Are Slow Load-Times Killing Your Conversion Rate – Part One: 6 Best Infographics
We’ve all experienced that frustration—when a page takes forever to load, burdened by unoptimized images, widgets, and analytics scripts. To make matters worse, these elements often pull from scattered servers, creating unnecessary lag with each round-trip request. Today, we’re going to have a look a 6 of the best infographics on the subject, and next week we’ll show you the top 10 causes of slow web pages and what you can do to fix them.
1) Instant America by Mashable
Unsurprisingly, Americans demand speed—whether from waiters, sales staff, or websites. In fact, slow-loading sites frustrate us most, as Mashable’s infographic clearly shows.
2) How Loading Times Affect Your Bottom Line from KISSmetrics
This one takes a look at how loading affects conversions rates, especially when it comes to unoptimized mobile sites.
3) The Seven Deadly Mistake that Make Website’s Slow from Yotta
This guide clearly explains the top causes of slow websites and provides actionable solutions to fix them.”
![The 7 Deadly Mistakes That Make Websites Slow [Infographic]](http://blog.yottaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/The-7-Deadly-Mistakes-That-Make-Websites-Slow.png)
4) How much time is wasted on loading unnecessary data? from GTmetrix
This study reveals how much wasted data the Top 1000 sites force visitors to download—and why it matters. Shockingly, the excess data these sites send monthly would take one person 619 years to download on standard broadband. Why? They’ve ignored three basic optimizations that could fix it.
5) Website Abandonment Happens After 3 Seconds from strangeloop
A short and to-the-point visualization of what happens to a company’s customers when they have an unsatisfactory web experience because of a slow site.
6) Give Your Site a Health Check from speckyboy
Data drives optimization—that’s why our final infographic packs must-have tools to audit every part of your site, not just speed..
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