How to Increase a Web page's Load Time
Web page loading time is the time it takes for the Web page to fully load in the browser. A long loading time may cause visitors to leave the page, resulting in lost sales and leads. Loading time is also a factor of your website's page ranking in most search engines. Increasing a Web page's loading time could result in more traffic due to a higher search engine ranking. High server latency and sizeable website elements, such as flash objects, are some of the main causes for slow Web page loading time.
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Open your Web page php files with a text editor and add "<?php ob_start("ob_gzhandler"); ?>" at the top of the files. This adds compression to the Web pages when they are transferred. This only works for php files and requires php to be enabled on the Web server.
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Resize your images to make them smaller so they load quicker.
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Move your static content, such as a JavaScript file and CSS file, to a different Web server to decrease the load on your main Web server. Google hosts a number of popular JavaScript files on its servers, such as the JQuery file, so linking to Google may increase your page load time as their servers are much faster.
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Use a content delivery network to deliver your static content to users using a server which is more geographically preferable to them and will result in increased downloading speeds for your users.
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Change your Web hosting to a dedicated-server package. Faster traffic handling is achieved as your Web site is hosted solely on a single machine, ensuring maximum resource availability.
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Remove large-sized content, like flash objects, which may cause slow loading times for users as they need to download the object before interacting with the Web page.
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