{"id":4137,"date":"2017-04-20T11:58:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T08:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\/blog\/?p=4137"},"modified":"2023-12-13T15:04:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:04:19","slug":"how-speed-affects-your-website-seo-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\/blog\/how-speed-affects-your-website-seo-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"How Speed Affects Your Website SEO [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping customers happy has never been easy, and it&#8217;s becoming even more difficult nowadays when people\u2019s attention spans are shrinking by the day. The good news is that you can easily make your customers more satisfied if you do just one little thing:<strong> optimize page load time!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It might seem like a few seconds here or there won\u2019t make a huge difference for the big stuff like conversion rates and revenue, but it\u2019s quite the opposite. An improvement of just 1 second can bring you more revenue, higher conversion rates, and better search engine rankings.<\/p>\n<h2>How Reducing Load Time Can Do Wonders for Your Website<\/h2>\n<p>The importance of optimizing web speed cannot be stressed enough in this day and age when customers are drowning in content as websites trample over one another trying to win over customers\u2019 attention. If you\u2019re a business owner stressing over low conversion rates and abandoned carts, the first thing you need to do is improve your page load time. Utilizing a comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\/website-audit.htm?&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_mediu=blog-post&amp;utm_campaign=blog-april-2017-how-speed-affects-your-website-seo-infographic\">Website Audit<\/a> tool can be a crucial step in identifying and rectifying issues that slow down your site.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that <strong>47% of all customers<\/strong> expect a webpage to load in <strong>2 seconds or less<\/strong>, while <strong>64% of smartphone users<\/strong> will wait no longer than <strong>4 seconds<\/strong> for a page to load. Even what seems like a negligible <strong>delay of 1 second can reduce your conversion rates by 7% and page views by 11%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Websites That Could Benefit from Improving Speed<\/h2>\n<p>According to several case studies, some of the most popular websites could improve their performance significantly if they sped up their load time. These include Amazon, Google, Bing, Yahoo, Microsoft, Shopzilla, among others.<\/p>\n<p>To find out what the results of web speed case studies for these and other websites are, take a look at the informative infographic below and see for yourself <strong>how optimizing page load time can lead to better web performance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(Source of infographic: Skilled.co)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4851 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/how-speed-affects-your-website-infographic-skilled.jpg\" alt=\"speed website infographic\" width=\"639\" height=\"4225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.wstatic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/how-speed-affects-your-website-infographic-skilled.jpg 639w, https:\/\/site.wstatic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/how-speed-affects-your-website-infographic-skilled-155x1024.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping customers happy has never been easy, and it&#8217;s becoming even more difficult nowadays when people\u2019s attention spans are shrinking by the day. 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