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Welcome to the ineedhits Search Engine Marketing blog, where we share the latest search engine and online marketing news, releases, industry trends and great DIY tips and advice.
It may have taken a few months to implement, but Google have kept their word and made site speed an official ranking factor in Google algorithm.
Google made the official announcement on Friday in a blog post. Although a new ranking factor is always big news, webmaster shouldn’t worry too much about the speed of their site as it apparently won’t hold too much weight. Google’s Matt Cutts and Amit Singhal explain more:
While site speed is a new signal, it doesn’t carry as much weight as the relevance of a page. Currently, fewer than 1% of search queries are affected by the site speed signal in our implementation and the signal for site speed only applies for visitors searching in English on Google.com at this point. We launched this change a few weeks back after rigorous testing. If you haven’t seen much change to your site rankings, then this site speed change possibly did not impact your site.
There are two ways in which Google will measure page speed – firstly, how a page responds to Googlebot and the site load time as measured by the Google Toolbar.
In light of this new factor, it might pay to check the speed of your site. There are a number of tools to do this, including Google’s suggestions:
Google says that this factor has been in place for a few weeks now, so have you noticed any change in your website ranking? Feel free to share your thoughts below.
Courtney is an online marketing specialist at ineedhits - a leading search engine marketing firm with over 14 years experience. Courtney has been living and breathing online marketing for over 3 years. She specializes in web and permission email marketing and providing news and opinion to online marketing communities. Top 10 Listing! Get more targeted visitors to your site! No click fees! Find Out More Here | 1000+ Guaranteed Visitors Get thousands of guaranteed website visitors to your site in 30 days! Get Started Here |
My website http://www.sudhanshu.com dropped recently page#1 to #3. It may be due to site speed.
Is it due to my hosting server?By Dr. Sudhanshu - April 14, 2010
Great site. A lot of useful information here. I’m sending it to some friends!
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