Google page load speed plays an important part in your websites success. The page load speed impacts the user experience and total number of conversions you ultimately get.<\/p>\n
A 1 second delay in page load time results in:<\/p>\n
80% of a Web page\u2019s load time is spent downloading the different pieces-parts of the page: images, stylesheets, scripts, Flash, etc. An HTTP request is made for each one of these elements, so the more on-page components, the longer it takes for the page to render.<\/p>\n
That being the case, the quickest way to improve site speed is to simplify your design.<\/p>\n
Always remember, when it comes to your website, leaner is better.<\/p>\n
Large pages (which is what you could have if you\u2019re creating high quality\u00a0content) are often 100kb and more. As a result, they\u2019re bulky and slow to download. The best way to speed their load time is to zip them\u2014a technique called\u00a0compression<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Compression reduces the bandwidth of your pages, thereby reducing HTTP response.\u00a0According to Yahoo, this can reduce download time by about 70%.<\/p>\n
With images, you need to focus on three things: size, format and the src attribute.<\/p>\n
Image size<\/b><\/p>\n
Oversized images take longer to load, so it\u2019s important that you keep your images as small as possible.<\/p>\n
Image format<\/b><\/p>\n Src attribute<\/b><\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve got the size and format right, make sure the code is right too. In particular, avoid empty image src codes.<\/p>\n In HTML, the code for an image includes this:<\/p>\n <img src=\u201d\u201d><\/p>\n When there\u2019s no source in the quotation marks, the browser makes a request to the directory of the page or to the actual page itself. This can add unnecessary traffic to your servers and even corrupt user data.<\/p>\n Some of these tips are easy to implement, but a few are advanced tactics that can be intimidating if you aren\u2019t technically inclined.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Google page load speed plays an important part in your websites success. The page load speed impacts the user experience and total number of conversions you ultimately get. A 1 second delay in page load time results in: 11% fewer page views 16% decrease in customer satisfaction 7% loss in conversions 47% of people expect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,399,420,404],"tags":[224,123,225,226,19,223,221,222,36,35,24,103],"class_list":["post-468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-give-the-dog-a-bone","category-web","category-web-design","category-web-development","tag-compression","tag-give-the-dog-a-bone","tag-http","tag-jpeg","tag-marketing-tips","tag-optimise-images","tag-page-load-speed","tag-page-speed","tag-search-engine-optimisation","tag-seo","tag-web-design","tag-website-content"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n