Friday, November 10th, 2006 by Andy Beal

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Google Wants to Put the Web on Speed

CNET has various quotes from Marissa Mayer – taken from this week’s Web 2.0 Summit – that suggest Google’s working to speed up their services.

  • They acquired YouTube, because videos posted faster than Google Video.
  • They tested showing search users 30 results instead of the standard 10, and discovered the extra half-second it took for the pages to load, annoyed users.
  • Finally, they put Google Maps “on a diet” and reduced the page size by 30%.

Internet users want to see results right away or they will leave the Web site, she said. Speed–the ability to interact with software and content, and see immediate results– is a key aspect of Web 2.0 applications, she said.

Look for cans of Google Red Bull in a store near you! ;-)


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1 comment on “Google Wants to Put the Web on Speed”

  1. Jeremy Luebke Says:

    November 10th, 2006 at 12:13 pm

    Slashdot actually ran a story the other day about a survey that stated 4 seconds should be the max load time to keep users happy. I guess this backs that up.

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/08/1352211