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Page Speed, by Google is an open-source Firefox Add-on integrated with Firebug. Webmasters and web developers can use Page Speed to evaluate the performance of their web pages and to get suggestions on how to improve them.

Page Speed performs several tests on a site’s web server configuration and front-end code. These tests are based on a set of best practices known to enhance web page performance. Webmasters who run Page Speed on their pages get a set of scores for each page, as well as helpful suggestions on how to improve its performance.

Upon running Page Speed, immediate suggestions for improving your webpages speed are presented to you.For example,Page Speed automatically optimizes images for you, giving you a compressed image that you can use immediately on your web site. It also identifies issues such as JavaScript and CSS loaded by your page that wasn’t actually used to display the page, which can help reduce time your users spend waiting for the page to download and display.

How To Run Page Speed?

1.) Download and install Page Speed.

2.) Start Firefox.

3.) Select Tools > Firebug > Open Firebug.

4.) In the Firebug window, select the Page Speed tab.

5.) Navigate to the web page you want to analyze. Wait until the Done message appears on the browser status bar and the progress bar disappears. For pages with streaming video, which don’t show the Done message, wait until the video begins to play.

6.) Click Analyze Performance. When the page is analyzed, Page Speed displays the list of web performance best practices and the page’s score on each one, sorted by importance/priority for this page.

7.) Optionally, do any of the following:

• Expand any of the rules to see specific suggestions for improvement.
• Click any of the rule names to see documentation about each rule.
• Click the Show Resources button to show a detailed list of resources referenced from this page.

Via Google Webmaster Blog and PageSpeed

Also Read: Whats your broadband speed?

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