| Its been said that internet users have the | | | | Suggestions". Here you will see suggestions such |
| patience of just four to five seconds for a page | | | | as gzip compression, combining JavaScript, and |
| to load. That's not a very long time, and a lot of | | | | minimizing DNS lookups. These are issues specific |
| sites lose visitors every day for just this reason. | | | | to each page, so make sure to look at all the |
| It will always be important from a user standpoint | | | | suggestions. |
| to have your websites load as quickly as possible. | | | | Will Load Times Have An Effect On SEO In 2010? |
| It's already a challenge to get people to visit your | | | | Google's priority is to always give its search users |
| site and the last issue you want visitors to | | | | the most relevant search results. One would think |
| experience is slow loading times. | | | | that it's also important to Google that all users |
| How Can You Test Your Sites Load Time? | | | | have a positive experience when looking for |
| If you don't already have a Google Webmaster | | | | websites that match their search queries. With |
| Tools account, create one. Log into your account | | | | this kept in considerations it would make sense |
| and click on the "Labs" tab on the left hand | | | | that Google would give ranking preferences to |
| navigation. From there click on "Site Performance". | | | | sites that have faster loading speeds. Nobody |
| You will find a graph with your performance | | | | wants to wait ten or more seconds for a page to |
| overview here. | | | | load and unfortunately there are many sites out |
| Internet users have the patience to wait roughly | | | | there that exceed ten seconds. |
| four to five seconds before giving up on a page | | | | Whether loading time has an affect on SEO or |
| loading. Is your websites loading time causing you | | | | not, it's important to keep your site loading times |
| to lose well deserved traffic? | | | | to a minimum. You work hard to get your |
| Fixing Your Page Load Times | | | | existing traffic, don't let something like loading time |
| Lucky for all of us, Google has already figured out | | | | ruin your users experience. Google has given us |
| an efficient way to speed up all of our pages. | | | | this tool for a reason; it's silly to not take |
| Scrolling a little further down to the "site | | | | advantage of it. If load time does become an |
| performance" page, you will see "Page Speed | | | | SEO factor in 2010, lets all be ready for it! |