The FastWeb Race is all about making the Web faster. It’s a hands-on contest for Web developers, QA professionals, Web Operations experts, Performance Analysts and others – in short anyone, who builds, tests, optimizes or manages Web sites and apps.       Steve Souders Google Ben Rushlo Keynote Systems Bob Buffone RockStarApps Dawn Parzych F5 Networks Fastest in the world Eager to become the fastest   Who should submit?     You have a faster than (or close to) light speed site and/or have achieved an order of magnitude performance improvement.     You are ready to share with the Web community what techniques, tools and smarts got you that acceleration.     Who should submit?     You have tried (almost) everything to make your site faster, and you just don’t get the performance improvements you were expecting.     You have a “whatever it takes” attitude, that is, you are coachable and do not give up, when the going gets tough.   Fastest in the world Eager to become the fastest       Record your transaction Simply Download KITE for free and if you want to see an example check-out this sample submission.     Describe your performance improvement Describe the design and/or techniques and tools you used to optimize the performance.     Submit your entry Use the form on the right side to send us your entry.         Record your transaction Simply Download KITE for free and if you want to see an example check-out this sample submission.     Describe the problem Describe the problem you are trying to solve, and what you have tried so far.     Submit your entry Use the form on the right side to send us your entry.             Step-1 | Step 2    First Name*    Last Name*    Email*    Company*    What does your script show? e.g. a 5-step purchasing transaction*    Choose Your Category:* Fastest in the world   Eager to become the fastest      What problem you are trying to solve?*    List the techniques and best practices used to optimize performance.*        I agree to the terms of entry.           Fastest in the world Eager to become the fastest   Our Web gurus will select the site, which accomplished an order of magnitude performance improvement using the best practices of performance optimization. Submissions that can show the performance improvement (e.g. using KITE's Global 5-City Test before and after the performance optimization) are preferred.     The winner will get: “FastWeb Race Performance Award” and 6 months of free performance monitoring by Keynote Systems.     Our Web gurus will select those that have the best potential to improve the performance of the Web.     The winner will get: A complete performance analysis and step-by-step guidance by the world’s top web experts on how to improve your site's performance ($10,000 value).           What’s the purpose of “The FastWeb Race”? Why is Keynote sponsoring this?       Everyday we work with Web dev and ops folks and we see a lot of the same performance issues come up. We think there’s an opportunity to share best practices with the Web community using real world examples. Would you also believe that we think this stuff is fun? We’ve assembled a great panel of Web performance experts who are ready to roll up their sleeves and dive into each submission.   Can you say more about what an entry looks like?       OK, here are some examples for what your entry to The FastWeb Race could look like:         A navigation path through a catalog and shopping cart on a retail Web site. An online travel booking application. A Web application that uses Ajax such as Web mail.       In short, anything done over the Web is fair game.     How will entries be chosen by The FastWeb Race panel? And what’s the likelihood of getting selected?       What we’re going to do is review all the entries and select one for each category. Make sure you submit your script along with your entry. We also suggest you submit your 5-City-Test results for your site. All you need to do is hit the “Push-to-Start” button in KITE, upload the script you recorded and test your site’s performance. Submissions that include the 5-City-Test are preferred.   What will I get if I’m selected?       If our judges select your site as “Fastest in the world”, you will receive The FastWeb Race Performance Award and get 6 months of free performance monitoring from Keynote Systems. If you are “Eager to be fastest” and get selected you will get free performance analysis and guidance from our judges on how to improve your Web performance. As you can imagine, this doesn’t come cheap so we think there’s a lot of value here for you.     Why do submissions to the The FastWeb Race involve recording our entry using KITE?       Our judges use the script you record as a common point of reference when they analyze your site or app performance. Even more, KITE is a powerful way for you to understand the performance of your Web site or app, in other words, you learn how your users are experiencing your site on their end of the browser. After recording your entry, just run a 5-City-Test on Keynote’s global network and you can see instantly how your site performs from various locations around the world. We suggest you submit those test results along with your script.     I’ve downloaded KITE and installed it successfully. I’ve got a few questions about using it, can I get some help?       Yes, you have multiple options to get help. First checkout the online tutorials. Next, ask a question on the KITE community forum and search the threads. Your question might already be answered.     I have a few more questions about the program. Who can I contact?       Send our program manager an email: fastwebrace@keynote.com.

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