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seo147 · 08-18-2016, 12:16 AM

Can the speed of your website really have that much of an effect on your sales? Even if your site isn’t loading too slowly, can it still be improved? And how does Google factor into all of this? You might be surprised.

According to surveys done by Akamai and Gomez.com, nearly half of web users expect a site to load in 2 seconds or less, and they tend to abandon a site that isn’t loaded within 3 seconds. 79% of web shoppers who have trouble with web site performance say they won’t return to the site to buy again and around 44% of them would tell a friend if they had a poor experience shopping online.

This means you’re not just losing conversions from visitors currently on your site, but that loss is magnified to their friends and colleagues as well. The end result – lots of potential sales down the drain because of a few seconds difference.

So how do you test and measure your site’s load time while squeezing every drop of performance out of your website? Here’s how:

08-18-2016, 12:16 AM	#11
seo147 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 135	Can the speed of your website really have that much of an effect on your sales? Even if your site isn’t loading too slowly, can it still be improved? And how does Google factor into all of this? You might be surprised. According to surveys done by Akamai and Gomez.com, nearly half of web users expect a site to load in 2 seconds or less, and they tend to abandon a site that isn’t loaded within 3 seconds. 79% of web shoppers who have trouble with web site performance say they won’t return to the site to buy again and around 44% of them would tell a friend if they had a poor experience shopping online. This means you’re not just losing conversions from visitors currently on your site, but that loss is magnified to their friends and colleagues as well. The end result – lots of potential sales down the drain because of a few seconds difference. So how do you test and measure your site’s load time while squeezing every drop of performance out of your website? Here’s how: __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. / To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. / To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. / To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.