Top 1000 Compression Survey: Top Ten Sites

Best & Worst of Compression Among the Top 1000 Corporations

Port80 thought you may want to know which companies are saving the most by compressing their Web content, and which companies are losing the most by not compressing. These lists are ranked according to largest actual savings or possible savings from compression on home page requests.

The Top 10 from May 2005: Top 1000 sites saving the most with compression

Company (home page)	Compression Analysis (displayed in new window)	Bytes Saved with Compression	Percentage Saved with Compression	Transfer Speed Improvement
Marriott	www.marriott.com	66,068	72%	3.7 X
Landstar System	www.landstar.com	85,609	70%	3.3 X
Liberty Mutual Insurance Group	www.libertymutual.com	77,157	69%	3.3 X
Starwood Hotels & Resorts	www.starwoodhotels.com	104,964	61%	2.6 X
Washington Mutual	www.wamu.com	73,830	57%	2.3 X
W.W. Grainger	www.grainger.com	42,074	43%	1.8 X
eBay	www.ebay.com	120,119	37%	1.6 X
Echostar Communications	www.echostar.com	56,945	36%	1.6 X
Dex Media	www.dexonline.com	45,757	35%	1.6 X
Hilton Hotels	www.hilton.com	56,531	35%	1.5 X

The Bottom 10 from May 2005: Top 1000 sites wasting the most by NOT using compression

Company (home page)	Compression Analysis (displayed in new window)	Bytes Saved with Compression	Percentage Saved with Compression	Transfer Speed Improvement
Western Wireless	www.wwireless.com	11,184	79%	4.9 X
Leucadia National	www.leucadia.com	17,667	77%	4.4 X
National Oilwell Varco	www.natoil.com	131,431	76%	4.3 X
KeyCorp	www.key.com	38,750	75%	4.0 X
Owens-Illinois	www.o-i.com	35,228	74%	3.9 X
Tenneco Automotive	www.tenneco-automotive.com	38,594	73%	3.7 X
Sentry Insurance Group	www.sentry.com	71,038	72%	3.6 X
Nextel Partners	www.nextelpartners.com	491,284	72%	3.6 X
AutoZone	www.autozone.com	23,408	72%	3.6 X
Verizon Communications	www.verizon.com	39,604	71%	3.5 X

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