Web Stress – How Fast is Fast Enough?
Is your slow website giving your customers “web stress”? Studies show 57% of online consumers will abandon a slow page after just 3 seconds.
The infographic below, by our Internet web performance colleagues at Strangeloop, demonstrates what happens to your brain when it experiences a slow website…
{Click on the infographic to download a high-res version}
So, how do you deal with “web stress”? (personally, I start yelling at the screen if a website hits my 3+ second load time threshold – but here at Dotcom-Monitor we can be a little extreme when it comes to web performance)
We’d love to hear your comments below.
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Data & Research Sources:
- Consumer Response to Travel Site Performance
- Website Response Times
- Web Stress: A Wake Up Call for European Business
- The Truth About Download Time
- Tealeaf Announces New Mobile Transaction Research Conducted by Harris Interactive, Shows Low Consumer Tolerance For Issues, Significant Business Impact
Web Stress – How Fast is Fast Enough? This Is Your Brain on a Slow Website [INFOGRAPHIC]
