Figure 9-5. Happy Halloween logo from Google

Chapter 9 - Advanced Web Performance Optimization

The Expires header works for browsers that encounter a server that switches to HTTP 1.0, which should send only an Expires header. Of course, because Google doesn�t use ETags, once it substitutes one of its patented seasonal logos it would need to change the filename to make sure the logo updates in browsers (see Figure 9-5).

google.com halloween logo

Figure 9-5. Happy Halloween logo from Google