Direct example of why site stability and load time matters.

[BobbysBurgers]

Just thought this would encourage people that site load speed is super important.

 

[Deleted member 657006]

can not see the image please add a link of image cheers

 

[jamie3000]

Image not working, pls fix I'm interested, just been wrestling my server getting mod expired and mod deflate to work correctly with each other

 

[fasttrak]

If you open the image in a new tab it works...

 

[Couch Monkey Media]

Not too sure about how fast your site loads is a direct results on how google crawls your site. I have seen Sites that google visited serval times a day and they were some of the slowest sites i have seen.

But it wont hurt any on having a faster loading site.

 

[MisterF]

I aim for a min of 93/100 using insights for my sites now.

 

[fasttrak]

I aim for a min of 93/100 using insights for my sites now.

Are you using WP sites? If so, what is your default set of plugins? I would love 93/100

 

[Archard]

Are you using WP sites? If so, what is your default set of plugins? I would love 93/100

Actually, to some extent, the number of plugins you use does not matter as much as you would think.
For example, find a domain that loads terribly slow and check its speed. Google will try and give you some advice regarding it.
From all the tips, there is one that will fix mostly all the problems regarding plugins.
You need to edit the javascript code/s so that they load asyncronous with the page. This means the plugins will let the page load with priority as they load in their own speed in the back not affecting the cms.

Besides this, there are a few plugins out there, good plugins that will minify the cms which will have a great impact on speed.
There is much to discuss about the matter, but doing this will solve a big majority of sites with loading speed problems.

 

[fasttrak]

Actually, to some extent, the number of plugins you use does not matter as much as you would think.

I was using W3C Total Cache to minify but recently changed to WP Rocket which has made a huge difference. Still, I am not achieving 90/100 but it may be down to shared hosting providers.

 

[tertip]

The number of server calls directly influence your website load speed and plugins do just that, they are a major factor in your website speed.
I recommend using a free CDN like CloudFlare, it will greatly improve your website speed serving content from the visitors` location.

 

[Spazz]

Pretty impressive. For all the times I've heard/read about the importance of site speed over the years, I always optimize site speed for end user experience and lower server overhead.

Looking at the chart, from the bottom first, there's a direct correlation to less time spent downloading to increases in pages crawled by google.