Google measures how long it takes for a website page to download and be visible, and they lower your SEO keyword rankings if it takes a long time. In general, you want your website pages to download in less than 3 seconds. Here are steps you can take to measure and improve your website's download speed:
First, you can see how long your website pages take to download on this site:
http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/
Just enter one of your website page's URL and watch the counter.
If you want to see how Google ranks your website's download speed, check out this site (and enter one of your website page's URL). In general, you want a rating of better than 75 (out of 100). This site also shows the high priority fixes you can do to improve your website's download speed:
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SPEED UP DOWNLOADS?
If your website is a WordPress site, make sure you have a "cache" plugin. A good one is "W3 Total Cache":
"W3 Total Cache" plugin settings to check -
1. General Settings:
- Browser cache enabled
- Page cache enabled
2. Browser Cache:
- Enable HTTP
1. General Settings:
- Browser cache enabled
- Page cache enabled
2. Browser Cache:
- Enable HTTP
If you need some advice on any of this, please leave a comment and I will reply quickly.
Here's to speed…
by Joe Seidler
by Joe Seidler
Examine all parts of a web page – View file sizes, load times, your total website speed and other details about every single element of a web page.seo sheffield
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