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"Reduce server response time"

by palpulla
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Hello,

I ran a PageSpeed test and the main issue seemed to be "Reduce server response time." How do I do that, and is it really important?

Here are the results:
Thanks!
#reduce #response #server
  • Profile picture of the author savidge4
    Originally Posted by palpulla View Post

    Hello,

    I ran a PageSpeed test and the main issue seemed to be "Reduce server response time." How do I do that, and is it really important?

    Here are the results:
    Thanks!
    How? change hosting providers. Is it important? I think so. I will start out a site on a "slow" server IE Bluehost or Hostgator and then once traffic starts to pick up a bit I will transfer to a quicker service. I primarily use SiteGround or lunarpages both are pretty fast. Here is a page that will allow to compare the response time for many of the top hosts: http://stats.pingdom.com/zp1kq4gopbjs/1631040 towards the upper right there is a drop down you can change hosts and check and compare.

    Hope that Helps!
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    • Profile picture of the author palpulla
      Thanks. I am using SiteGround, though...
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by palpulla View Post

        Thanks. I am using SiteGround, though...
        I'll tell you how to check a speed test so you will know whithout a doubt If your host is a problem.

        Create a blank HTML webpage on your host, then check the blank webpage on the speed test.

        This tells you If the host is slow.

        Use the HTML code below as a test. Paste the code into a blank text file and save as .html

        Example: speed-test.html


        Code:
        <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p>This is a speed test.</p>
</body>
</html>

        Now you have a baseline for your own host to compare speeds on your real pages. That blank webpage is the best speed you can possibly do on your host.
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  • Profile picture of the author avemfly619619
    By doing image optimisation, you have to focus on page length, image, video optimsation,,etc,,,
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by avemfly619619 View Post

      By doing image optimisation, you have to focus on page length, image, video optimsation,,etc,,,
      The OP was asking about "Server Response Time" none of what you have mentioned has anything to do with that.

      Server Response Time is the gap of time it takes when someone types in your URL or clicks on a link to actually connect to the sever that is hosting your site before it actually starts loading.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEOtraveler
    No matter how optimized your page is, if your server response time is slow - your pages will load slow. Basically, the more traffic you start receiving - the more resources you need; considering that I would say it`s rather improtant as you defenitely would like your traffic to grow; and as it will grow - the response time will grow proportionally.

    So, in some cases you`ll simply need to switch to other hosting. In some other cases you can try configuring your current one better. You can consider common tips like reducing the number of resources a page is using (you can see that by the number of requests the page is making), implementing cache control headers, inlining small CSS and JavaScripts and combining the external CSS and JavaScript files, etc. Multiple redirects on a page may also slow it down significantly. And these are just some of the factors.
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  • Profile picture of the author themew
    This has nothing to do with anything other than how fast your server responds initially to info being requested. On a shared host, you will NEVER get rid of this, and your speed will always suffer.

    Three things to get rid of this:

    First, switch from ancient http 1.1 to HTTP/2 which sends all requests from your site at once, rather than in individual processes.

    Second, move to a VPS so you're not waiting for other sites to processes their information while the customer is waiting for yours.

    Lastly, stay away from CDNs which will artificially speed up static resources coming from your server, but will always slow down whenever a dynamic resource is requested.

    Bonus > move your site to running NGINX rather than Apache or use a hybrid setup for maximum speed.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by palpulla View Post

    Hello,

    I ran a PageSpeed test and the main issue seemed to be "Reduce server response time." How do I do that, and is it really important?

    Here are the results:
    Thanks!



    There's like 87 possibilities...
    • Your host might suck.
    • Your host might be in Siberia while the speed test server is located in Albuquerque.
    • The speed test site has a slow server.
    • etc...
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    • Profile picture of the author Will A
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      There's like 87 possibilities...
      • Your host might suck.
      • Your host might be in Siberia while the speed test server is located in Albuquerque.
      • The speed test site has a slow server.
      • etc...
      Agrees...cutting corners on hosting sucks
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  • Profile picture of the author michaelkoehler92
    By shifting to a better hosting. and by use of Cache plugin.
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