It requires 50% more concentration when using badly performing website. Make it easier for your users, not harder…
A faster website can help your website in many ways. The faster the website, the lower the bounce rate and the higher the conversions. This mean higher sales, ad revenue and ultimately money.
Here are 10 ways you can speed up your website:
Hosting Provider – Who is hosting your website and how are they hosting it?
Utilize Caching – Page Cache, Database Cache, Object Cache, Browser Cache, Reverse Proxy
Combine CSS and JS files – Load JS in the footer whenever possible
Use a CDN -A Content Delivery Network (CDN) will ‘put a rocket behind your static content’
Reduce and Optimize Images – Use CSS3 whenever and wherever possible, save images for web
Use Compression – Save bandwidth and speed up your website
Use Sprites – Load JS in the footer whenever possible
Monitor Your Website – CPU usage, Physical Memory, Average Load, Disk I/O utilization, Network I/O
Optimize your Database Regularly – Optimizing database tables regularly will help improve website performance
Mobile and Tablet Optimization – Use CSS3 Media Queries, JS and service-side technology to speed up devices
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11. "Google is incorporating site speed as one
of the over 200 signals that we use in
determining search rankings"
- Matt Cutts
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/site-speed/
19. Pingdom Tools - http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/
● Detailed test history
● Default tests are public*
● Commercial company
● No ability to change browser and
only 3-locations
21. Google Analytics - http://www.google.com/analytics/
● Measure across entire site
● Content: which pages are slowest?
● Traffic Sources: which campaign corresponds
to faster page loads?
● Geographies: where in the world is my site
slowest/fastest?
● Technology: how fast does my site load in
different browsers?
26. #3 Combine CSS and JS files
Load JS in the footer whenever possible
27. #4 Use a CDN
A Content Delivery Network (CDN) will 'put a rocket behind your static content'
28. #5 Reduce and Optimize Images
Use CSS3 whenever and wherever possible, save images for web
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http://kraken.io/
http://www.smushit.com/ysmush.it/
29. #6 Use Compression
Save bandwidth and speed up your website
https://developers.google.com/speed/articles/use-compression
31. #8 Monitor Your Website
It is always good to know how well your server is performing
32. #9 Optimize your Database Regularly
Optimizing database tables regularly will help improve website performance
33. #10 Mobile and Tablet Optimization
Use CSS3 Media Queries, JS and server-side technology to speed up devices
34. More Ways to Make Websites Faster
Optimization is addictive; after one boost in speed, you'll want more...
● Redirects are expensive; reduce them
● Use a fast DNS web service
● Responsive image replacement
● Minimize CSS bloat
● Optimize server-side code and
intensive database queries
https://developers.google.com/speed/articles/
35. Optimization for WordPress
WordPress-specific tips to make your website faster
● Deactivate and delete unused plugins
(and themes)
● Use the Latest Version of WordPress
● Delete post revisions (and deactivate)
● Delete Spam Comments
http://yoast.com/40-wordpress-optimisation-tips/