subject: 5 Ways To Increase Your Blog Loading Speed [print this page] Before starting the topic let me ask you a question, what you will do when a page loads more than a minute. Obviously you will close the page and go to the next site/Blog isnt t? The loading speed of a Blog is really important as it can have direct and indirect effects on a Blog. Google has announced that the Page Rank of a page depends on the loading speed of the page as well so it is highly important for you to optimize the loading speed. Here are simple 5 ways to increase the loading speed,
1.Use slash at the end of your URLs:
This is the most important thing you must do. Add a trailing slash at the end of all your URLs i.e. for example http://www.example.com/ . This can increase the loading speed of the page. The trailing slash will make the server know that the URL is already in the directory.
2.Use cache plug-ins:
If you are using a Wordpress platform then there are few cache plug-ins which can help you in increasing the loading speed.
3.Reduce your JavaScript Codes:
JavaScript codes can make your blog heavy. Do not keep the unused plug-ins in an activated mode as the JavaScript codes used in the plug-in can make your Blog slow. There are optimizers to optimize the codes so you can also use that if you need.
4.Optimize your images:
Optimize an image whenever you upload it in the server as it can help a lot in increasing the loading speed. There are free online image optimizers to do that.
5.Optimize your CSS:
Cascading Style Sheets can also reduce the loading speed of your Blog so optimize them as well. There are also few online CSS optimizers to make the job easy.
These 5 simple ways can also help you to decrease your bounce rate.
