Web Performance Leaders Debut Speed Awareness Month to Inform Website Owners About the Importance of a Faster Web

Website speed is critical when consumers abandon sites after only a two-second delay; month-long event will inform site owners and offer free web performance tools and services

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A consortium of web-performance industry companies today launched Speed Awareness Month, a web-based educational program designed to help site owners learn about the importance of improving their website download speeds.

“I am very excited to see how many companies and experts are participating in Speed Awareness Month. We hope to reach as many website owners as possible and make them aware of the importance of website performance for their business”

Speed Awareness Month will run through the month of August 2012.

Research shows that many consumers will abandon a site if it takes longer than two seconds to load. Similarly, slow website speeds can impact search engine rankings, can increase pay-per-click advertising costs, reduce sales conversions and, in the end, decrease revenues.

Maximizing the performance of a website is as essential to site operators as having the right content and marketing program. On the Speed Awareness Month website, site owners can find regular blog posts, best practice recommendations, tutorials and free or trial services and tools they can use to boost website speed.

Speed Awareness Month is a collaborative effort organized by the following industry leading firms: Dyn Inc., MaxCDN, Panopta, Torbit, UberTags, StackExchange.com, catchpoint.com and lognormal.com. More companies are expected to join the effort through the month.

Best practice and thought leadership content will come from the sponsors and more than 20 other industry thought leaders.

“I am very excited to see how many companies and experts are participating in Speed Awareness Month. We hope to reach as many website owners as possible and make them aware of the importance of website performance for their business,” said David Henzel, Speed Awareness Month organizer and vice president of marketing for NetDNA/MaxCDN. “The tips and free tools offered during this month will be a huge help for web masters to find out where the bottlenecks of their sites are and how to remove them.”

Speed Awareness Month is designed for all developers, system administrators, eCommerce shop owners and everyone that has a passion for website development and improvement.

The event is open to content from any experts who want to participate and have a passion for spreading knowledge about web performance optimization. To contribute, contact David Henzel at [e-mail].

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