Pagespeed is an important metric to DoSomething.org because it impacts usability, SEO and the overall health of the code. We talk with Matt Holford, the CTO of DoSomething.org about how they are working to reduce page load time. Learn which tricks they have for launching a new Drupal site and optimizing for speed.

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Episode 11

SPEAKER 1: Hey podcast listeners. Before we get to today’s show we just want to share a huge milestone. We just passed our twenty thousandth download since creating the Whole Whale podcast in March so thank you so much for listening. Also something fun, we’ve created a keyword shortcut thanks to our friends at Mobile Commons, they try to train people in using SMS and what is possible with text messaging. So, how do you do it you ask? Well, you text the word PODCAST to 36453, again text the word PODCAST to 36453. Now we got a sort of fun game set up where you can give us a little bit of feedback but also see how you might be able to use text messaging for yourself. Alright let’s jump into today’s episode.

This is Using the Whole Whale, a podcast that brings you stories about data and technology in a non-profit world. My name is George Weiner, your host, and the chief Whaler of Wholewhale.com thanks for joining us.

So this may or may not come as a shock to you listening right now but the truth is you’re impatient and I have the data to back it up. I’m just gonna log in really quickly and pull up some stats for you. So I love the 90s as much as the next person but I’m sorry, if our internet speeds were still going this fast where you ran across a connection like this you’d probably throw your computer out the window. And so, it’s just a simple fact of nature that we have become a culture that expects speeds that are far faster than what AOL used to deliver and in fact, let’s say if you worked at Amazon, every .1 seconds that goes by the slow page load costs you one percen