How to Speed up your Website

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How to Speed up your website?
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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• What is Page Speed?
• Steps to Speed up your website
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Learning how to speed up your website is one of
  the most important things you can do as fast
  loading speed is necessary for website success.
• However, a high performing website necessitates
  continuous maintenance.
• This will boost your websites ranking,
  conversion, and visitor traffic significantly.
• Thus, it is necessary for even a web
  professional, a small business owner, or a
  blogger, to pay attention to the speed of the
  website
• However, before improving the speed, it is
  extremely important to measure the website.
• Before we get started on ways to improve page
  speed, let us first define page speed..

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What is Page Speed?

• Page speed is a measurement of how quickly the
  content on your page loads.
• It can be as "page load time i.e. the time it
  takes to fully display the content on a specific
  page and
• It can also be expressed as "time to first byte
  that is how long it takes for your browser to
  receive the first byte of information from the
  webserver.
• It can be measured with the help of various
  plugins which we will discuss in the next slide.

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Steps to Speed up your website

• According to Google, the longer it takes for a
  page to load, the more likely it is that a
  website will be abandoned by the visitors.
• Thus, it is necessary to keep the speed of your
  website intact.
• The owner can take following steps to speed up
  your website, such as
• Check the loading time of your website
• Select the appropriate hosting service provider
• Optimize your content
• Evaluate Unnecessary Plugins and themes
• Make use of caching
• Use a content delivery network
• Optimize your database
• Let us discuss the above steps in detail.

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1. Check the loading time of your website

• Examining the load time will provide you with
  information about the current state of affairs of
  your website.
• You can assess the performance of your website
  using a variety of online tools, such as
• GT Matrix
• Google Page Speed Insights
• Pingdon
• Webpage Test and so on..
• If the above tool says your website loads in
  three seconds or less, then you are in good
  condition.
• However, if it takes longer time, it is
  worthwhile to investigate the root cause of the
  delay.

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2. Select the appropriate hosting service
provider

• If your website appears to be slowing down, the
  cause could be shared server space or your
  hosting provider.
• It is possible that the latter is incapable of
  handling your content management system (CMS)
• While using low-cost shared hosting is acceptable
  at first, once you start receiving traffic, you
  must ensure that your hosting meet the scalable
  demands.
• It is also important to consider the server's
  location, as it has a significant impact on the
  website's page load time.
• The greater the distance between your server and
  the person requesting to view your website, the
  longer the response time.
• Thus, it is preferable to choose a hosting
  provider with a data center near where the
  majority of your audience lives.

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3. Optimize your Content

• It is crucial to review your website content,
  which may or may not be properly optimized.
• Here, optimization means images and media
  content.
• So, you can improve the content on your website
  in the following ways.
• Begin by compressing the images without
  sacrificing quality with the help of image
  optimization plugins.
• Ensure that images are directly loaded onto your
  server as it eliminates the additional HTTP
  requests
• Use the image size that is appropriate for your
  user's screen.
• Start using lazy loading for your media content.
  This means that your images will load when a page
  visitor views them.

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4. Evaluate Unnecessary Plugins and themes

• While plugins are an excellent way to improve the
  functionality and add features to websites, there
  is such a thing as having too many plugins.
• Installing them indiscriminately on your site not
  only increases the risk of security issues and
  conflicts, as well as the need for maintenance,
  but it can also cause your website to slow down.
• Many plugins increase the page weight and HTTP
  requests by adding extra style sheets and
  JavaScript files.
• They may load these assets in places where they
  are not required, sometimes on every page, if
  they are not properly coded.
• So, if you want to speed up your website, you can
  remove them.

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5. Make use of caching

• Caching refers to storing parts or the entirety
  of your website so that it can be accessed and
  loaded more quickly.
• It is the process of locally storing requested
  data, either on your server or in your web
  browser.
• Data points that are frequently accessed are
  cached on your local computer.
• If you use Shared Hosting or Managed WordPress
  Hosting and your skills are limited, consider
  using browser caching.
• Website browsers use a cache, which reduces the
  number and size of HTTP requests, allowing web
  pages to load even faster.

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6. Use a content delivery network

• If you are catering to a global audience, there
  is another way to deal with latency and location
  issues, which is to use content delivery
  networks.
• These are global networks of computers that have
  a copy of your website or, at the very least, its
  most important static files.
• Using a CDN to speed up your website has several
  advantages, including
• Users receive data from the location that is
  closest to them. This shortens the distance and
  eliminates the possibility of lags and latency,
  thus increasing page loading time.
• Server load can be distributed across multiple
  servers rather than just one. This lessens the
  likelihood of download speeds slowing during peak
  traffic periods.

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7. Optimize your database

• The majority of the advice is about improving the
  front end of your website.
• It is also critical to consider what you can do
  on the back end to speed up your website.
• This is especially true when working with a
  database-driven content management system (CMS)
  like WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal.
• On a regular basis, the database must be
  optimized.
• This entails removing temporary disc space and
  clearing of unnecessary data.
• This makes it leaner and allows it to respond
  more quickly.

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Conclusion

• Understanding how to speed up a website is a
  useful skill to have.
• Because site performance is important to both
  users and search engines, it is critical to the
  success of your website.
• Following the steps outlined in these
  presentation will undoubtedly improve your
  website's speed.
• To get proper insight about our hosting service,
  you can visit our website www.htshosting.org or
  call us at 1800-123-8156

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