mod_gzip
I read dive into mark's comments on Speed Up Your Site and found a little gem about using mod_gzip to compress data going out from your server. Since most clients support gzip encoding, this means Daypop can serve less bytes/page.
I looked around the net for mention about mod_gzip and the information out there is pretty sparse. I installed it anyway and tested it out. The length of the Top 40 page using gzip is 5.5K! That's about 85-90% improvement. Or rather, it takes about 1/10 the bandwidth that it used to.
Where's the catch?
Well, I've encountered one problem so far. My IE6 won't load the Top 40 page when gzipped!
So the jury is still out on this. More testing is definitely needed.
Update: I can't get my browser to load the Top 40 even after deactivating mod_gzip, and deleting my local cache! I can access the page through the filesystem. The gzip test above still works (it says it loaded the page). What's going on?
Anyone else having problems loading the Top 40?
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