It has been my experience that website owners have little understanding of how website performance affects the bottom line. In light of this, I’ve pieced together a few infographics from Strangeloop Networks to illustrate some important findings regarding page load times:
It is incredible to see how page load times can affect revenue and traffic. Here’s a table of some of the results listed by the companies mentioned in the infographics:
COMPANY | IMPROVEMENT | RESULT |
---|---|---|
Amazon | 100ms | Increased revenue by 1% |
Mozilla | 2.2 seconds | 60 million more Firefox downloads per year |
Shopzilla | 4.8 seconds | Increased revenue by 12%, page views by 25% |
Yahoo | 400ms | Increased traffic by 9% |
These numbers might not look like much, but if you’re a multi-million Rand e-commerce website owner, you may want to think again about your web performance budget! Even if you’re only running a small non-profit website, the increased traffic may be what you need to get more exposure and support.