Posted by Stuart Harrison on 8th of October, 2011
It seems that bounce rate is an issue which will always be leaving developers and search engine optimisation professionals scratching their heads. So how do you go about getting visitors to stay and not just leave your site as soon as they arrive? I have produced 4 simple tips which I feel are important in reducing bounce rate.
1. Make it relevan...
Posted by Gav on 19th of June, 2011
With page speed becoming a more determining ranking factor for Google SEO, it would make sense to ensure that your site loads as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Not only could this improve your rankings, it will improve the user experience and could even reduce the amount you pay for hosting bandwidth (if you pay for it).
There are several...
Posted by Simon Mickle on 18th of May, 2010
After the wake of Google's update to its search engine what's been on everyone's minds at smx (searchmarketingexpo) is page load times.
Here I will list tips and tricks you can use to optimise your site code to ensure you optimise what you have and ensure the page loads as quick as possible.
CSS
To optimise...
Posted by Jon Hogg on 27th of February, 2010
It is common for online users to try to find as much information as possible in the shortest amount of time possible carrying out a search on the internet. This is why it is so vital that search engines are able to provide users with relevant and useful search results. If users do not find what they are lo...
Posted by Charlie on 25th of February, 2010
Page loading times are now a crucial part of website optimisation, they are starting to be taken into consideration more and more by the algorithms of top search engines. For example, an ecommerce site which takes a long time to load will often result in a poor user experience; this in turn may lower the a...
Posted by Jon Hogg on 12th of February, 2010
Retail and e-commerce sites are possibly the most in need of efficient SEO. These kinds of sites face a lot more problems than non-commerce sites, and their search engine optimisation usually takes a fair amount of work. Retail site owners also need to stay on the lookout for future problems, as the impact...
Posted by Charlie on 31st of January, 2010
You don’t have to be on the net for very long to realise that load time is an important factor in a website’s success. Internet users today are accustomed to lightning-fast internet. Where once ten seconds was an acceptable time for a page to load up on screen, these days even three seconds is pos...
Posted by Nick on 21st of January, 2010
Advances in technology are having just one bad effect on the internet, at least from a site owner perspective. The fault is understandable user impatience. Increases in computer capability and general connectivity all over the world have meant that the average internet user is used to getting what they want i...