Long load time
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My site takes double the time per kb than my competitors.
it hosted on shared hosting with Godaddy.com
Any ideas why this may be happening?
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To be fair, your site isn't really overly slow.
www.appliance-repair-ny.com loads in an average of 3.9 seconds and is 194kb
www.all-appliance-repair-ny.com loads in an average of 5.6 seconds and is 327kb
www.newyorkappliancerepair.net loads in an average of 1.5 seconds and is 115kbAnd I think that's from Sweden. Your server is in Arizona so will be quicker from NY.
You could gzip your css, but it's not going to really give you a big improvement.
Yes, shared hosting will always be slower than a dedicated server but for the cost I don't think it will be worth going for a dedicated server and CDN delivery.
If you really wanted to track it you could add webmaster tools and (do you not have analytics on the page?) _gaq.push(['_trackPageLoadTime']); into your Google Analytics. This would let you see what times Google thought your page was loading in.
Speed is unlikely to be a defining ranking factor for you and you should concentrate your efforts more on acquiring links, reviews, and local optimisation.
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