Everyone hates to wait! This is true for users
coming on websites, if they require waiting for a long time because of poor
website loading time speed, they get irritate and switch to competitors site.
Therefore, website loading time is an essential factor to consider for better
user experience.
Following are few parameters to consider for
improving site speed-
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HTML code optimization- Broken links and unnecessary tags put negative
impact on website loading time. Therefore, optimization of code is necessary
for improving the time speed of website.
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Focus on content areas- Posting good quality content to attract
visitors is must, but that needs to be optimized well. Website with too much
content on a single page affects the loading time speed. Therefore,
categorization of page and interlinking helps distribute content and reduce
loading time speed of website.
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Optimize images- Images are often used for better explanation
of things. But, these can prove to be an obstacle for servers, as these are not
server friendly. For requiring to make
images server friendly, optimization of background coloring, graphics and size
of images is needed to be done. Thus, using JPEG compressed images help perform
better loading speed.
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Choosing correct image format- Wrong image format affects the loading speed.
Hence, besides optimization of images, choosing right image format is also
necessary. JPEG, PNG, and GIF are few best web friendly image formats.
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Optimizing large files- Flash files (swf), videos, and large scripts
etc. should be optimized, as these do affect the loading speed of website.
Using editor program for reducing the file size is must in order to optimize
the website speed time. Videos or flash files with smaller size takes less
bandwidth and fasten the speed of website.
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Simple design-Unnecessary design hampers
the website loading speed. This is why companies that is dealing in professionalwebsite designs they prefer simple designs, and simple layouts.
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Define height and width- Predefining of height and width of image
reserves its space on website page. Doing so reduces overall loading time of
website.
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Use clean CSS- Often CSS is used for designing websites. Cluttered
CSS codes affect the page loading speed. Thus, while coding developers require
removing all unnecessary CSS codes that might be hampering website speed.
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Check loading time of website regularly- Maintaining of site is must in order to check
its functionality. Thus, analyzing and regularly maintaining it is important in
order to create fast websites.
