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Speed is crucial to site success, but it is easy to let it slip by. Your team needs to evaluate every aspect of the site to make sure it is fast enough. So many factors affect speed – the backend code, the front end design, the features and the server you buy from the market.
There is no single factor that slows down your site. When the moment the page appears on your screen, a lot of things have to happen, and they all slow down the site speed. A web page seems slow when:
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Pages are too big and take too long to transfer. Too many graphics, too many scripts, and too much multimedia add up to a long wait for users.
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Images are too big and take too much time to transfer. They should be compressed to reduce size.
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Nested tables in the HTML code confuse the browser.
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Too many ads on the page slow it down, especially "rich media" ads.
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Width and height are not specified for images and tables. This force the browser to waits for every element to load before drawing the page.
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Site is not compatible with all common platforms and browser.
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Servers lack the strength needed to quickly generate results for many simultaneous users.
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Bandwidth is insufficient for the number of visitors you are receiving especially during peak hours. |
