News Source: http://pimpmypagerank.com
Published: Nov 26, 2007 - 10:01 am
Story Found By: AndyBeard 1539 Days ago
Category: Social Media
Lots of top online money making blogs are analysed for the size of their web documents.
I came in the middle of the list, but aiming to halve it soon.
It also depends which pages. I try to keep my single pages quite light, but when they get lots of comments it can get nasty with all the avatars.
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I feel like saying that if people can’t wait any amoutn of time under 10 seconds for my page to load then it’s served a dual-purpose by repelling those with lousy attention. Theoretically, a good program could put such people to use so it would, therefore, benefit a blogger to have their page load time reduced but then that would be someone else’s program... not mine.Adios to all those impatient dingleberries.
I thnk it is important on sites like Stumbleupon, not so much when someone is following a reference link to a particular article they have been told is a "must read"There are sites that have a very low footprint that cause Firefox to gyrate in fits of memory exhaustion, especially if they have lots of YouTube videos showing on their front page rather than excerpts.
Remember that page load/response also might slow down/hinder search spiders from indexing. I also think that there are other things to consider when it comes to page size and user bandwidth:1. I have worked for fortune 100 corporations that have huge pipes in and out of the building. Unfortunately all the other 200+ computer users, routers, bandwidth restrictions, corporate filters, and other office equipment slowed the internet connection to my office computer down to a snails pace. 2. Wireless connections can be really slow. Whether on a public network or private network, these connections are prone to being slowed by many unforeseen factors.3. DSL connections are slow. Once again, from experience, I have seen DSL companies oversell their resources causing major slowing of their systems. Might not be happening to your DSL connection, but believe me it’s real.As SEO/SEMs I think we all need to realize that it’s not good to be putting a bunch of youtube/google videos, or anything else that would slow a page load, on a front page. If we’re talking about optimization of a page or a site, these issues cannot be ignored.
Some good research here, but I guess I couldn’t help but scroll around the page wondering where the conclusion/advice was.
Good point, Andy. Didnt’ think of Stumble traffic.