Are You Losing Blog Readers?
Posted by Alan Mater on Nov 21, 2009
This is a problem that all bloggers have to face, including myself. There’s a million different reasons why someone doesn’t like your blog or doesn’t like what you write. And, these reasons could even be causing some loyal readers to unsubscribe from your blog’s RSS Feed.
However, this post isn’t going to cover any of that stuff. Yes, that happens a lot, but there’s another reason why you may be losing blog readers. In fact, this problem could be hindering people from even reading your blog in the first place. And, I know for a fact that you want as many people to read your blog. Afterall, I feel the same way. 
So, what could this problem be?
You may be l0sing blog readers because your blog simply takes too long to load. In this day and age, people are more impatient than ever. I happen to be one of those people, so if a page takes forever to load, I’ll just move on to something else. Well, good chances are there’s more people out there that do the same.
If your blog takes more than five seconds to load, you may want to look into speeding it up a bit.
This idea hadn’t even dawned on me until I read Sid Savara’s guest blog post on ProBlogger’s blog about 5 Plugins To Make Your WordPress Blog Blazing Fast.
The post covers 5 amazing Wordpress plugins you can use to speed up the load time of your blog. I highly recommend you check out the post, especially if you’re having problems with your blog loading slow.
This could be due to images and other factors, including the popularity of your blog and how much traffic it receives on a daily basis.
One plugin that is recommend is WP Super Cache, which I’ve installed on this blog. It’s only been a day so far, so I haven’t noticed a huge difference yet. But then, my blog doesn’t get 1,000’s of visitors a day.
This is something that all bloggers need to be aware of and take into consideration. You don’t want to be losing blog readers before they even have a chance to read your blog.
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Keep track and keep us updated. I’ve heard lots of those type plugins (especially WSC) do not play well with others.
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Alan Mater
@Dennis Edell, Hey Dennis, WSC is compatible with the other plugins. If you take a look at each of the plugin’s websites, they’ll state that they do work with other plugins that may have had issues before.
So far I haven’t had any trouble. I’m only using WSC right now. I’ve noticed a somewhat faster load time so far.
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Dennis Edell
@Alan Mater,
I’m sure the sites do state it. Not to call anyone liars, I’m just saying the proof is in the users, not the developer who may have tried it up against 4 plugins, once.
Know what I mean?
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..How Do You Feel About A Static Homepage On A Blog?
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Alan Mater
@Dennis Edell, Haha… yeah I know exactly what you mean. Unfortunately, I doubt I’ll be using any of the other plugins (maybe one more) to test them out and see if any problems do arise.
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Hi Alan,
Yeah that’s right, if your site is taking to long to load readers will just head out. Maybe because of too many plugins that are not useful. Good advice is just remove unnecessary plugins.
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Alan Mater
@Glass Beads, Hey JP, thanks for chiming in on this. Yeah, removing some unneeded plugins is a good suggestion. But, how do you know which ones are causing your blog to slow down? And, it seems like with new plugins coming out, I just have to have them! LOL.
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