Author name: Anand Srinivasan

LinkedIn is the biggest professional social network and is now owned by Microsoft. It has over 930 million registered users, and according to SimilarWeb receives more than 1.7 billion visits each month. A speed report from Lighthouse paints a rather grim picture and scores the LinkedIn website 5.7 seconds on the speed index (SI), and […]

Craigslist is by far the most popular classifieds website on the internet. According to SimilarWeb, the website receives over 200 million visits each month with 94% of the traffic coming from the United States. A speed report from Lighthouse paints a rather grim picture and scores the Craigslist website 11.9 seconds on the speed index

The Entertainment Sports Programming Network (ESPN) is a leading American cable sports channel. According to SimilarWeb, ESPN.com receives close to 450 million visits each month with an overwhelming 86% of traffic coming from the United States. A speed report from Lighthouse paints a rather grim picture and scores the ESPN.com website 15.1 seconds on the

Yahoo.com is perhaps one of the most popular web portals from the Web 1.0 era that is still alive and kicking. According to SimilarWeb, the website receives over 3.3 billion visits each month with over 50% of the traffic coming in from the United States. A speed report from Lighthouse paints a rather grim picture

Weather.com, part of The Weather Channel, is one of the oldest and most popular websites for daily weather updates. Since 2016, The Weather Channel has been part of IBM. A speed report from Lighthouse paints a rather grim picture and scores the Weather.com website 12.3 seconds on the speed index (SI), and 32% on Performance.

TripAdvisor (TA) is one of the largest travel communities online. According to a SEMRush report, the website sees over 145 million visitors each month with a majority of traffic coming from the United States A speed report from Lighthouse paints a rather grim picture and scores TripAdvisor website 14.2 seconds on the speed index (SI),

YouTube is by far the most popular video streaming platform on the internet. Acquired by Google for $1.65 billion in 2006, the platform today has nearly a billion videos uploaded. A speed report from Lighthouse paints a rather grim picture and scores the YouTube website 7.3 seconds on the speed index (SI), and 33 on

Yelp is one of the largest publishers of crowdsourced reviews about businesses. As of 2021, the company made over a billion dollars in revenue and received close to 150 million visitors each month. A speed report from Lighthouse paints a rather grim picture and scores Yelp website 11.1 seconds on the speed index (SI), and

Pinterest is an American image-sharing website that receives over 1 billion visits each month from both desktop and mobile (according to SimilarWeb). The company has reported annual revenues of over $2.8 billion as of 2022 A speed report from Lighthouse paints a rather grim picture and scores the Pinterest website 5.5 seconds on the speed

Merriam-Webster is the oldest dictionary publisher in the United States. According to their website, the desktop website receives over 32 million unique visitors each year, with an additional 18.5 million coming from mobile phones. The app contributes to around 9 million unique a year. A speed report from Lighthouse paints a rather grim picture and