Speed question

Ridge runner · Jul 9, 2020

I have spent the last few days working on my sites speed. I run self hosted wordpress on an aws ec2 server right now.

I have swapped themes, installed wprocket premium, images, compressed images and added cloud flare can. I have a 1.1 to 1.5 second main page and post pages now.

I was getting ready to add a cookie less domain but realized that I could activate https/2 on my server if I choose to. I am trying to determine before I do either which would give me the most improvement. The http2 or the cookie less domain. I have read several articles indicating cookieless can actually slow down due to an extra handshake if you are using http2.

Has anyone tested these and can give me any tips as to why 1 would be better?

Sweely · Jul 14, 2020

I honestly have no clue what any of those terms mean. But if you're doing this for SEO purposes there's a lot better things you should be spending your time on.

Just get your site to a respectable speed and focus on building out your site or its backlinks instead.

My 2 cents. Good luck with the speed improvement of your blog though!

Mr Positive · Jul 14, 2020

1) read @FatBee guide as that should give you a starting point 2) hire a specialist like @Festinger if you get stuck.

thebotmaker · Jul 15, 2020

Ridge runner said:
I have spent the last few days working on my sites speed. I run self hosted wordpress on an aws ec2 server right now.

I have swapped themes, installed wprocket premium, images, compressed images and added cloud flare can. I have a 1.1 to 1.5 second main page and post pages now.

I was getting ready to add a cookie less domain but realized that I could activate https/2 on my server if I choose to. I am trying to determine before I do either which would give me the most improvement. The http2 or the cookie less domain. I have read several articles indicating cookieless can actually slow down due to an extra handshake if you are using http2.

Has anyone tested these and can give me any tips as to why 1 would be better?

Which ec2 server are you using, also mind saying what theme you are using?

Ridge runner · Jul 15, 2020

thebotmaker said:
Which ec2 server are you using, also mind saying what theme you are using?

Ec2 thats free tier for a year, micro i think not sure., I am out of town today, using grid mag, though someone just pointed out may be having issues in internet explorer, I checked safari. Android, Chrome and waterfox

thebotmaker · Jul 15, 2020

Thanks for responding so quick!
Here is the guide @Mr Positive is talking about - https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/wordpress-optimization-guide-from-3-to-1-second-load-time.1230324/
Helped me out as well.
I would recommend editing out the site link due to risk of others copying, etc.

Ridge runner · Jul 15, 2020

Yea thats what I was doing for most of it was his guide, when I got to the cookie less domain is where my question came up, but also to sweely, I checked my comps scores and I was doing far better than them so I went back to articles links etc. Debating the value of adsense or not will watch it for a while. I'm still in the 1 or 2 per day max organics.

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