installed PageSpeed Module on our server but no difference to site

[Direct_Ram]

Hi 
I have been searching for an answer for a while now and couldnt find it so maybe someone has had a similar problem. We have installed PageSpeed Module on our server. The administrator has said it is active and has run a test below:

[root@mydomain ~]# curl -D- https://www.mydomain.com/  | head -10
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time  Current
                                Dload  Upload  Total  Spent    Left  Speed
14  102k  14 15029    0    0  40506      0  0:00:02 --:--:--  0:00:02 64780HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/1.6.0
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:28:43 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 104885
Connection: keep-alive
Set-Cookie: ci_session=BGANYlg8VmsPLgN1AWABMldkAGUGLVZwVmhQdQd0CGIEaFI6VgkEOQdmUSYHbQZyXz9TZVE4Vm4CIwxnB2hYbAZrAGUHZQg%2BUjUFOgRlUWAEYg05WDxWMg82A2ABOQEzV2IAaQZsVjBWPFA2BzEIaAQ%2FUjBWNwRmBztRJgdtBnJfP1NnUTpWbgIjDDoHflhSBjwAMgdjCHlSNAVwBHdRJwQ6DStYM1ZgD2YDPAF4ATJXZABmBiFWMVY%2FUD4HKQg5BDRSelZnBGAHIFE%2FByUGO180U2ZRMFZ2AnQMIAdrWH8GAgA3B2AIblI%2FBXcEJlE%2BBHINYlg4VmAPZwM8AXgBYFchAC0GY1YsVjpQKAc2CDIEKVJjVnYEeAd6UTwHYAZeXzNTYlEnViYCZAw3B2ZYbAYpAHsHawhiUj8FdgR8USgEZg02WHxWeA91A2oBMwFhVzcAKgZ9Vm9WIlAxBykIOgQ%2BUnpWYQRwB0xRVwcFBi5fNlN4UTtWYgIvDGEHIFg%2BBn0AFAdmCHhSOAVgBCRRQARCDRtYKVYrDzkDbwE4ASxXZQBxBj1WLVY%2BUCYHawhiBGVSPVYyBD4HLVE1B3gGMF89U3ZRZlY9AmMMIAd9WGUGbwB5BzYIJVJlBS0ENlEnBDoNK1gzVmAPZgM8AXgBb1c1ACwGe1ZcVmxQZQdzCGIEcVI9ViIEKQcgUT8HPwY7XzRTYlE4VmwCNwxlBztYPgZvAGUHPAh4UmsFOgQ%2BUScEdA0rWGxWIw8KA2IBOwF3VzUAfQY0VnBWN1A2Bz0IKQQlUm9WKw%3D%3D; expires=Fri, 10-Apr-2015 13:28:43 GMT; path=/
Set-Cookie: ci_session=a%3A0%3A%7B%7D; expires=Thu, 10-Apr-2014 21:28:43 GMT; path=/
Set-Cookie: ci_session=BWEFalk4UWwJKFIq; expires=Fri, 10-Apr-2015 13:28:43 GMT; path=/
X-Mod-Pagespeed: 1.9.32.3-4448

But there doesn't seem to be any difference to the sites speed or change in google speed test recommendations. I do not have much knowledge on servers but the server company has assured me it is active and all the filters are on - so not sure why I am not seeing anything different.

if anyone has any advise on this it would be great.

thanks

E

[nbyloff]

I wonder if they just installed it and didn't make any configurations? That would be my first guess since they left it up to you (the client). I wrote an article about setup on nginx (seems to be your environment). Take a look at that post and specifically the virtual host server config where I enable specific PSM filters for that website. Oh, and I'd also check the nginx.conf file to see if it's turned on. Responded to your PM as well.

#ngx_pagespeed module settings
pagespeed on;
pagespeed FileCachePath /var/ngx_pagespeed_cache;

http://www.rankhammer.com/blog/2513/page-speed-module-nginx-setup-on-linode

[Direct_Ram]

Hi Jonathan 
Strange we have this installed already and still no luck.

Will contact the server company and see why this may not be working especially as its an add on from there plesk area.

thanks

E

[MattAntonino]

Perfect timing, really. There's a really comprehensive post on PSM here: http://moz.com/ugc/use-googles-pagespeed-module-to-dramatically-increase-the-speed-of-your-website

You may want to contact Nathan (the post author) as he definitely knows more about PSM than most, I think. He may be able to help.

[TheWebMastercom]

If you have access to the server, or hosts willing to make changes (I assume this is a VPS or Cloud plan) then you may be better off installing something like xCache and configuring W3 Total cache (to use Xcache for database and object cache) with Cloudflare CDN.

This may help: https://www.besthostnews.com/guide-to-w3-total-cache-settings-with-cloudflare/