Page Speed – New Google Ranking Factor – Myth Or Fact

Page Speed – New Google Ranking Factor – Myth Or Fact
By Jermaine Tabor

Having been in search engine optimization for quite a few years I want to know everything possible that affect rankings in Google and other search engines.

I have found evidence that page speed will be something that Google will be looking at. It only makes sense once you understand what Google is doing.

I will share that evidence with you in a few paragraphs but first let me set the stage for this evidence, the logic behind it and how implementing some page speed changes can work in your favor.

They, Google want to be the best. They want their users to have the fastest search experience possible. Get the most relevant results for their queries.

When anyone need or want to do a search they want people to think Google first. Plain and simple.
After due consideration, this is good for repeat usage of their sites and vital to their continuance of dominating the search engine market.

With these goals set in place, Google is going to be looking at additional things like did you set proper caching headers, compress your images and write efficient java script.

These are some of the things that affect a web site or web pages (loading) speed time.
Additional things that affect page speed is using valid and correct html coding, minimizing browser flow, optimizing the order of scripts and your CSS.

All things considered, Google is not doing this to punish webmasters but to better serve their users.
Google want the best for it’s visitors and what’s good for their search engine users are good for web publishers.

As a reward for improving your web site users experience, visitors will stay on a site longer.

The longer they stay on your site the better chance of them completing a conversion goal you desire.
Whether it’s a click, an opt in as a lead, make a purchase or book an appointment etc.

The better the user experience the lower your bounce rate will be. If users are hitting the back button almost immediately the less profitable your site/s will be.

To help web publishers, Google have created a software called Page Speed.

It will analyze your web page contents and let you know exactly what you can do to make your page speed faster.

A software engineer, by the name of Sam Kerner who is working to make (Google) even faster said in a video that they ‘would’ be looking at page speed.

To help other web publishers improve their page speed I have put put several videos on a Blog Spot page along with the link to Google’s free Page Speed analyzing software.

On that page, you will find all in one place, documents on Page Speed, articles, an FAQ on the software.

A page on exactly how to use the software just in case you have questions or wonder about anything.
It’s relatively easy to use and once you have made the suggested corrections your page speed will be faster.

If you use a webmaster you can email the link to the Blog Spot page to him or her to improve your page speed.

Jermaine Tabor is a search engine optimization expert who does SEO and web design Gainesville Ga.

To see videos from Google and download their free software to make your website load faster, please visit the following BlogSpot url now: http://pagespeed.blogspot.com/.

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