Too many ads on your pages
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2025 9:52 am
Google tends to penalize websites that have many, many ads above the fold.
Try to keep your website clean and easy to navigate. Don't use annoying pop-ups that appear the moment people arrive on the page, or that get stuck on the page and are impossible to click away. This can increase your bounce rate.
While your CTR may be lower and less visible, your user experience is much more important.
7. Website speed
Google Page Speed Insights Example
Yes, websites that load quickly rank better.
People expect websites to load in two seconds, and have such ridiculously shor amazon database t attention spans that they quickly abandon any page that doesn't.
Don't use unnecessary plugins or scripts that can slow down your website. Optimize your images so they aren't massive and heavy. Here's the full list of things you can do to improve PageSpeed, provided by the SEOptimer tool:
Avoid redirects on the landing page
Enable compression
Take advantage of browser caching
Reduce server response time
Minify CSS
Minify HTML
Minify JavaScript
Remove render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Optimize images
Prioritize visible content
You can use Google PageSpeed Insights tool or PingDom Tools to assess your website speed.
Try to keep your website clean and easy to navigate. Don't use annoying pop-ups that appear the moment people arrive on the page, or that get stuck on the page and are impossible to click away. This can increase your bounce rate.
While your CTR may be lower and less visible, your user experience is much more important.
7. Website speed
Google Page Speed Insights Example
Yes, websites that load quickly rank better.
People expect websites to load in two seconds, and have such ridiculously shor amazon database t attention spans that they quickly abandon any page that doesn't.
Don't use unnecessary plugins or scripts that can slow down your website. Optimize your images so they aren't massive and heavy. Here's the full list of things you can do to improve PageSpeed, provided by the SEOptimer tool:
Avoid redirects on the landing page
Enable compression
Take advantage of browser caching
Reduce server response time
Minify CSS
Minify HTML
Minify JavaScript
Remove render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Optimize images
Prioritize visible content
You can use Google PageSpeed Insights tool or PingDom Tools to assess your website speed.