A fast website is crucial for a good user experience and better search engine rankings. Studies show that 53% of mobile users abandon a page if it takes longer than 3 seconds to load. Here are our 10 best tips.
Images are often the biggest performance killer. Use modern formats such as WebP, compress your images and rely on lazy loading to load images only when scrolling.
Configure cache headers so that returning visitors do not need to re-download static resources. This can reduce load times on repeat visits by up to 80%.
Remove unnecessary whitespace, comments and formatting from your code. Tools like UglifyJS and CSSNano automate this process.
A CDN distributes your content across servers worldwide so that visitors receive data from the nearest server. This significantly reduces latency.
HTTP/2 enables multiple resources to be loaded in parallel over a single connection. All Speed-Net servers support HTTP/2 by default.
Slow database queries can severely slow down your website. Use indexes, avoid unnecessary queries and rely on database caching.
Gzip compression reduces the size of HTML, CSS and JavaScript files by up to 70%. This can be easily enabled in Plesk.
Load CSS in the head section and JavaScript at the end of the body tag. Use async or defer attributes for external scripts.
Load only the required font styles and use font-display: swap to avoid invisible text while loading.
The best optimisation is useless if the server is slow. Speed-Net relies on NVMe SSDs, sufficient RAM and a top-class network connection for maximum server performance.
"Performance is not a feature – it is a prerequisite. At Speed-Net, we do everything to ensure your website loads at lightning speed."
Anyone who consistently implements these measures will noticeably improve website performance and benefit from faster load times, happier visitors, and better rankings in search results. Most important of all is a powerful hosting foundation, on which all further optimizations can truly take effect.
Do you need help optimising your website? Our support team is happy to advise you on the best measures for your individual situation.