Slow websites risk retailers losing Black Friday sales

Poor page load speeds could be losing retailers business over the Black Friday period according to a new report. The study by eCommerce agency Visualsoft looked at the UK's top 240 online retailers -- including major supermarkets -- and finds that 54 percent have poor page load speeds, taking over nine seconds. In addition 32 percent only rated as fair, taking between six and eight seconds to load. A mere two percent received an excellent rating, loading in four seconds or less. "Describing nine second load times as slow, might seem ridiculous to many retailers, but the evidence shows that… [Continue Reading]