Must Have Tool Helps You Speed Up Page Load Time

When Google released the Panda Update many people  were nervous that their article marketing strategies were going up in flames.

While the Google Panda update is still dishing out its lashings many people have developed strategies to make the most of the new update.  For the people that believe in original content, and delivering good value they were one step ahead.

So they thought….

Another important factor that Google is looking at is how the page is designed and how the website performs.

When I say perform I am referring to your page’s load time.

Google has for a long time spoke about the importance of how your page load time could affect your rankings in the search engines.

So now it’s time to get serious about your page speed.  Google has released a new tool to help us out.

http://pagespeed.googlelabs.com/

All you do is put your website in the tool and it will rank your page load speed by looking at your website’s script to see how optimized it is per their parameters.

It will score your website from 0 to 100, of course 100 being the best.

Currently my website is at 83, so I have a little work to do myself, but the great part about this tool is that it gives you all the knowledge you need to get your website optmized as much as possible in the eyes of Google.

When you input your website and retrieve back the information from the page speed site you will notice that much of it is quite technical.

I would advise that you consult with someone that is experience in that area so they can completely get your site up to par, so you don’t risk messing up your script, but there are many things that those not to tech savvy can do today to begin increasing their website page load time.

The main thing to remember is that the more that your website has to pull from other websites the slower you load time will be.

When I say pull from other websites I mean anything that is not hosted on your server that will require your website to retrieve such as YouTube videos, images, plugins, stylesheets, scripts, Flash etc.

This is called HTTP request, and your main goal is to figure out how to minimize your HTTP request while still maintaining a content rich website.

Some ways to minimize HTTP request:

• Combining scripts will reduce HTTP request by combining all your scripts into just one script and also combining all CSS into a single stylesheet.
• CSS Sprites will reduce the number of image request.  This will combine all your background images into one image therefore speeding up load time.
• Leverage Browser Caching will significantly increase load time.  You want to set an expiration date or a maximum age in the HTTP headers for all static resources and images.  This instructs the browser to load previously downloaded resources from local disk instead of using the network.

Just give Google what they want and you are sure to increase your page rankings.  Use the tool in this article to help begin to maximize your page to its highest level.

http://pagespeed.googlelabs.com/

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To Your Success,

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