6. Page Speed & SEO
How does website page speed affect SEO?
So far on the course we’ve concentrated on optimising the content of your website for search engines.
Next I want to talk to you about other factors that can impact your SEO, starting with the speed of your website. A fast loading website will benefit your search visibility and much else beyond.
Website page speed could be an entire separate technical course in itself but you’ll also be pleased to learn that there are plenty of easy ways to speed up your site without needing to know how to code.
This part of the course includes
- Why is page speed important for SEO (and much else besides)?
- What affects page speed?
- Jargon-free tips on how to make your website faster
- What makes up a web page?
- How to compress and optimise your images
- How to choose quality website hosting
- Tools for testing your website page speed
Take the SEO for Small Business training course
In this self-paced SEO training course you'll learn how to make small but mighty changes to your website so it shows up higher in search results and new customers can find you more easily.
The course consists of 8 bite-sized videos of around 10 minutes each. Lessons feature demos and explanations of SEO terms and what they mean in practice for different businesses featuring real world examples.