A high response time warning from the Google Webmaster Tools message center can affect a web site’s rating. If site managers receive the high response time warning in their message center, it is a reference to the lengthy loading time that the site requires. The alert will indicate this subject heading:
“Some URLs in the sitemap have a high response time.”
The Description for this message will read; “Some URLs listed in this sitemap have a high response time. This may indicate a problem with your server or with the content of the page.”
Google views a site’s high response time as a deterrent to searchers, who prefer websites that load quickly. If you receive this alert, Google is in effect warning site managers that their site is taking too long to load and may be timing out during the loading process. Google interprets a site’s high response time as an inability to handle Google’s web traffic. As a result, the site’s ranking will most likely be lowered. The lowering of the site’s ranking will adversely affect the number of hits the site receives.
There are three steps site managers can take to stay advised as to how Google views their site and the site’s high response time. Web managers should verify each site through Google’s Webmaster Tools.
Once the site is verified, the site manager should monitor the crawl rates. If the crawl rates indicate a high response time, the manager should try to rearrange the composition of the site. If the problem persists, site managers may need to search for a new web host to counteract the negative consequences of Google’s high response time warning.
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Hope this blog post was helpful to you, “High Response Time Warning and You”
Spunky Jones.