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Statistics
show that, without a compelling
reason, the average user will not
wait for much more than 10 seconds
for a page to load. So does that
explain why your visitors seem to
spend less than 5 seconds in your
site? Probably your site is taking
too long to load thus putting off
visitors.
As
you design your site, loading time
should always be a priority if
your site is to be an effective
business tool. Balancing usability
and aesthetics is a delicate
matter when creating a fast
loading site.
Below
are tip that you can use while
designing your fast loading
website.
1. Use images sparingly. Remember,
images may enhance the appearance
of a website but it greatly
increases its loading time.
2. Use and optimize your HTML. You
have to create simple and elegant
sites using plain HTML, CSS and
few images.
3. Minimize animated gifs and
flash usage
4. Use background images
5. Avoid using Javascript and
flash scripts
6. Avoid using multimedia files
7. Use Templates. Using templates
will not only ensure uniformity
throughout your site but will
enable subsequent pages load
faster because the structural
images will have cached and
thereby reducing the load times
significantly
uniformity
throughout your site but will
enable subsequent pages load
faster because the structural
images will have cached and
thereby reducing the load times
significantly
As
you design your site, loading time
should always be a priority if
your site is to be an effective
business tool. Balancing usability
and aesthetics is a delicate
matter when creating a fast
loading site.
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