SAN MATEO, Calif., May 21, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Keynote Systems (Nasdaq:KEYN), the global leader in on-demand mobile and Internet test & measurement solutions for continuously improving the online experience, today announced a FREE webinar for retailers entitled, "Load Testing Fundamentals and Best Practices for Web Applications," to be held on Thursday, May 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Pacific time. The webinar is being held a few days after the long Memorial Day weekend marking the traditional time when online retailers begin their vast preparations for the upcoming year's online holiday shopping season that kicks off on "Black Friday," the Friday after Thanksgiving.

Despite the recession, Web traffic has increased this year as people flock to the Web to comparison shop for the best online deals and to save money at the gas pump. And while industry analysts' end of year predictions for 2009 online shopping varies, there is little doubt that optimizing a site for the best possible end user experience separates winners from losers each and every online holiday shopping season. Web sites can NOT sit on past laurels. When consumers have a bad online shopping experience they typically don't return to the site for a very long time and all the trust built up over the years lays wasted.

"Every year popular and leading retail sites take unexpected performance tumbles when they struggle to respond to the surge in site visitors during the holiday shopping season," said Anshu Agarwal, vice president of marketing at Keynote. "If you're responsible for online sales this year, be sure your team has the best practices and tools for getting your Web site ready."

Keynote's FREE best practices load testing webinar will draw on Keynote's decades of load testing experience from the biggest, most complex portals down to start-up Web 2.0 sites and will cover:

• How to Plan and Execute a Successful Load Test
• Load Testing Best Practices
• Testing From Your Customer Locations
• Behavioral Modeling
• Most Frequent Bottlenecks and How to Avoid Them

Register for the webinar at:

http://offers.keynote.com/go/keynote/loadtest_webinar_na_2009_05

About Keynote

Keynote Systems (Nasdaq "KEYN") is the global leader in on-demand test & measurement solutions for continuously improving the online experience. For over a decade, Keynote has been providing measurement data and testing capabilities that allow companies to understand and improve their customers' online and mobile experience. Keynote has four test and measurement businesses: Web performance, mobile quality, streaming & VoIP, and customer experience/UX.

Known as The Mobile and Internet Performance Authority(TM), Keynote has a market-leading infrastructure of over 3,000 measurement computers and mobile devices in over 240 locations around the world. Keynote's 2,800 customers represent top Internet and mobile companies including American Express, Dell, Disney, eBay, E*TRADE, Expedia, Microsoft, SonyEricsson, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone and YouTube.

Keynote Systems, Inc. is headquartered in San Mateo, California and can be reached at www.keynote.com or by phone in the U.S. at 1-800-KEYNOTE.

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