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Page speed really matters. If your page load time is slow, it will impact user experience, bounce rate, search performance, and revenue. Site speed is a Google ranking factor, including mobile page speed. The leading search engine has even shifted to mobile-first indexing, so this really matters. It is more important than ever to pay attention to page load speed, especially on mobile.

Configure A Fast Infrastructure Or Use A Fast Host

Optimize your page speed by starting with the right infrastructure. Be sure that your web stack is built for speed. Host your site with the fastest WordPress provider on a dedicated, high-performance server. Even if your website has a clean design and optimized code, shared severs can still slow down your site. Make sure you are on all the latest versions of the technology in use. Make sure caching is optimized too. 

Use A CDN

You can speed up page loading time by shortening the distance that information has to travel between your server and the end-user. An easy way to do this is with a CDN. A CDN, or Content Delivery Network, is a geographically distributed group of servers. They work together to deliver your web content more quickly. Whether your site uses JavaScript, HTML, images, or videos, a CDN is the most effective way to improve your website’s loading speed. 

Use Gzip For File Compression

Gzip is a form of server-side data compression that can be very helpful for reducing page load times. It will take a set of data and make it smaller for more efficient delivery to the end user’s computer. Gzip compression will reduce the size of your stylesheets, HTML, and JavaScript files. However, keep in mind that it does not work on images or videos. These are compressed separately. 

Most major CDNs already have Gzip compression enabled by default, which is very useful. If you are using a CDN, you are probably already covered for compression. 

Rescue The Number Of HTTP Requests

A highly effective method for reducing your page load times is to reduce the number of HTTP requests that are made by your pages. When someone visits your web page, the browser will ping the webserver. This ping requests the files that make up the content on the page. When the server responds with the requested files, the browser will render the page content. The browser makes a separate HTTP request for every file that makes up the content on the page. The more files you have, the more requests have to be made, and the longer your pages will take to load. 

Minify CSS And JavaScript

Another good way to reduce load time is to minify JavaScript and CSS files. Minification is a process that strips out any characters, comments, and spaces that aren’t needed in the code, and uses shorter function names and variables instead, to streamline the code. With fewer bytes of data taking up room in your code, the more efficient your page loading will be. 

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