10 Ways to Improve Your Web Page Performance

from time to time we can get a little geeky. But the reality is that one key to keeping your audience engaged is not to lose them due to kludgy page design & implementation. Here's a good article w/ ways to improve upon that.

10 Ways to Improve Your Web Page Performance - Six Revisions: "There are a million and one ways to boost your website’s performance. The methods vary and some are more involved than others. The three main areas that you can work on are: hardware (your web server), server-side scripting optimization (PHP, Python, Java), and front-end performance (the meat of the web page)."

Online Advertising And Its Impact On Web Design

a great primer

Online Advertising And Its Impact On Web Design | How-To | Smashing Magazine: "Although advertising is a concern for website owners and those pushing products or services, it is also has an impact on Web designers, because they have to be able to design and develop websites that can produce ad revenue and still meet the needs of visitors. Clients with websites that depend on ad revenue need a design that provides the necessary screen space and a proper layout for selling ads, and advertisers need placement that will get them the exposure they seek."