In a recent study, it was found that the second most important factor in a website for men is speed, or load-time of the web pages. (First was ease of use – same as for women.)

Given the importance of load times, are you sure that your web pages are loading fast enough?

To confirm the speed at which your pages are loading, check out Site-Perf. It’s a super easy-to-use load-testing tool. Simply enter the URL you want to test, select a geographic destination for the server closest to you, and away you go.

If your web pages take more than a few seconds to load, consider taking corrective action, such as optimization of images, reduction of the number of images, simplification of the code, etc.

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