Reading Your Website Speed Test Results: Uptime vs. Response Time
What do uptime and response time actually tell you? When you run a website speed check, the numbers you see usually fall into two categories: uptime and response time. Uptime tells you whether the server is reachable at all. Response time tells you how fast it answers. Both matter, but they measure very different things. Understanding what each figure means and when to trust it can save you from chasing false alarms or missing real problems. A common mistake is to treat a
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What do uptime and response time actually tell you? When you run a website speed check, the numbers you see usually fall into two categories: uptime and response time. Uptime tells you whether the server is reachable at all. Response time tells you how fast it answers. Both matter, but they measure very different things. Understanding what each figure means and when to trust it can save you from chasing false alarms or missing real problems. A common mistake is to treat a
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