How to Get More Traffic From The Google Page Speed Update | Ep. #750

Nomzy Stholly

6 min

Investing & Markets

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In episode #750, Eric and Neil discuss how you can get more traffic just by making your site load quickly. Tune in to hear how you can speed up your website. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: <ul> <li>[00:27] Today’s Topic: How to Get More Traffic From The Google Page Speed Update</li> <li>[00:55] Page speed has always been a factor, but now they are rolling out page speed algorithm updates.</li> <li>[01:45] Eric’s site was run through <a href="https://gtmetrix.com/">GTMetrix</a> to show him what was slowing it down.</li> <li>[02:21] He then cleaned up the slow parts and tested out the site again.</li> <li>[02:48] He got a substantial bump in visitors once he sped up his site.</li> <li>[03:25] Neil uses <a href="https://www.ampproject.org/learn/overview/">Google AMP</a> and <a href= "https://www.stackpath.com/maxcdn/">MaxCDN</a> to make sure his site loads quickly and is routing through local servers across the globe.</li> <li>[03:45] Neil’s site also uses lazy loading, so things load as you scroll.</li> <li>[04:07] Make sure to compress images and reduce javascripts.</li> <li>[04:30] Bad code will ruin a site.</li> <li>[04:53] Make sure to make the most of what you already have instead of chasing new, shiny objects.</li> <li>[05:34] That’s it for today!</s

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How to Get More Traffic From The Google Page Speed Update | Ep. #750

Nomzy Stholly

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