Not sure if this was the right section to post!

 

What's the best way to test the speed of a website?

 

I tried http://tools.pingdom.com, but it gave me two completely different results within a couple of minutes of each other.

 

 

Cheers

Chrome dev tools.

 

and clearly speed is dependant upon many, many factors it will vary all the time. You use chrome dev tools network panel to find components that block the download waterfall and other bottlenecks.

Edited November 13, 201510 yr by rbrtsmith

HUH! Thanks I use firefox but found they have the same thing! [sigh] I really must try to keep up to date with new stuff! Yeah, I know, it's probably not that new!

Firefox has web developer tools built in, including a similar one to record and measure performance.

You can either measure the loading time of your website locally in your browser or you can use online tools such as:

- https://tools.keycdn.com/speed

- https://gtmetrix.com

- http://www.webpagetest.org

- http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/ (the one you mentioned)

 

Make sure to run several test runs from the same location.

Try gtmetrix , I found it very effective

https://gtmetrix.com/

https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

 

I liked these tool.

Firefox has web developer tools built in, including a similar one to record and measure performance.

 

It does but it's way behind what the chrome dev tools offer especially in terms of performance profiling.

You must try GTmetrix to check your website speed. Its a very good tool to check online.

Two measures I use as a general rule of thumb;

 

Output Speed - Here's a method I use for checking for php bottlenecks ... http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/topic/83609-dev-tips-for-seo/#entry498216

'PageSpeed' - https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

Don't forget the timeline and network tabs on Chrome dev tools, you can do some really serious performance profiling there.