Optimization Week Issue #125, March 17, 2012

New Service: SEO Analysis Tool

This web-based tool automatically analyzes your site to check for any architectural, content, and linking issues that could harm your search rankings.

New Service: Internet Marketing for Dentists

Announcing our new dental-specific marketing service from WSO.

US and Canada Drop in Broadband Penetration Worldwide

The United States and Canada both dropped in worldwide broadband rankings last year, according to a recent broadband survey.

Optimization Week Issue #124, January 13, 2012

1.2 Billion Active Mobile Broadband Users

There are over 1.2 billion active mobile broadband users worldwide, according to a recent survey.

Diagnosing Slow Web Servers with Time to First Byte

You can test for slow server response times with the time to first byte metric.

Rural States Go Wireless

Rural states in the US are adopting wireless technology at a faster clip than urban states.

AdWords privacy policy

Google is now enforcing a policy of requiring a privacy policy disclosure on sites that use Adwords advertising.

Optimization Week Issue #123, September 9, 2011

JPEGmini: More Efficient Image Compression

JPEGmini is JPEG optimization software that reduces the size of photographs by up to 5 or 6 times, while maintaining their visual quality.

US Broadband Penetration Drops to 27th Place Worldwide

The United States dropped two places in broadband penetration rankings in just over a year, according to a survey by Point Topic.

Website Optimization: An Hour a Day (upcoming book)

Rich Page has announced that he will be writing a new book for Wiley titled, Website Optimization: An Hour a Day.

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