Google's Steve Souders, Creator of YSlow on Web Site Optimization

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Google's Steve Souders, Creator of YSlow on Web Site Optimization

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Oct 15, 2011

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Steve works at Google on web performance and open source initiatives. His book, Even Faster Web Sites, explains his best practices for performance. Steve is the creator of YSlow, one of the top 25 Firefox add-ons.

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Oct 15, 2011

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Google's Steve Souders, Creator of YSlow on Web Site Optimization

Google's Steve Souders, Creator of YSlow on Web Site Optimization

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