Should I be obsessing about load times?



Ryan in Dearborn, MI asks: “Many SEO’s are obsessing about your speed comments, but I get the feeling speed will be a very minor component in ranking. Am I right, or should I be obsessing about load times as well?”

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8 thoughts on “Should I be obsessing about load times?”

  1. Screw Google, concentrate on user experience. If that means making a fast loading website then go with it, if it means making a flash heavy website which is slightly slow to use but fun/important for your users, go with that!

  2. My site is optimised for fast showing the content, not for fast load time. This is a big difference. Compressed delivery, built in CSS, javascript loads only after the content can be displayed by the browser.
    I tested with a slow GPRS connection and earsed cache. My site showed up first part of content in 5 seconds, other sites showed a white screen vor 4 minutes.

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