It has been a long debate that whether the page elements and or widgets on your site effects the Google rankings or not. It was cleared by Google earlier this year that yes – sites with delayed load time will effect the rankings in search engines results pages. The longer your site takes to load the lower the rankings will get in Google.
Google has an official website speed test online tool, using which you can see how fast or slow your website takes in loading. Well there are so many factors that cause to slow down the performance in terms of speed, and among those, toolbars, In-Text Ads and Social Buttons are three of the biggest reasons when embedded in a web page.
So it is very important for webmasters to know what elements or addons are slowing down the performance.The infographic below reveals all the facts that causes a website to become heavy and slower in loading.
You can test your site by using the Google Page Speed Test: https://developers.google.com/pagespeed/
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