Browser & Web Performance · Junior · Question 50 of 75

Why are redirects bad for page load speed?

1Redirects make the page uncacheable forever
2Redirects disable compression
✓Correct answer: Each redirect adds at least one extra round trip before the real page starts loading

Explanation

For example http://site.com → https://site.com → https://www.site.com adds two round trips to TTFB.

Further reading

web.dev: Time to First Byte (TTFB) ↗

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