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TTFB grade D when accessing non-www version of website - graphicsxp - 08-13-2015 10:29 PM
Here are my tests results:
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/150813_CA_GRK/1/details/
In find the first DNS resolve time pretty long (according to my inexperienced judgment) and that probably explains the Grade D
If I run the test against the www version, then I get grade A or sometimes B.
The permanent redirection from non-www to www is done in the vhost file of my Apache server. I did something like that:
Code:
# Assuming that Apache listens on 127.0.0.1
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
ServerName domainname.com
<IfModule mod_alias.c>
Redirect permanent / http://www.domainname.com/
</IfModule>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
ServerName www.domainname.com
# other directives to process www.domainname.com
</VirtualHost>
[/Could someone provide me with a hint to improve the non-www version ?
RE: TTFB grade D when accessing non-www version of website - pmeenan - 08-17-2015 06:44 AM
I wouldn't sweat it too much unless it's normal for traffic to arrive at the non-www version. You will never get a good TTFB grade if a redirect has to happen. Just testing the actual destination (and making sure the redirect is as fast as possible otherwise) is the best way to test.
RE: TTFB grade D when accessing non-www version of website - GreenGecko - 08-18-2015 01:01 PM
On a side note... WPML can be brutal with your performance, but seem to be much better in the newer ( 3.2 ) version.