> Pingdom is kind of nifty for its comparisons. I got the author's site to be only in the top 97% by running the benchmark again. My own site varies from being in the top 90% to 96% (I did get a 99% once)
If you strive for geek cred, you can get
> Your website is faster than 100% of all tested websites
The trick is to 1. have a static website, obviously, and everything inlined (so basically a single index.html); 2. run the test twice — dns responses should cache during the first one; 3. host your website in Amsterdam which is where they have (at least one of) their testers:
> Tested from Amsterdam, Netherlands on October 16 at 19:04:21
If you strive for geek cred, you can get
> Your website is faster than 100% of all tested websites
The trick is to 1. have a static website, obviously, and everything inlined (so basically a single index.html); 2. run the test twice — dns responses should cache during the first one; 3. host your website in Amsterdam which is where they have (at least one of) their testers:
> Tested from Amsterdam, Netherlands on October 16 at 19:04:21
Oh, and don't use SSL.