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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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Add a private social network to your Site for readers

Pvt social network

It’s amply clear that the mere running of a Website is not enough these days. You need to also let the world know about its existence via social media, Online marketing & all that jazz. Driving traffic is the name of the game, & can get you the funds you want.

Here’s a startup now that allows you to have your very own personal social network for readers/users of your Website. That’s right. Called Spot.IM, this “private”social network allows your Site visitors to have real-time conversation, thus enabling the Site owners to promote Content & reach the audience directly. Besides, Spot. IM also allows scaling up of the network. Those who want to use this social network can sign-up using any of their social accounts such as Facebook or LinkedIn.

The Site administrator holds the controls of the social network & can ensure no inappropriate Content is uploaded, + have access to some advanced filtering tools. And adding it to a Website is simple – you need to just add a piece of code. The other advantage is that Spot.IM is completely free “with no strings attached”.

 

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