| As important as the design and the way a | | | | somewhere else then I am going to go there. |
| websites work, another important issue can | | | | If visitors leave then they do not get a |
| actually have negative results on not only | | | | chance to view your products, but, more |
| your customers but your business. Site speed | | | | importantly they will not purchase your |
| is a very important topic and should not be | | | | products! |
| overlooked when having your website designed | | | | |
| or re-designed. It can actually directly hurt | | | | Site speed can and will lead to either more |
| your sales and cut into your profits as | | | | sales or less sales. Which one it is will |
| people do not have the time to sit there and | | | | determine how successful your website will be |
| wait for your website to load. This is | | | | but also how long it will be around. Also you |
| something that good sites take advantage of | | | | have to monitor competitors sites to see what |
| only having very small load times and bad | | | | their loads time are and try to match them. |
| sites seem to ignore(because they seem to | | | | Start giving their customers a reason to come |
| overlook download time without even thinking | | | | to your website. Combine quick load times |
| of site optimization). | | | | with great products as well as great prices |
| | | | and your sales will start to sky rocket. |
| If it takes forever to get into your website | | | | |
| as well as click through it(meaning it takes | | | | Remember to stay away from heavy graphical |
| forever to load each page) then people are | | | | sites and try to use more text for area(html |
| going to leave your site. Remember this. Just | | | | text not graphic text that is). This will |
| think if it takes you 20 minutes to walk to a | | | | improve performance but also will increase |
| grocery store or 5 minutes to walk to the | | | | the click through rate of people viewing your |
| local market(where you can get everything you | | | | website. The more pages they view the better |
| need) why would you walk that extra 15 | | | | your sales will be. Save your visitors alot |
| minutes? Simple, you just wouldn't walk that | | | | of download time and this will give them a |
| extra 15 minutes and this is true for a | | | | reason to visit your website, look around and |
| website. If I can get what you are giving me | | | | will help increase your sales! |