5 Ways to Optimize Your Site to Load Faster

Ravi Kolhe | 1/30/2014 | | |
When it comes to running a website speed is absolutely everything. If your website does not load fast enough then you will find that your website visitors will leave in droves. In addition to this you will find that it is VERY difficult to get ranked highly in the search engines. Have no fear though. If you work with a decent Phoenix Web Development company then it is simple to boost the speed of your website. On this page I want to share with you five tips that you can use to boost the speed of your page. If you do not know how to implement any of these into your site then by all means ask a Phoenix Web Design Company. They should be able to help you out!

1. One of the main reasons as to why websites load slowly is because there is far too much media on a page. There are plenty of website owners who think that in order to have a decent website they need to pack it to the brim with videos, sound clips (awful idea by the way) and photos. You really don’t. In fact, in the world of web design, especially in this day and age ‘less is more’! It is therefore suggested that you cut back to only what is necessary. Do not include anything that is not contributing to the overall feel of the website.

2. There are plenty of websites out there which have poor coding behind the site. What you need to remember is that before a web site is displayed every piece of code needs to be loaded by the web browser or web server. Every line of code that is loaded will add a significant amount of time onto the load speed of the website. I suggest that if your site is loading slowly then you get in touch with an experienced web developer in Phoenix. They will be able to go through your code line by line and cut it back.

3. There are many websites out there which load slowly but for an indeterminate reason. Most of the time this is down to the web server that they are located on. If your site is loading slowly and you are on a very cheap hosting plan then it may be worth talking to a web designer to help you get moved to a new host. A lot of the time this can add a lot of speed to your site without adding too much in terms of running costs.

4. There are some file formats that are not suitable for the web. For example, if the images on your website are in .bmp format then they can easily run to a good couple of megabytes in size. This could take up to a minute to download. If you convert them to .jpg format or even .gif then you could cut them back to a few KB in size without losing too much quality (it will be unnoticeable on screens). This will take seconds to load instead. If you do not know how to change the file type of images then I suggest that you talk to a professional.

5. Look into trying to get your website cached in the browser of your website user. This will ensure that your website loads quickly in each subsequent visit. This may be something that is very difficult to incorporate into your website if you are not familiar with coding. However, this is one of the best ways to boost load speed.

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