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About LinkBacksNobody likes to wait a long time for a web page to load. And, as has been noted in the forums, and on the 9th of April 2010 Google officially announced that page speed was going to be taken into account in search results.
So, for this week's question, I'd like to ask about your surfing habits. How long do you typically wait for a page to load before giving up and heading somewhere else?
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View Poll Results: How long do you typically wait for a web page to load before giving up?
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3 seconds or less.
3 9.68% -
4 to 5 seconds.
13 41.94% -
6 to 7 seconds.
2 6.45% -
8 to 9 seconds.
0 0% -
10 to 14 seconds.
6 19.35% -
15 to 19 seconds.
2 6.45% -
20 to 29 seconds.
3 9.68% -
30 to 59 seconds.
2 6.45% -
60 seconds or more.
0 0%
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2 March 2011, 4:58 pm #1
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How long do you typically wait for a web page to load before giving up?
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2 March 2011, 5:10 pm #2
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I like my fast Internet, and slow-loading pages is my pet peeve. Four seconds is about my max.
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2 March 2011, 5:21 pm #3
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I like to see something happening in 2 seconds and something I can read in 4-5 seconds.
If the page continues to load things down below or in seperate iframes then that's fine.
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2 March 2011, 5:23 pm #4
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A few seconds for initial loading, something I can see and under 5 seconds for the page. I hate landing somewhere that has a boatload of crap loading that makes the page jump when it appears.
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2 March 2011, 5:35 pm #5
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The average time for me is about 5 seconds before something starts coming up on the screen!
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3 March 2011, 6:00 am #6
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Depends what the content of the page is, personally. Breaking news about Robbie Savage retiring? I'll wait all day! A page some stranger has recommended to me? 5 seconds if they're lucky.
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3 March 2011, 6:08 am #7
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Probably around 5 seconds before I hit the refresh button or just leave
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3 March 2011, 9:01 am #8
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I voted 3 sec or less.
I guess the page would not have to be fully loaded, but I will have to see something in 3 sec.
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3 March 2011, 9:52 am #9
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Wow you are all less patient than me, lol i did not see that comming when i started reading.
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3 March 2011, 12:16 pm #10
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I'd say about 5 seconds generally.
But if it's something I really need or want to check then I can definitely wait longer.
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3 March 2011, 12:46 pm #11
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3 March 2011, 9:09 pm #12
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and I didn't vote because it didn't
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4 March 2011, 12:43 am #13
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I'm a 5 second sorta guy. But on mobile devices I give it more time. What I hate is image heavy pages. I use opera and it shows the number of different elements it has to load. Cheeses me off when some pages are 100+ items to load.
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7 March 2011, 11:46 am #14
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Haha, who gives up after 3 seconds? People with OCD probably. 3 seconds is nothing.
You see.... there are 2 ways of thinking about it. If it is my email or a site I visit because I need to then time is no option. I will have to wait the full 2 mins and have no choice.
If it is a brand new site I found through Google then depends what mood I am in, around 10 seconds on a good day and probs around 5 on a bad.
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7 March 2011, 2:52 pm #15
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I seem to be quite patient. I voted 20-29 seconds.
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7 March 2011, 3:19 pm #16
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I remember in the old dial up days, 30 seconds was considered something to aim for.
10 seconds is about my attention span, but I have to be careful as sometimes it's a browser hang and not the site's fault. Double check always.
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7 March 2011, 4:04 pm #17
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Oh Man, Dial up sucked. I never had the internet back then but back then My friend had it and had a piczo site it took him a minute or so per page load. We spent hours just finding 1 page online, it was cool stuff back then so it was well worth the wait.
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I remember in the old dial up days, 30 seconds was considered something to aim for.
10 seconds is about my attention span, but I have to be careful as sometimes it's a browser hang and not the site's fault. Double check always.
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8 March 2011, 4:42 pm #18
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<meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.1 (Win32)"><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> It depends on the site that I value, if the site has more value for me(news site, informative and gaming site) then i'll wait for about 10-15 seconds but if it doesn't load for the period of given time, then i'll leave and close it and find for another interesting one!
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14 March 2011, 9:10 am #19
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I wait for 5 sec max... it depends on a site though
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I am very inpatient I will wait approx 6-7 seconds then im out
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