Why Your Website Should Be Under 14kB in Size

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TCP slow start is an algorithm used by servers to find out how many packets it can send at a time. When a browser first makes a connection to your server — the server has no way of knowing the amount of bandwidth between them (View Highlight)review


Your server doesn’t know how much data the connection can handle — so it starts by sending you a small and safe amount of data — usually 10 TCP packets. If those packets successfully reach your site’s visitor, their computer sends back an acknowledgement (ACK) saying the packets have been received. (View Highlight)review


So if you can fit your website — or the critical parts of it — into 14kb, you can save visitors a lot of time — the time it takes for one round trip between them and your website’s server. (View Highlight)review

Why your website should be under 14kB in size

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TCP slow start is an algorithm used by servers to find out how many packets it can send at a time. When a browser first makes a connection to your server — the server has no way of knowing the amount of bandwidth between them (View Highlight)review


Your server doesn’t know how much data the connection can handle — so it starts by sending you a small and safe amount of data — usually 10 TCP packets. If those packets successfully reach your site’s visitor, their computer sends back an acknowledgement (ACK) saying the packets have been received. (View Highlight)review


So if you can fit your website — or the critical parts of it — into 14kb, you can save visitors a lot of time — the time it takes for one round trip between them and your website’s server. (View Highlight)review