03-16-2008, 05:08 PM
KyleMyers Wrote:I'm inclined to agree with the above posts, anything which increases loading time reduces the chance someone will view your site. Internet users are impatient, we want our sites 5 minutes ago not in half an hour. If a page doesn't load, we close it and find another one.
Speed definitely counts. Not everyone has a machine that can handle loading even the shortest clips, which means you also exclude those users as potential customers when they can't even get past the clip to view your site!.