Although many argue that the benefits of search are insignificant, we know for a fact that the major search engines measure the performance of a website in the ranking process. Speed promotes better search results. Also, having a dynamic site is always good when it comes to making a good impression on your visitors, especially mobile visitors.
With this in mind, here are 3 easy ways to speed up your website:
One: Compress graphics. You want the images and photos on your site to look their best. There is simply no denying this fact. But at the same time, many people just upload images to their sites without any pre-processing. By simply resizing the image to the actual size and resolution it should be displayed on the site, instead of using the full size image and depending on web programming to reduce the size, you will be head and shoulders above many sites. Plus, there are a number of really great (and easy to use) free web-based graphics/image editors out there, so having to buy expensive image processing software is no excuse.
Two: Clean the content. In most cases, for SEO purposes, it’s a good idea to archive your quality content instead of just removing it entirely. But there is still a lot of “padding” or outdated content on many sites that could definitely be removed and thrown away, which has a reasonable impact on increasing site performance and also cleaning up the site for the benefit of visitors. And it’s also a good idea to remember that content includes images, videos, and other media, not just written content. Clear for faster sites.
Three: clean up the code. With modern CSS-based web coding, it’s not unusual to have several different files that get loaded and bloated with extra markup and comments that simply serve to slow down the website. Again, it may not be incredibly authoritative when it comes to slowing down a site’s speed and performance, but every little improvement adds up. Even removing line breaks and extra spaces from your code can make a difference in improving visual performance.
You want your site to be as fast as possible. Sometimes, with ever-increasing bandwidth available, the attitude in recent years has been a bit “boring” when it comes to keeping a site fast and loading fast. As easy as it is to ensure that the site is as fast as possible for visitors, and for search and SEO purposes, the cause is worth paying extra attention to.
