Pressure to perform: A closer look at web performance metrics
Guest Post In this month's startup shootout, Keynote Systems looks at how web performance affects site visitors and the best practices for creating the best user experience.
How the ‘three screen challenge’ taxes personal finance sites
Guest Post In honor of tax season, Keynote examined how online tax and personal finance startups performed across desktop, tablet, and smartphones.
The do’s and don’ts of delivering rich content experience on mobile devices
Guest Post In this month's startup shootout, Keynote Systems looks at how to deliver high quality visual content without sacrificing performance.
Startup Shootout: Taking on the three-screen challenge
Guest Post Optimizing for across multiple platforms is a difficult for startups that don't have the resources to address mobile, tablets, and web. Keynote Systems looks at how some well-known startups fare in the three-screen challenge.
Startup Shootout: Which travel sites are quickest to take-off?
Guest Post As people plan for the year ahead, it is the peak time to make travel reservations. Keynote Systems takes a look at how well travel startups perform across three-screens.
Startup Shootout: Digital entertainment companies slow at the three-screen draw
Guest Post The upcoming holidays means new mobile devices under the tree and plenty of time to relax. Keystone Systems takes a look at how digital media companies perform across three-screens.
Startup Shootout: Which startup sites are ready for holiday prime time?
Guest Post With the holidays upon us, we thought we’d take a look at how ready our index startups are for two great holiday traditions – shopping and travel. Between Black Friday, Cyber Monday, holiday vacations, and winter storms, these sites are about to get a workout.
Collaboration tools are like jeans: One size does NOT fit all
Guest Post Collaboration startups clearly want their customers to use an on-device app when on a smartphone or tablet, but taking a one-size-fits-all approach is bad for users and performance.
Common mistakes are hurting website speed for retail startups
Download speed is one of the most critical features for retail customers online. Unfortunately, when it comes to Social Retail startups on the smartphone or tablet, there are probably a lot of frustrated visitors.
Social gaming startups pour on some speed
Guest Post It looks like attention to mobile devices is becoming increasingly apparent across the Keynote Startup Shootout. That’s no surprise: social mobile gaming is growing, and with it, the need for speed.
Kayak leads travel sites in slimming down, speeding up for summer
Guest Post As the summer travel season heats up, more travelers are searching for special deals and last-minute bargains. It seems that travel startup sites are responding with improved performance and availability.
Startup shootout: How to hurt your mobile performance
Guest Post
Editor’s note: Keynote Systems’ Startup Shootout Index provides some insight into the three-screen challenge now facing anyone with a web presence. It’s the first website performance index to measure load times and completion percentages on desktops, smartphones, and tablets simultaneously. …
Startup shootout: Travel sites still struggle on mobile devices
March 15, 2012 12:51 PM
Dylan Tweney
Here’s the scenario: You’ve arrived at the airport only to discover that the airline canceled your flight and — oops — forgot to notify you.
But when you pull up a travel site on your phone to book a new …
Startups struggle to keep their sites speedy on PCs, phones, and tablets
February 21, 2012 4:30 AM
Dylan Tweney
For a startup, a lot is riding on the home page. You might be surprised, then, to learn that startups vary wildly in how quickly and reliably their website home pages load.
That’s especially true when you look at load …
