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A few months ago, Google launched a CDN like page speed service and we asked, would you give Google pagespeed a try?
47% of you said you would, whereas 30% said you wouldn't and the rest were not sure.
There are many reasons why a webmaster and SEO would reply that they would or wouldn't use the service. Some would love a method to speed up their pages and not have to worry about the technical - how tos. Some don't trust Google to host their content and pages. Some think they can do it better than Google.
That being said, I am so curious if the 47% who said they would try it, if they actually tried it.
Take my new poll asking "Did you try Google Page Speed Service"?
Forum discussion continued at WebmasterWorld.
Note: This story was written earlier this week and scheduled to be published today.
Comments:
Fedor
10/14/2011 03:19 pm
You'd have to be crazy to give Google the authority to rewrite your pages, even if you do have the ability to approve them. I guess you have to weigh the odds, if your site has serious performance issues and absolutely love everything Google, then this may be a way out. You can easily blame them if anything goes wrong after all. I personally like to control every aspect of my sites and so far, I see no valid reason for why I would use Google's CDN vs other hosts that give you full control. I will however run it on small sites to see if there are any algorithmic benefits, even thought they say there aren't any. Trust no one... especially Google.
Mint Dj
10/14/2011 10:31 pm
Makes me wonder about the Akamai acquisition rumors.