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RapidSpike Roundup 2021

December 17, 2021

2021 has been an incredible year for RapidSpike, we’ve produced some brilliant features and made significant platform changes. Here are some of the highlights in the RapidSpike Roundup 2021.

Georgina Grant-Muller Read Blog: 10 min

RapidSpike 2021 Christmas Message

December 16, 2021

With 2021 drawing to a close, RapidSpike CEO, Gav Winter's gives his 2021 Christmas message. Merry Christmas from RapidSpike!

Gav Winter

Log4j Vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)

December 16, 2021

Log4j vulnerability - what you need to know from RapidSpike.

Tyler, James

What is Synthetic Monitoring?

October 25, 2021

Without synthetic monitoring, you can't be sure that your website is always available, or that the customer experience is always perfect.

Gav Winter Read Blog: 5 min

Can You Spot the £2.5 Million Website Performance Mistake?

October 7, 2021

Looks can be deceiving. Big images are beautiful, but how harmful are they to your profit margins and how can we help you to avoid a massive website performance mistake.

Sam Jenkins Read Blog: 7 min

Upgrading: Building for the Future

August 25, 2021

Over the last 6 years we’ve developed many cutting-edge features. We’re now focused on upgrading new technologies to existing functionality.

Tyler, James Read Blog: 4 min

No Sacred Cows: Agile at RapidSpike

August 17, 2021

RapidSpike’s Project Lead explains how we have embedded Agile and Scrum project management practises as standard at RapidSpike.

Channah Parker-Hamdani Read Blog: 4 min

RapidSpike Integration: Splunk On-Call

July 29, 2021

RapidSpike have an ever-growing list of integrations available to help manage incidents raised - the latest addition is Splunk On-Call.

Callum Brooks Read Blog: 2 min

Trending: A Seismic Shift in the Way We Present your Data

July 22, 2021

A big update to the RapidSpike app went live recently - a major improvement to our Page Overview dashboard.

Bryn Dodgson Read Blog: 5 min

What is Website Monitoring?

July 15, 2021

Websites are crucial these days and monitoring them is just as important. We explain what website monitoring is and why you need it.

Gav Winter Read Blog: 9 min

Football’s Coming Home, but will England’s Google Lighthouse Scores?

July 9, 2021

Football may be coming home, but will England’s Google Lighthouse scores? We take a look at the football team’s website performance and suggest tactics to help them improve.

Michael Chadwick Read Blog: 3 min

RapidSpike Website Redesign

June 15, 2021

As we’re a performance company we put our money where our mouth is and improved performance, user experience and SEO with a website redesign.

Michael Chadwick Read Blog: 3 min

The Correlation Between Competitive Sports & Website Performance

May 17, 2021

In competitive sports, getting ahead of the competition is all about marginal gains and website performance isn’t any different. We discuss what website’s can do to beat the opponents and win the race!

Paula Horton Read Blog: 3 min

The Pub’s Open, Now What? A Look into Digital Experiences in 2021

May 12, 2021

2020 was a year like no other, including a paradigm shift in ecommerce. We discuss what digital experiences look like in 2021 so far.

Channah Parker-Hamdani Read Blog: 5 min

Core Web Vitals: One Test Just Isn’t Enough

May 7, 2021

Numerous factors are at play when you run a Google Lighthouse test which are the main drivers behind Core Web Vitals. We test different machines to examine how reliable single tests are.

Gav Winter Read Blog: 4 min

Meet the Team: Emma, Lead Generation

April 29, 2021

Meet the Team: We hear from the RapidSpike team. Emma, Lead Generation Executive reflects back on the last six months since joining RapidSpike.

Emma Lees Read Blog: 2 min

Meet the Team: Janie, Account Manager

April 8, 2021

Meet the Team: We hear from the RapidSpike team. Janie, Account Manager reflects on 12 months of lockdown, and a new career in tech.

Janie Gonsalez Read Blog: 2 min

How to Improve Core Web Vital Scores

March 31, 2021

From June 2021, Google is using ‘Core Web Vitals’ as a brand new ranking signal. We explain how to improve Core Web Vitals scores.

Georgina Grant-Muller Read Blog: 5 min

How to Measure Core Web Vitals

March 29, 2021

Core Web Vitals will become a ranking factor from June 2021. In this blog we explain how to measure Core Web Vitals.

Georgina Grant-Muller Read Blog: 3 min

Core Web Vitals: Google’s Upcoming Ranking Changes

March 23, 2021

From June 2021, Google’s ranking algorithm will start judging your website based on a new set of performance metrics called Core Web Vitals.

Georgina Grant-Muller Read Blog: 4 min

The Code Behind Magecart Skimming Scripts

March 17, 2021

A momentary mistake by hackers revealed the code used to generate malicious scripts. A unique opportunity to see the code behind the hacks.

Sam Jenkins Read Blog: 4 min

International Women’s Day 2021

March 8, 2021

For International Women’s Day 2021, we examine the reasons behind the lack of women in tech and explore the different routes into software development.