I am doing a test to see which size of website performs better in the serps. I used to use a basic template to write all my content on. The page size was 8kb per page on average. These pages performed well in the serps. I then modified my website template with more graphics and search features. The average page size was 38kb. I am doing a test and stripping all flash, all graphics, all navbars and search boxes. The pages I write will be basic html text with hypertext links and my goal size for each page will be 1 - 2 kb per page. I would like your opinions on which will perform better in the search engines. Or, if you think It will make no difference please let me know.
I'd go with an average site that has been optimized well for engines, not only for content, but also for graphics. Basically good keyword density.
I know google doesn't like sifting through loads of coding so I'm guessing a bare site with good KWD will rank higher in the SERPs. I don't think it will affect it much providing the flash etc isn't spammed all over the site.
In SEO term, big website will perform well as compare to small websites. We have option to optimize single keyword per page. And big website will give more traffic if the pages targeted with the relevant keywords. Also the advantages of internal back links.
Well i think the 8Kb page size (note post is about page size in Kb per page, NOT number of pages per site) is probably going to do better than the 2Kb ones as 2Kb does not give enough to add many words. Search engines basically just keep what you see when you look at the cached TEXT copy of the page so facy things like flash etc do not add to what your page can be searched for as such. I try now to keep my code reasonably lite html wise and about 500 to 750 words of text, plus the usual meta seo tags etc
I have a small site that ranked better than bigger sites. Don't give up! Just keep building backlinks. P.S it's not in my signature, don't bother looking for it
Stick with whatever works best for you, people make money all the time from niche, high quality content sites as well as mass produced sites
I think that content is the key - the more unique content you have the better your SERP position will be. So, huge website with lots of quality content should perform well in SERP.