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How Does my Speed Test Affect My Search Engine Optimization?

Yes. In early April, 2010 Matt Cutts announced that Google was now using website speed as a ranking factor.

What are some ways I can Increase My Website Speed?

After running a speed test, look at the file sizes of each request to determine where there may be any issues.

• Convert images to .PNG (features lossless, zip compression)
• Enable GZIP compression on your web server for html, css, xml and javascript
• Make sure you are using image thumbnails instead of scaling large images inline

Related Tools

• Broken Link Tool
• ROR Sitemap Tool
• HTTP Header Tool
• htaccess rewrite tool
• Whois Tool
• Search Engine Crawl Tester

Related Guides

• How to Optimize General Aspects of a Website