Comments on: How To Get More Traffic To Your Blog By Getting Rid Of Bloat

By: TheSpotter

TheSpotter — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:53:36 +0000

You are correct, the more external data pulled by plugin or your blog – the more it will cause delay.

Problem with deactivated plugins is that they are still used by core PHP to evaluate if they should be loaded or not. It could be minuscule delay but when you add it up – it can mean a difference between a reader or a visitor who didn’t have time to wait and clicked away

By: Judah

Judah — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:40:22 +0000

Hm. I used to be so scared of plug-ins, and then I went completely crazy the other way and got plug-in install-happy.

I get how deactivated plug-ins can cause lag, but my theory is that it’s the ones that rely on external information/sources -whether activated or deactivated– that cause the worst lags? (That’s just my theory, I’m still in discovery about the whole wordpress thing, so I’m just checking with someone who knows better. )

Thoughts?
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By: Grant

Grant — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:24:53 +0000

Image compression has got to be one of the biggest factors. Smush.it is one of the best tools to use, as it strips images of all meta data and retains image quality.

By: TheSpotter

TheSpotter — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:02:46 +0000

Zack,

Yes, that button is a hog but it has its benefits and sometimes we have to evaluate benefits sv issues

By: Zack

Zack — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:16:47 +0000

Good tips. I’ve actually been working on getting my load time faster. Didn’t know about deleting non-active plug-ins. Another thing that drastically increase my page load is getting rid of the RT/Tweetmeme plugin. This plugin calls from external sources and loads with your page, thus slowing it down a lot.

I used to use the wp super cache plugin back when I was active on digg. That plug-in can help you weather the traffic storm if your lucky enough to hit front page.
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By: Kai

Kai — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:38:33 +0000

I noticed my bounce rate declined as I managed to fix the loading time of my site. Definitely helps with conversions.

-Kai
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By: dave

dave — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:14:49 +0000

I’ve lowered my load times dramatically by using W3 Cache and by limiting mysql connections as much as possible. Also, I don’t like using dynamic sidebars…

I didn’t know deactivated plugins slowed WP down.. now I do , thx
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By: batel

batel — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:03:40 +0000

at the end of the day we all wor very hard for are traffic i think its all about my traffic busines review to get some decent traffic for your busines

By: Will S.

Will S. — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:29:12 +0000

Great post! And highly topical, as Google has recently been making some noise about using page loading speed in its ranking calculation.

I’d also like to add that using a solid WordPress theme can drastically change load times. I used an outdated (or poorly coded) theme for a while on my blog, and couldn’t figure out why my page was loading so slowly. I later switched to thesis, and my page loaded in a flash.

By: John Paul Aguiar

John Paul Aguiar — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:03:14 +0000

Great post. I have been working on my page load time, and have noticed a little difference.

I agree that the faster and easier you give your readers your content the better your blog will do.
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