Website loading speed

Check this out. This is a speed test from webpagetest.org and measure load times for various websites. Now keep in mind, the ryanacres site has a lot more stuff going on, but the numbers shouldn't be THAT far off. A 10 second load time is way too much, IMHO. I may be switching it over to godaddy's site builder. It's a lot cheaper on godaddy and apparently better performance to boot. Thought I'd share for discussion.

Ryan Acres

DJRickRyan.com

Follow up, I'm in the process of switching my Ryan Acres site from Wix to GoDaddy. I've already re-pointed the domain and waiting for it to propagate to the servers. Still kinda rolling around my approach but generally I'm axing a bunch of the extra info that I've had on the Wix site. I'm taking it from 12-15 pages down to 2 (Home and Contact). I think Taso made a good point that the website doesn't need to sell the event. It should be just enough info to initiate an in person tour. My hope also is that the much improved load time will also help with Google rankings and help stop people from clicking off the page due to slow response.

The new website is now live. Would appreciate any comments in regards. I'm changing my approach. Instead of having a multi-page, enough info to make a booking decision type of website I made it a single page, only enough info to try and secure an in person tour. The load time is hugely better on godaddy. Wix was running 9.8 secs for a full screen paint and this one is 2.5 secs. Not sure how that might affect google but I'm hopeful.

www.ryanacres.com

I wanted to give an update. About 3-4 weeks ago I switched to godaddy's site builder from wix. The wix site was getting roughly 80-100 visitors per month. Here's what I'm showing as of this morning:


I don't know if this is a fluke but it looks like a 4X to 5X increase in site visitors. I've also noticed in the past few days I'm seeing a big jump in inquiries and I have a tour scheduled for next Tuesday and the MOB has already indicated she's most interested in our biggest package ($13.5k). I'm just hoping and praying this is a new trend. I'm ready to make this project profitable.