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HTTP/2 and HTTP/3What it means for you.

Modern web protocols that load many files at once over a connection and recover better from network loss.

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Newer HTTP versions reduce the cost of many requests and improve behavior on poor networks. Most CDNs and hosts enable them by default.

Older advice to merge every file into one bundle matters less under them.

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What is HTTP/2 and HTTP/3?

Modern web protocols that load many files at once over a connection and recover better from network loss.

Where does it sit in Growth Score?

It belongs to the Activation pillar, one of the 12 pillars your score is built from.

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