Home page Drag Race
I’ve created a set of video’s highlighting the page load time differences of a selection of NZ top websites.
Its a drag race, lets see who can claim bragging rights????
Notes:
- The videos show download times from the US using a “broadband” IE 7.
- The page load times in NZ are faster, but this gives you an idea of which sites are faster.
- Sites are finished loading when they turn gray.
- The latency of connection from the US plays havoc with advertising page components causing some pages to take longer to complete.
- The page rendering of dynamic components also seems to load slowly.
- All the videos are made using the visualĀ comparisonĀ on webpagetest.org.
News sites
- Winner: Scoop 13.5 seconds
- First readable page: Stuff 4.3 seconds.
- Slowest page: Stuff 40.5 seconds * Due to javascript delays
Banking
- Winner: ANZ – 12.9 seconds
- First readable page: ASB – 5.0 seconds
- Slowest page: Kiwibank – 30 seconds * Due to flash animation ?
Mobile carriers
- Winner: Telecom – 7.7 seconds
- First readable page: Telecom – 5.0 seconds
- Slowest page: Two Degrees – 21.8 seconds
Auction sites
- Winner: Trade Me – 10.4 seconds
- First readable page: Trade Me – 3.5 seconds
- Slowest page: Sella – 10.5 seconds
December 1st, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Great post John.
Very interesting. I wonder how those results relate to business lost or gained.
December 7th, 2010 at 8:05 am
It looks like these tests are done from a US connection