Find the fastest dns servers

This tool will test several dns servers to find the one that is the fastest for your location. Perfect to see if those Google DNS servers are really faster.


Website Development Optimization Tips

It doesn’t matter if the website you’re developing is going to be the next “My Space” or the next “Cullman Liquidation Sales” speed is critical. These are some great ways to help gain every performance boost possible.

  1. Use compression
    Some great open-source projects are out there that help optimize each element of a site. These are all written for PHP.
    CSS: csstidy, cssmin
    JS: jsmin
    HTML: gzip
  2. Test page load
    Using browser plugins to test the page load speed. Discover what is slowing things down.
    Firebug - Great tool for lots of reasons
    Page Speed - Google’s take at page testing
  3. Switch to jQuery
    The reasons are obvious. Its faster. Much faster then all the “other guys”.
    Get jQuery
    JS Library Speed Comparison
  4. Make nice with the DB
    Poorly written database querys will cause a bottleneck on any site with a large number of records.
    How-to of MySQL Optimization. This site makes up in content what it lacks in design.


Google Public DNS

Google DashNoticeably fast performance over standard dns servers. “One more step towards world domination.” - GM