The bald assertion that Tumblr is more successful than Posterous because it is faster is repeated about a half dozen times during the piece but no evidence is ever advanced to prove this point.
Without further data, at best, we're talking a correlation. I could similarly argue that dropping the 'e' in Tumblr is a 'big reason' Tumblr is more successful than Posterous (which, please note, contains an 'e'!).
Does a fast site help improve business success(comparing to a slower site similar in functionality)? Of course it does. Does performance play a role? It does. Is it the only reason? No.
The article does not pinpoint the success or failure of a business into a single reason. The article didn't claim "performance is The reason" that Tumblr is successful. It says "performance is most likely one of the key factors".
I don't know about this... I use tumblr and it usually seems pretty slow to me... normally more than the 3sec load time they quote... haven't tried posterous yet....
Good point. Tumblr is a lot faster than Posterous. However, it is only at about 50 percentile comparing to other sites over the Internet while Posterous is below average - in other words, Tumblr's performance is only about average. Both have lots to be improved.
no, actually it does matter. Browser caching is not reliable and only covers around 20% to 25% of requests (according to GoogleMaps JS caching behavior stats). So it matters quite a bit.
It's not just about the requests. Some developers forget that not everyone has 8gb of RAM and a quad-core CPU. Those scripts add up and clog both memory and CPU time.
40-60% of Yahoo!’s users have an empty cache experience and ~20% of all page views are done with an empty cache. To my knowledge, there’s no other research that shows this kind of information...
Does web performance matter? For Tumblr and other light blogging service providers, clearly it does and it made a big difference. A recent New York Times article pointed out that "Tumblr Leaves Posterous In the Dust". Both are leading light blogging service providers. However, Tumblr has out-grown Posterous significantly over the last year. Why? it looks like that one big reason is that Tumblr has been twice as fast as Posterous.
The bald assertion that Tumblr is more successful than Posterous because it is faster is repeated about a half dozen times during the piece but no evidence is ever advanced to prove this point.
Without further data, at best, we're talking a correlation. I could similarly argue that dropping the 'e' in Tumblr is a 'big reason' Tumblr is more successful than Posterous (which, please note, contains an 'e'!).