Site Loading Speed

[juliej]

I previously had my hosting through GoDaddy, and with the site accelerator that came with my hosting package, my blog loaded very quickly, but I constantly had issues with my database files. Specifically, GoDaddy glitches that rendered my database files as "not found", and their support is not that great. So, I switched hosting to HostGator and love their support, but my blog just does not load as quickly anymore. I've had this problem before with HostGator and other WP sites that I have since closed. Anyway, I contacted HostGator about the loading speed issue, and they done some things on their end that they said would increase my load speed, but I still cannot tell much of a difference, and according to my GA, visitors don't even stick around long enough to register time spent on site. I've made some changes to my plugins, cache and file sizes to speed things up a bit, but I was wondering if you guys could just quickly visit my site and respond back with how it loaded for you. It's hard for me to gauge, and all I have to go on is HostGator feedback. I would really appreciate it. I want to stay with HostGator, but I also would like the speed of GoDaddy. I'm just afraid that I'm losing traffic because of it. Any other advice for changes that might speed up load time is also welcome. Thank you.

Edit: HostGator analyzed my traceroute and determined that the issue is with my ISP and the route it takes to get to their servers, which explains why I've always had this same problem with HostGator because I've always had the same ISP. But I love their support, so I'm sticking with them. I removed the link since HG resolved the issue.

[Lynn Terry]

Glad you got it resolved, Julie! :)