How to Make Blogger Blog Pages Load Faster ?

When people come to your Blog via a Search engine.. you just get maximum 10 seconds to hold their attention. If thats not enough to Load your Blog , then you are gone….

So How do you Optimize your Blog for the Best Performance ?

Here are some key tips:

Using a Quality Webhost

A good web host is essential, although, ensuring your blog not wasting valuable bandwidth on poorly optimized images, and unnecessary scripts and widgets is also important. Check out some popular web hosting reviews.

Optimize Blog Images

I think having attractive images in your articles is a key part of blogging, but I also think you need to optimize images so that they not any larger than they need to be. A few rules which will help you out are:

• Save images that use a limited pallet as .gif or .PNG. (How to Reduce Size of .PNG Images) for screenshots, fine text based images.
• Save images that use the full color spectrum of colors as .jpg i.e a photo, landscape.

If you are saving for the Internet you should use “Save for web”. The aim is to get the final file size as small as possible without wrecking the appearance of the image. How to Compress & Optimize Images Online ?

Show Less Number of Posts on the Home Page

Most Bloggers show 10 posts on their Blogger Blog’s Home Page. Now that means the site will continue to load & load until all the content of the ten posts and then the sidebar. All of this makes the blog very unprofessional due to the long loading time. The Home Page should Have 5 Posts and must have the Post Summary Blogger Plugin Installed.

Use A Minimalist Blog Theme Optimized for Faster Loading

Attractive graphics and excessive use of plug-ins in your theme can add to the file size of your site, and raise your loading time. So selecting a minimalist theme is a great way to reduce the size of your Blog. Tip : Which type of Template Should One Choose for their Blog ?

Compress the Stylesheet and Javascript files used in the Blog

You can compress Javascript and the Stylesheet used in your theme. To compress Javascript you can use a Javascript compressor. For the CSS files, you can remove the comments, and remove blank lines and spaces using your favorite text editor. Use CSS Compressor – This will optimize your set up a small amount.

Don’t Rely on Other Sites for Loading Blog Items

If you are loading content from other web sites it is going to slow your loading time. For example most of the Related Post Blogger Widget load from other servers. If either of these servers are having bad days the widgets can take an age to load. Ad networks, badges, widgets, images, scripts may all be loading content from other servers. For optimal performance you need to rely as little as possible on other servers.

Also See : Why is My Website Loading Slow ? Analyze & Make Website, Blog Faster

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