Visitors won’t stick around if your site is slow. Speed things up with simple fixes like removing unused themes and plugins, installing a CDN or switching web hosts. Dianna Gunn built her first ...

Throughout 2014 (and the decade prior), Google hasn’t been shy about telling people what its algorithms are looking for. Initially, algorithms targeted spammy backlinks, keyword stuffing, and domain ...

Research from Google found that website bounce rates increase by as much as 31% from one-second to three-second load times. In my experience, page load times are one of the most consistent technical ...

When people click on a link to your website, does your homepage appear almost instantly in their browser window? Or do they have to wait while large graphic files, video, Flash, or ads load? If your ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When it comes to web browsing, five seconds can seem like an eternity, especially when users are waiting for a slow website to download.

If your website doesn’t load quickly, you’re losing sales. People aren’t willing to wait anymore. Even worse, slow websites often finish well below faster ones in search results. This means customers ...

Ever clicked on a website only to wait endlessly as images crawled onto the screen? It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Slow-loading websites don’t just test patience—they drive users away. And when users ...