Site Has SLOW Load Time

[KevinMcC]

Getting this message from Google for TheSportsGeek.com:

"On average, pages in your site take 6.8 seconds to load (updated on Oct 10, 2011). This is slower than 85% of sites."

A few favours for anyone here that'd like to help.....

Does it load slow for you? Painfully slow?
At a quick glance is there anything you think causing it?
Should I be worried?

[wendybluff]

For me it loads in around 3 secs, yes a bit slow.

[CoolDog]

Loaded pretty quick for me... I'd say under 2 seconds.

[GFPC]

3-4 seconds for me.

[KevinMcC]

I think it may have to do with the stupid GoDaddy shared hosting account I'm on. At one point it would time out a couple times a day and be down for a bit... now it's better, but seems to be slow at some times of the day.

[parttimepoker]

Move off Godaddy now imo. It's always going to be slow, and you also run the risk of a bad neighborhood.

If you run page speed you'll also see a few things you can do to improve load time.

[Jeremy]

Yea Godaddy sucks. If nothing else get a shared plan somewhere, anywhere, but Godaddy.

[jdwanchalk]

GoDaddy shared hosting is the WORST. I had it as an extra account till last week I said fuck it and moved everything I had left off it even though it's a pain. I would never suggest it to anyone. HostGator has infinitely better shared hosting for same price.

[KevinMcC]

Moving a wordpress site is a pain in the ass... it would prob be worth to pay to get at least a few of my wordpress sites moved elsewhere though.

[GFPC]

I just joined a UK host i was recommended. UK2 - looks pretty good so far. Or you can try Gydians (Ben) service as he really is very helpful.

I would of went with his for a site - but my two other partners wanted UK hosting :-( - serious though talk to him - he may have what you need. Here is his hosting plans. --> Garner Hosting