When 4 computer and network engineers find out that there is no tool that automatically connects web performance metrics and solutions, frequently very technical to be implemented, they decide to roll up their sleeves and create Dareboost.
Following an open beta version of the service available through the end of 2013, Dareboost is officially rolled out in mid-2014. Today, Dareboost is present in more than 30 countries (and counts a much greater number of users) and analyzes at least 1,500 sites a day! You can try their free version right away to measure the performance of your website.
Three Sides of Dareboost
1. Analysis and Optimization Consulting
Dareboost is an online service that analyzes and measures website performance: the service closely evaluates over 100 control metrics (performance, referencing, accessibility, and others) to score the website on a 100-point scale. But Dareboost doesn't stop there.
Dareboost also provides customized optimization advice: accessibility, compatibility, quality, referencing, security, CMS... It gives its users all the metrics they need to solve the problems that have been identified, thus considerably improving their web performance.
2. Continuous Monitoring
It becomes even more interesting when Dareboost goes beyond the "audit" phase and offers a continuous monitoring functionality. Dareboost regularly analyzes the site to see how its quality is evolving. It sends out a weekly report which provides a summary of changes over the previous 7 days but also alerts in the case of deterioration or regression.
3. Benchmarking Against Competition
Dareboost's advice is clear: "The gap between 2 lengths of time is perceptible beyond 20%. You can thus position your website in comparison to the competition. Your objective: be 20% faster or at least, not be perceived as being slower!" Comparing with the competition will enable you to know where you stand and to do the required improvements to get ahead.
When Alexandra Martin from www.miss-seo-girl.com (article in french) performed a complete test of the service, this is what she got out of it:
If you're tempted to think the speed of a website is not that important, here are a few statistics that will remind us the effect it might have:
- By reducing its loading time by 2.2 seconds, Mozilla increased the number of Firefox downloads by 15.4%.
- When users encounter download problems in the course of a transaction, up to 49% will leave the site and potentially go to the competition.
- Bing has found that a 2-second delay could result in a 4.3% drop in advertising revenues.
- By reducing its loading time by 50%, AutoAnything (car parts online shop) increased its average basket by 11%.
(Statistics provided by Dareboost CEO Damien Jubeau)
Ideal for E-Commerce websites and Agencies
Dareboost's clients include large corporations, e-commerce sites as well as numerous web design agencies. Dareboost provides them with quality assurance support for their sites. The service both enables them to assure the quality of their productions and acts as a trusted third party in the spirit that we share at StarDust
NewQuest CEO Yann Costes explains how his agency wove Dareboost into their work processes: "In our specifications we guarantee a quality of results on various platforms, including Dareboost.
During acceptance and launching, we send our clients links to Dareboost quality reports as evidence that we are as good as our word.
For a Site Both Functional and Responsive
At StarDust, our testers help our clients identify a maximum of bugs in order to obtain an functional website and thereby make their users' experience optimal.
Ideally, the tests can be complemented with performance diagnostic offered by Dareboost, to assure that the site is totally functional, responsive, and quick ... making your clients' experience flawless!