How I Slashed The Load Time For My Website By 200-300%...And So Can You, For Yours!

Written by Roger J. Burke


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3. No Flash, JAVA, Javascript, SSI, CGI, Style Sheets, XML or DHTML is used. They all have their place, onrepparttar web, but I don't need or want them at loading time.

4. All other TABLE formatting and all other .gif or .jpg files are placed afterrepparttar 134615 information in Step 1.

All timings were done using IE5.5. As IE isrepparttar 134616 predominant browser (like it or not), and looks like remaining so, I'm not too concerned about Netscape (in addition, there is an ongoing problem with Netscape andrepparttar 134617 Moreover.com newsfeed that I have yet to fix).

If you click on this link: http://submissionjunction.com/olddefault.htm you'll experiencerepparttar 134618 load time of my previous homepage. If it loads in less than 8 seconds on your screen, then your lines and connections are very good and your traffic is light. Usually, it has taken as many as 15+ seconds to load, as I said.

Now, click on http://submissionjunction.com . It should load in 6 seconds or less, in off-peak times. And, at normal peak times,repparttar 134619 loading should not exceed 10 seconds (bearing in mind however, that in severe traffic snarls, all bets are off).

Of course, with much faster CPU speed,repparttar 134620 browser would be able to format and presentrepparttar 134621 information more quickly. Onrepparttar 134622 internet, however, one must always cater forrepparttar 134623 lowest common denominator.

There are, no doubt, more sophisticated ways of achieving reductions in load time. If simple measures however, such as above, achieverepparttar 134624 desired result, why bother with more complex methods?

Your objective should be to get your message in front of your prospects' eyes, as quickly and as easily as possible!

Visiting a web site is much like knocking on somebody's door. After you knock, you expectrepparttar 134625 occupier to open it quickly. If it's a store, and nobody answers or they're too slow, we'll walk away, right...and go downrepparttar 134626 road torepparttar 134627 competition, right?

So,repparttar 134628 quicker I get my message across to you,repparttar 134629 quicker we both win. And, isn't that what we all want?

P.S. If you don't do anything else, even placing a comment like "Page Loading...Please Wait" is better than just a blank screen, whilerepparttar 134630 browser formats your page. But, don't take toooo long...!



Roger Burke has been involved with computers since 1967, and has managed to break quite a few, over the years. He, and his wife Sherry, are now actively engaged in online self-publishing and promoting specific affiliate programs at http://online-wealth.com . If you have any comments or questions about this article, please send emails to mailto:webmaster@online-wealth.com . Copyright 2001, Online-Wealth. All rights reserved.


How I Got Number One Position In Yahoo/Google and Altavista...On My First Attempt!

Written by Roger J. Burke


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I spent a lot of time gettingrepparttar title, description and first headline right and went through many variations before I stopped. (But, I don't have to stop - they can be modified any time at all I choose.) Only when I had finished *that* process though, did I then develop my final keyword list.

Each page forrepparttar 134614 website was treated inrepparttar 134615 same way. But, although each page - and there are only eleven - is thematically similar,repparttar 134616 TITLE, DESCRIPTION, KEYWORDS and first headline are all different (content for each page is different also, of course!). By doing so, I ensure that I can submit all pages individually, should I choose, without being accused of spammingrepparttar 134617 search engines (although, with only 11 pages, that was not likely anyway).

When all was done, I submittedrepparttar 134618 site (http://rogersreference.com) to all ofrepparttar 134619 majors manually i.e.repparttar 134620 top ten, which includes Yahoo, Google and Altavista, on Oct 17th, and made a note to searchrepparttar 134621 SEs in a few weeks. (I used an automated service to submit to hundreds of other SEs). When I checkedrepparttar 134622 above three on November 20th, there I was - page 1, number 1. You could've knocked me down with a feather! And, I haven't paid a cent yet to be included in any directory or search engine.

The site is not yet indexed in Yahoo, but I'm hoping that will happen in a little while. Anyway, I'm not complaining!

SUMMARY: Perhapsrepparttar 134623 most important lesson I've learnt is that a unique product or idea for a niche category or market is crucial, beingrepparttar 134624 sine qua non for high ranking. This, I think, cannot be stressed too strongly.

Secondly,repparttar 134625 whole domain was developed withrepparttar 134626 KISS principle as paramount. The people who read throughrepparttar 134627 domain will be interested in *only* what I have to *say* and will judge it accordingly. And, that's how it should be. (Other products however would benefit from more page embellishment e.g. fancy video games, animation software, photography, art and such like.)

And, finally, I've givenrepparttar 134628 search engines and directories what they want: content rich web pages in a specific niche, directed to targeted, interested people. And, isn't that how it should be also?

If you're interested in finding my ebook product, go to one ofrepparttar 134629 above and punch in 'homonym+dictionary' or 'homonym+homophone' inrepparttar 134630 search box.

Now, here'srepparttar 134631 BIG bonus: search results forrepparttar 134632 above also include a link to another of my domains, sometimes onrepparttar 134633 same page. Now that's icing worth waiting for!



Roger Burke has been involved with computers since 1967, and has managed to break quite a few, over the years. He, and his wife Sherry, are now actively engaged in online self-publishing and promoting specific affiliate programs at http://online-wealth.com . If you have any comments or questions about this article, please send emails to mailto:webmaster@online-wealth.com . Copyright 2001, Online-Wealth. All rights reserved.


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