14 Rules for Faster-Loading Web Sites, from Steve Souders April 25, 2015Sh*tsfast, performance, speedPF High Performance Web Sites 14 Rules for Faster-Loading Web Sites Rule 1 – Make Fewer HTTP Requests Rule 2 – Use a Content Delivery Network Rule 3 – Add an Expires Header Rule 4 – Gzip Components Rule 5 – Put Stylesheets at the Top Rule 6 – Put Scripts at the Bottom Rule 7 – Avoid CSS Expressions Rule 8 – Make JavaScript and CSS External Rule 9 – Reduce DNS Lookups Rule 10 – Minify JavaScript Rule 11 – Avoid Redirects Rule 12 – Remove Duplicate Scripts Rule 13 – Configure ETags Rule 14 – Make AJAX Cacheable