Mar, 2016 : 5 Sites That Test Your Website Speed for Free

📅 March 29, 2016 - Your website speed is an important component of your website's SEO. Google ‘crawls' billions of websites each day, penalizing the ones that take too long to load or score poorly on page loading speed tests.

If your website isn't optimized for speed, you could be penalizing your search rank without knowing it and losing customers.

We found the best places to check your website speed online for free. Use any of the websites below to find out how your site is doing so you can make changes to optimize your website.

5 Sites That Test Your Website Speed
1. Pingdom

Pingdom offers server, network, and website monitoring using a global network of servers. They provide stats for uptime and response time and can send alerts via email or text. It's the top ranking site for website speed tests.

Pingdom features:

Examine all parts of a web page
Performance overview
Performance grade and tips
Trace your performance history
Test from multiple locations
Share your results
2. WebPageTest

WebPagetest is an open source project primarily developed by Google. The tool was originally developed by AOL for internal use. It was open-sourced in 2008 under a BSD license. It's ranked #2 in search for website speed tests. Note: This is the tool we use to track our own website.

WebPageTest features:
Free website speed tests from multiple locations with IE & Chrome
Run simple or advanced tests
Multistep transactions, video capture, content blocking, and more
Diagnostic information including waterfall charts, PageSpeed Optimization checks + suggestions
Forums for support and help from experts
3. GTMetrix

GTmetrix was developed by GT.net for their managed hosting customers. The tool was designed to help them find out the detailed analytics on the performance of their websites.

GTMetrix features:
Waterfall, Video and Report History
Various Analysis Options
Page Load Details (time, size, number of requests)
PageSpeed and YSlow scores and Recommendations
4. Google PageSpeed

The PageSpeed tools help you learn more about your website and how your visitors experience it. PageSpeed Insights, Optimization Library, and Module are all part of Google's PageSpeed family of tools.

PageSpeed features:
Detailed PageSpeed insights direct from the source
Optimize your site automatically with automated tests
Integrate PageSpeed Optimization Library
Install PageSpeed Module
5. Monitis

With Monitis, enter the URL of your website and click Go to instantly test your website speed and load time. All websites are tested from the US, Europe, and Asia at the same time.

Monitis features:
Test and analyze page load speed of your website's pages
Optimize web page performance based on test statistics
Improve user experience and SEO rankings

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