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Web Source Web Design Tips - Decreasing A Website's Load Time

The main page of your web site should load in 8 seconds or
less with a 56K modem.

According to two recent surveys, conducted by Forrester
Research and Gartner Group, ecommerce sites are losing $1.1
to $1.3 billion in revenue each year due to customers click-
away caused by slow loading sites.

Tips for keeping your load time down:

- Avoid large, slow loading graphics

- Avoid using too many graphics and/or banners

- Avoid using too many animated graphics

- Optimize your graphics

- Avoid using any unnecessary code

- Avoid making your pages too large

- Avoid using too much Java

- Avoid using too many JavaScripts

If a page takes too long to load, your potential
customer will not wait. Ultimately costing you business.



About the Author
Shelley Lowery
slowery@web-source.net
Tip provided by: Web Source: Your Guide to Professional
Web Design and Development. http://www.web-source.net

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