Topic: WebPerf – Ctrl blog

You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list

2022-09-20T14:03:00Z

I don’t know what I did wrong, but I’ve angered one of the titans of the internet! For the last six days, my home internet connection has been partially broken. Some apps and many websites either load slowly, partially, or not at all. Everywhere I go, I’m greeted by the same blockade message from Cloudflare.

Can you use a WebP file as an Open Graph Protocol image?

2022-04-25T20:19:00Z

The Open Graph Protocol (OGP) was created by and for Facebook in 2010. OGP is a pseudo-standard set of metadata tags you can include on your webpages to describe its contents. By now, it’s become the primary data source for generated link previews across the web and apps.

Brave reduces the page load performance cost of its adblocker

2021-09-26T11:19:00Z

An adblocker doesn’t necessarily make your web browser load pages faster. The Brave browser introduced a shiny new and more performant adblocking system in late 2019. However, leftovers from its old system have remained in the browser and have quietly held back its performance potential.

Google’s unfair performance advantage in Chrome

2021-07-07T14:06:00Z

Google Chrome for Android has a feature that gives Google Search an unfair advantage over its competition. Sure, it’s the default search engine and that’s a huge hurdle to overcome for any competitor. However, Chrome also reserves a performance-boosting feature for Google Search exclusively.

A technical and privacy review of Cloudflare Web Analytics

2020-12-16T09:21:00Z

Last week, Cloudflare announced its new Web Analytics service: a cost-free stand-alone product for counting website visitors. In its announcement, Cloudflare promised that its new service puts privacy first, doesn’t collect any personal information, and doesn’t use persistent tracking such as cookies.