Slow loading time can penalized by Search Engines?

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  1. #1
    I have read some where 'Slow sites may be penalized by search engines'

    Is that true?

    G!
     
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  2. jdr8271

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    yes, this is a factor in Google's algorithm.
     
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    Not sure about "penalization" but yes Google has started considering site loading speed as ranking factor and doesn't like slow sites.
     
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    Faster website loading = higher ranking at Google.
     
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    fastreplies Banned

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    DID you just made that up or your mama told you that?

    :rolleyes:

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    Load time does have an effect on SEO.
     
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  8. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    Google did come out and say site speed was a factor, albeit a small one.
     
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  9. SilentX

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    yes Google does not appreciate slow loading pages with huge amounts of video, graphics, and the like. this is because the fancy stuff that takes minutes to load isn't going to help people out as much as a less flashy site with equivalent information that loads in only a few seconds or less.
     
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  10. DoDo Me

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    it's true, the extreme sample is, if you server stop responding, you site will be deindexed
     
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  11. fabpretty

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    Yes for Sure, as mentioned before it's a factor in Google's algorithm. And Alexa warns about it under 'Average Load Time' of a site.

    "Note: Slow sites may be penalized by search engines." - Alexa.
     
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    I also think slower loading can affect a website..
     
    hashif, Jul 22, 2011 IP