akamai.com — Four seconds is the maximum length of time an average online shopper will wait for a Web page to load before potentially abandoning a retail site. This is one of several key findings revealed in a report made available today by Akamai, commissioned through JupiterResearch, that examines consumer reaction to a online shopping experience
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cwalkNov 9, 2006
I completely agree with dave_colorado. This article almost seems like covert spam. They tell you that you need to speed up your website, and then discretely mention that "Akamai® is the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online."
rspeedNov 9, 2006
@ nreynoldsUh... actually, raisin is a French word. I wouldn't be surprised if they got it from Latin. So what's your point?
bpapaNov 9, 2006
"akamai has nothing to do with this topic at all."they have everything to do with it, since the likely reason why Akamai even published this was to raise awareness of their service.
chewie67Nov 9, 2006
@dave_colorado - "and akamai has absolutely NO conflict of interest with the speed of your webpages loading"Exactly what I was thinking. These folks sell services to help speed up web sites. Of course they would say that speed matters. REPORTED AS SPAM.They're right -- to a point -- but I think it's much higher than 4 seconds. My wife, my mom, my aunt -- they all buy tons of stuff online, and they would wait a full minute before abandoning the site.This article is crap.
worxman02Nov 9, 2006
Just started using OpenDNS and I loaded Digg in 2.19 secs according to thats speed test. Link to results: <a class="user" href="http://www.vertain.com/m.q?req=cstr&reqid=d9yDBqsA">http://www.vertain.com/m.q?req=cstr&reqid=d9yDBqsA</a>URL: <a class="user" href="http://digg.com">http://digg.com</a> Speed: 2.19 sec (see details below) Compare to: 2.79 sec (our current benchmark average).
l0t3kNov 10, 2006
I was wondering how many Fasterfox references I'd see.This page: 5.4 secondsAmazon: Just shy of 12Apparently 4 seconds isn't a real solid figure. ;)
psygnisfiveNov 11, 2006
Digg.com loads in under a second for me on Firefox for the Mac. But I'm on a university network with UPLOAD speeds just shy of 1 megabyte per second so..
psygnisfiveNov 11, 2006
I get under a second downloads for Digg.com on Stony Brook University's network.
traheromNov 12, 2006
@XilonGet a new freakin' browser then... works fine for me under Firefox and Opera.