Yahoo Web Performance Best Practices and Rules

Web Performance Best Practices and Rules

Yahoo's Exceptional Performance team has identified(确定) 34 rules that affect web page performance. YSlow's web page analysis is based on the 23 of these 34 rules that are testable(可试验的). Click each performance rule below to see the details.

1. Minimize HTTP Requests
2. Use a Content Delivery Network
3. Avoid empty src or href
4. Add an Expires or a Cache-Control Header
5. Gzip Components
6. Put StyleSheets at the Top
7. Put Scripts at the Bottom
8. Avoid CSS Expressions
9. Make JavaScript and CSS External
10. Reduce DNS Lookups
11. Minify(变小) JavaScript and CSS
12. Avoid Redirects

 

13. Remove Duplicate Scripts
14. Configure ETags
15. Make AJAX Cacheable
16. Use GET for AJAX Requests
17. Reduce the Number of DOM Elements
18. No 404s
19. Reduce Cookie Size
20. Use Cookie-Free Domains for Components
21. Avoid Filters
22. Do Not Scale Images in HTML
23. Make favicon.ico Small and Cacheable