As a business owner and online marketer you are fussy about the web design, the features and navigation of your website. Well its time you lost sleep over your websites loading time too. Ideally consumers expect a loading time of under2 seconds (Yeah!) and the average loading time of websites stand at 5 seconds. See the infographic below from Search Engine Watch. Believe it or not biggies in the business were affected and how!
Having a website that loads fast is technically a challenge. However, Google is obsessed with speed. To improve web experience it has made it easier for a novice to see if the website speed is satisfactory or needs improvement. What’s more it even gives you an analysis of what needs to improve. Just Google “Google Labs Page Speed Online”!
It’s a fantastic tool and gives results for mobiles too. Check it out.
According to a user I will be judging and liking a site if it has an eye catching design, the simplicity for using the page and most important the speed which will be deciding my stay on the page. So I too agree with your stand for the importance of speed for our websites.
Comment by Transcription Company — July 18, 2011 at 6:30 am
I agree with you. The user might leave the website if it doesn’t load in less than 5 seconds. Thanks for providing the tool.
Comment by Sahil — August 26, 2011 at 1:47 am