One of the things IM NewsWatch has been working on is the speed of our site. We have used a number of techniques to improve our page load speed (and we are continuing to work on it) because we know that today’s site visitors are usually busy. They don’t want to wait around for a page to load. We want our visitors to spend more time on our website, engage with us more, and leave us positive feedback on social media sites. Informative content, an attractive site design, and engaging perspectives are, indeed, important factors that influence our customer satisfaction. However, none of... [...]

IM NewsWatch has always had a problem with the time it takes to load: Usually, just under 4 seconds for the home page. It’s understandable because of the large amount of data included; understandable but still a problem. Google favors fast-loading sites. Even more important, real people also want the sites they visit to load quickly; waiting is boring. So IM NewsWatch has embarked on a page-speed improvement regimen, and we’re about half-finished. We are seeing improvement, with more to come. How about your site? How long does it take to load? The faster, the better. That’s why... [...]