Benchmarking sites and applications may lend itself a little bit more towards the development crowd, but I know that a lot of IT geeks are all about performance metrics.
Which Loads Faster? is a simple web app that meant for measuring just that. Check it out…
Granted, this doesn’t exactly give a breakdown of rich information but I think it’s a viable solution for quick test cases.
I also dig the simplicity of the UI – two URLs, a go button, and a nice overlay that visualizes the information without going overboard.
I think that it is lying, no way my blog can be quicker than this one
It could depending on where you are in the world, how far the request has to travel, etc.