If you are a web developer, you have probably asked yourself:
“How do I measure my website load speed?”
And, how does website load speed perform on mobile devices? The best tool you can use to answer this question is the PageSpeed Insights from Google. It is easy to use, and it gives you an insight on website speed load on both, mobile phone, and desktop computers. In this post we will go through the topics PageSpeed tests, on your website.
Optimize images
Optimizing images is usually one of the first issues we will encounter with many sites. Websites have lots of graphics, and usually these graphics are not optimized, which takes away efficiency from the website. Developers, specially those who are more lucrative, can sometimes blindly add images or artwork without resizing it, or combining it. This will lead to a significant increase in a website’s load time. Google will usually offer you zipped files of optimized images under 10Mb. It is also a good idea to try and combine all the small images into a collage in order to reduce the amount of http calls, while also using CDN as well.
Leverage browser caching
Browser catching is another component of a website’s speed. Make sure that you use this feature, and specify the expiration time for your catched content. Most of CMS systems will have the ability to help you with this matter. For instance WP will do this for you although, it needs a little bit of configuration in the expiration section.
Minify JavaScript
JavaScript minification is a relatively new topic. The web is now using significantly more Javascript than it did before. Web developers can do amazing things with javascript these days, however increase in the use of javascript leads to more and more javascript codes in the web pages. In order to save bandwith, developers can minify their Javascript code after they build it, and the code will be going to production.
Avoid landing page redirects
Do not redirect your links, this will create a delay and also dishonesty. use redirect properly when your content is actually moved.
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Make sure you do not have any css or java script code in your document head that intervin with the brosewer rendering enging. otherwise your site speed will be so slow. If you like to change your DOM elemnts use the javsctipt in the footer of your page.
Enable compression
Make sure your server is using compression technology like GZIP.
Web server response time
You have to make sure that you are hosting your website on a good quality web server. The web server should respond to the requests in a timely manner. If the tools tells you that your server response time is slow, consider talking to your web server company to help you with that matter. Seodapop will be able to help you with this matter.
The easiest way to fix your site speed is to use the google speed tool
If you are a web developer, you have probably asked yourself:
“How do I measure my website load speed?”
And, how does website load speed perform on mobile devices? The best tool you can use to answer this question is the PageSpeed Insights from Google. It is easy to use, and it gives you an insight on website speed load on both, mobile phone, and desktop computers. In this post we will go through the topics PageSpeed tests, on your website.
