Lately I’ve been talking about how to optimize your Wordpress load speed with simple tricks using PHP’s zlib compression. Well, it seems that the latest word from numerous sources is that Google’s new algorithm code named, “Caffiene” will take website loading speed into account for their rankings. This is a big factor in the usability of the web and I think that its a great idea to optimize your site to make it as fast as loading as possible.
I’m not exactly sure how they would take into the account of Flash and/or Javascript into their algorithms as each website is unique in that sense. Even the size of the HTML – Will larger pages be ranked higher than short summary posts? The Caffiene update is scheduled to hit the Google datacenters in the new year, so start optimizing your site today.
Be sure to stay tuned – I plan on talking about techniques that I use here on my blog to make it as fast as possible for visitors.
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Definitely interested in hearing more about this. Will find your tutorials on blog loading time. What’s a good loading time to have?
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Hi Diane,
That all depends on what your blog is about. A resource blog with lots of screenshots may take longer to load due to the images than a blog about writing expertise (just text).
You should aim for as low as possible by removing unnecessary plugins and javascript, as well as combining your stylesheets into one file.
I’m waiting for this stuff.
But, what can I do to my blogspot blog?
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For Blogger, you can make sure that your images are optimized by using http://smush.it
Just when you think you got it all fixed, along comes a new algorithm!
Having said that, I feel quite frustrated when a blog page takes a long time to load especially if they have video/audio in them. I wonder if certain wordpress themes make it slower.
I am looking forward to learn about ways to speed it up.
I’m sure that a stripped down “Whitespace” theme would load faster than a graphic intense custom “portfolio” theme with many images.
I’ve also noticed that the type of web server you are on can affect how fast your blog loads.
That is interesting to know
I all for learning how to spead up the site loading for visitors. Looking forward to reading more posts on this topic.
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I too wanna hear more about this. Please put that article soon.
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Stay tuned! I have a lot of content planned for the new year.
Good timing, I’ve just spent the last day reading up on minifying code and css for google, to get the last drop of speed out of my blogs.
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I’ve found that minification and gzip compression make a site load incredibly fast.