Does Your Website Open Fast Enough?
Grab your visitors right away with a great piece of artwork on your home page. Remember, you have only about 7 seconds for that page to open and impress the viewer to hang around and click through more of your site.
The fast paced world of has made people more impatient. Sad, but true. So make sure your images are web-ready (72ppi with the largest side being 500 pixels or less). Large files slow down loading time.
If you have large files on your website such as video or sound it is best to put them on a page inside your website rather than on the opening web page. At the very least, don’t set them up to run automatically when a page opens. Let the page open first and allow the viewer to click and play the video.
Wondering if your website opens too slowly? You can check your loading speed on any of these websites:
http://www.vertain.com/?sst
http://www.mywebcheck.com
http://www.freespeedtest.com
