If your page is on the web, speed matters. For developers and webmasters, making your page
faster shouldn’t be a hassle, which is why we introduced
mod_pagespeed in 2010. Since then the development team has been working to improve
the functionality, quality and performance of this open-source Apache module that
automatically optimizes web pages and their resources. Now, after almost two years and
eighteen releases, we are announcing that we are taking off the Beta label.
We’re committed to working with the open-source community to continue evolving
mod_pagespeed, including more, better and smarter optimizations and support for other web
servers. Over 120,000 sites are already using mod_pagespeed to improve the performance of
their web pages using the latest techniques and trends in optimization. The product is used
worldwide by individual sites, and is also offered by hosting providers, such as DreamHost, Go
Daddy and content delivery networks like EdgeCast. With the move out of beta we hope that even
more sites will soon benefit from the web performance improvements offered through
mod_pagespeed.
mod_pagespeed is a key part of our goal to help make the web faster for everyone. Users prefer
faster sites and we have seen that faster pages lead to higher user engagement, conversions,
and retention. In fact, page speed is one of the signals in search
ranking and ad
quality scores. Besides evangelizing for speed, we offer tools and technologies to
help measure, quantify, and improve performance, such as Site Speed Reports in Google Analytics, PageSpeed Insights,
and PageSpeed
Optimization products. In fact, both mod_pagespeed and PageSpeed Service are based
on our open-source PageSpeed Optimization
Libraries project, and are important ways in which we help websites take advantage
of the latest performance best practices.
