How important are they? What difference will it make to you?
There are a lot of factors to consider, firstly, if your website is hosted on a web server that is connected to a fast network, then your website should load faster, in some cases this may be negligible, while other people will notice a great difference, it all depends on the quality of your previous host, but you should notice an improvement.
One thing is for sure, the search engines notice.
A slow website will affect your Google listings too;
Google Webmaster's Official Blog states: "Like us, our users place a lot of value in speed - that's why we've decided to take site speed into account in our search rankings."
You could be hosting your website on a high spec web server but if that server is connected to a poor network, your website is going to suffer.
If your website is loading slowly, you need to consider a faster web hosting solution, maybe you could remove some of those large images you have on your home page, and ask yourself, do you actually need them all?
Some web designers will build you a graphically intense site that looks fantastic and convince you that people will wait for your page to load, no they won't, as were all aware, your competitor is only a click away.
What about you're ISP? Are you getting the best possible connection speeds? Shop around, search Google for a testing site, and just search for "broadband speed test", usually you just need to enter your Post code (zip code) and it will tell you your broadband speed.
Our servers are housed in a Manchester data centre that has won the award for providing the fastest network in the UK for the past three years running and are continuing to invest for the future.
You could improve your website with our fast UK hosting, we will set up your account the same day and you will have full access to your Plesk control panel.
We can even help you transfer your website, if you need help just ask!
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