I mentioned in my previous Trail Log that my look at the new Site Performance feature in Google Webmaster Tools tools led me down a rat hole looking into ways to optimize my website. Since I use WordPress I approached this as WordPress optimization, but the reality was most of this was basic web optimization. I did use these tools to help decide which WordPress plug-ins & features to use. Plug-ins or features that degrade performance for little benefit were dropped. In this article I’ll discuss the tools it led [...] Read the rest »