Do acceleration products really work for every request, 24x7?

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Hey There,

It is nice to see the details of a test done by Aptimize in the post above.

I was a bit surprised some of the css and javascript were not combined near the top. However, any program that can reduce the number of resources and make the page faster without code changes is a big plus. I would be interested to see how the service stacks up against a website that has already been manually optimized. Perhaps in a few weeks I make a few more tweaks I will request a trial. I am having a pure css menu created to replace my javascript one and I plan to move all javascript to the bottom of the body.

If there are a bunch of variables that go into a price estimate, it would be nice to have some sort of price calculator that customers could take those variables into consideration. I do not understand the whole concept of wanting to hide the prices from competitors. Any consumer that is going to spend some serious money on a product is going to shop around and ask questions; having the prices available just makes it easier for them to find exactly what they are looking for. Any company that wants to hide prices makes me feel that they want to drive up the price rather than giving fair market value based on supply and demand. I am really hoping there is or will be some sort of cloud based service that small business owners can afford.

Wish both of your companies the best of luck and it will be interesting to see what the future will bring.

Sincerely,
Travis Walters