Real Estate Web Design

This is a new series, but a more sporadic one with no end in site. I like to keep you on your toes like that. Anyway, this series is going to give you some tips and tools that will make your life easier, or your site/blog better. Because that's what I do.

So our very first nifty gadget is called the Website Speed Test. You need this for one important reason. You'll want to know if your site is as fast as... Speed Racer, perhaps? Or maybe it's so annoyingly slow that people will get tired of waiting for it to load and click off to some other site that loads faster. That happens more often than you might think. I, for one, am guilty of this as I am incredibly impatient (ask my husband). As you know, real estate is quite competitive. So you need a fast site so people don't click over to your competitor's site. I can't think of a worse way to lose a lead, can you?

I tested our site, and the home page loads at .98 seconds. That's pretty good, if I do say so myself. What's your speed?

Of course, I have to give credit to Joe Ferrara at Sellsius for finding this one (Thanks, Joe!).

Know of a cool gadget or trick that you want me to share? Email it.

Labels: Stuff You Need, Website Tools