Just Search Labs Just Search Research and Development

One of the biggest usability issues affecting the success of a website is its speed and responsiveness. User studies have shown time and again that users don’t like to be kept waiting for pages to load – if they don’t see something coming up within a few seconds of loading then chances are they will simply go somewhere else. As websites become more media-rich this is still a problem, even as bandwidth and server horsepower increase. This is why keeping your site light and nimble is important, and cache control is one of the easiest ways to do that.

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Geoff Adams
Programmer, Research and Development

Not only do I personally run a few blogs, but I also contribute to and maintain the Just Search blogs.  So when a new version of Wordpress comes out I have to organise updating between 10 and 15 blogs.  What normally happens when a new version is released is that I read the release notes to see if there are any security issues that have been fixed.  If there is then I always update as soon as I can, otherwise I will usually leave it for a week and watch the blogosphere for any news of problems.

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Philip Norton
Lead Developer, Research and Development