Just got the #2 position in Google doing this..

by 13 replies
15
So I have a little site that was ranking number 4 in Google.

This site was hosted on one of my C class ip hosting packages
and I noticed that the site was loading very slow, above 10
seconds.

Now Google have been saying themselves that site loading
speed is a part of their ranking factor so I decided to test
and see.

I transferred this site over to one of my Hostgator packages
and installed W3 Cache plugin which helps to minimize files
on your website etc and speed up the loading time of your
site.

This site now loads in 3.7 seconds and I woke up this morning
to see that the site had moved up from #4 to #2 overnight
for a keyword that has a lot of people trying to rank for it.

So if your site is loading slow then make sure you get some
good hosting and do whatever it takes to get your site to load
fast. Not only will your visitors be happy that they don't have
to wait around for ages but your rankings in Google may improve
too.

Will

#search engine optimization #google #number #position
  • This plugin is very good but i don't know how to configure it, and i'm afraid if it make a negative affect on my site if i didn't configure it right
    • [1] reply
  • Thanks for your sharing, this is very useful to me.
    • [1] reply
    • Another great free page speed tester with more insights :
      blamestella.com
      • [1] reply
  • I didn't know that page speed tool ever existed, thanks!
  • Thanks that's a good thing to know.
    Do you know of a good place to make a little website for affiliate marketing?
    I think mine will be little like yours. Awesome please reply
  • Just curious - what program are you using to check your rankings?
    • [1] reply
    • From looking at it it looks like TrafficTravis
  • Page loading and bounce rate is always playing a bit part in rankings.
  • Great advice. I don't really consider this when building sites. I definitely will now.

    I have a site ranked at number 6 for a pretty competitive keyword. I'm gonna upload this plugin and see what happens. Thanks!
  • Site speed is far more important than people realize, with even moderate gains, you will see more traffic and more page views. I have reduced sites from 0.4 seconds to 0.3 seconds and seen increases of 15% of traffic (millions of page views, so it's not a statistical anomaly). 10 seconds is utterly useless! You've got 10 seconds to grab someones attention in general, so if your page is still loading after 10 seconds, you've simply shown them nothing interesting and they've judged you and they're gone. They are also less likely to give you a second page view as well, because they know how long it's going to take to get that page.

    So if you keep pushing up your speed, you're going to see more traffic from google,(better positions as you've seen) fewer bounces and more people clicking through your site and sticking to it. And that includes very small changes, from just 0.4 to 0.3. It makes a huge difference.

    Finding the best servers, and the best bandwidth is important. Too many people over estimate the amount of bandwidth they will need, disk space or cores. The most important factor is single page speeds.
  • Thanks for sharing such a great piece of info...

    I will try this w3cache plugin on my site
Join the discussion

Next Topics on Trending Feed