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Got a slow Site? Here’s someone who can help you

Site download speed

Do you care about your mobile or Web Site loading slow? No? Well, here’s the thing – nobody likes a slow loading Website. Many abandon downloading if a Site they looking for does not come on the screen in under 3 seconds. Yup, you heard right – 3 seconds!

Search engines such as Google, too, frown upon slow loading Sites.Such Sites. Google figures people don’t like sites that are slow so why rank them highly in the search results? That means you get some SEO benefit by having a fast Site.

Which means fast load times equal higher rankings. And higher rankings lead to more traffic. More traffic leads to more social medias shares.

There’s a startup called Load Faster that works to decrease the dowload speeds of your Site by 100%. That’s the claim they make.

According to surveys done by Akamai and Gomez.com, 51% of customers expect a Site to load in 2 seconds or less, and they tend to abandon a site that isn’t loaded within 3 seconds. Eight out of 10 Online buyers who have trouble with Website performance say they won’t return to the Site to buy again, & around 44% of them would tell a friend if they had a poor experience shopping Online. So a slow Site has lot of ramifications sometimes, especially if you are into ecommerce.

So, if you are interested in decreasing you Site’s download speeds, get in touch with this French startup. Just a headsup, there are no free plans so be prepared to shell out the moolah.

Image Credit: Load Faster

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Two Minute Mobile claims to create affordable mobile Websites quickly

Two Minute Mobile is a service that quickly creates “affordable” mobile-friendly Sites from your existing Websites.

It’s the instant age of mobile communications, & clearly, every business must have a mobile Website in order to tap into the vast sea of consumers using mobile phones & Tablets to search, browse & shop on the Web. The problem of course is that most business owners have no idea where or how to begin creating a mobile version of their Websites. They also have no idea how it affects their search rankings, & how to attract more local search customers by optimizing the mobile Website.

This is where Two Minute Mobile comes into the picture. It will take care of everything for a one-time fee of US $99. It creates a lightweight & fast-loading mobile optimized landing page. It will have your phone number with touch-to-call, your email with touch-to-email, & your address with touch-to-map.

It provides touch-friendly mobile navigation, & will include your Website’s logo & brand color schemes. It will also include your social network links, including to your Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn accounts.

The best part is that it doesn’t in any way negatively affect your existing Website or search rankings. Only mobile device users get redirected to the new mobile landing page. Other Web users will see the same old page on the same URL & domain.

You also never have to update your mobile Website, unless you change the address, phone number, email or other personal & business information.

This Internet startup eliminates the need of a designer, and spending countless hours trying to figure out the best design & Content for the mobile Website. Two Minute Mobile will do it all, as long as you have an existing Website it can cull information from.

This startup is owned by Site9, Inc. a Portland, USA-based software company.

Here’s a video on how it works:

 

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Video Credit: YouTube/Two Minute Mobile

 

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