Tools for Optimizing Your Website Loading Speed

by Harry

You already know that a faster loading speed will increase the usability of your website. Did you know, though, that according to Google your loading speed will affect your SEO standing? This is a big deal if you are spending some considerable time trying to improve your Search Engine Optimization. You must get your loading speed as fast as possible to prevent this unfortunate problem, so here are some tools to help you do just that.

YSlow from Yahoo

YSlow is a Firefox add-on from Yahoo that will analyze your website and suggest ways to improve your loading speed. YSlow divides the areas to improve into these seven categories: content, JavaScript, server, cookie, CSS, images, and mobile. Not only does this add-on give you a report on improvements you can use, it shows you how to make them.

Web Page Test

All you have to do is input your URL on this website and answer a few questions about location and other similar information. This test will measure the time it takes for your page to load. Plus it gives a detailed report so that you can see what areas are slowing you down.

AOL Web Page Test

The report you will receive from the AOL web page testing tool is a color coded chart that is easy to read. You will be able to see exactly how long it takes for each element of the page to load. This will give you a great idea for which areas you need to change to improve your loading time. It is a great idea to run the test twice to take caching into effect.

Google Page Speed

Google Page Speed is also a Firefox add-on. You will have to download Firebug first in order to get this add-on, but once you do, you will get a clear no-nonsense report on the speed of each page of your website. You will also receive advice on how to speed each of them up.

CSS Sprites

CSS Sprites are not a test like the other tools listed above. By incorporating CSS sprites into your web pages, you can reduce the HTML image requests referenced by your site. Sprites greatly improve the performance of your web pages.

Try all of these out and see which one works best for you. I can assure you that any one of them will greatly improve the speed of your page loading and, therefore, your SEO efforts.

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Article submitted Sunday, April 17, 2011 & read 2 times.

Harold researches and writes about any kind of news in the web. He is also an active member of one of the News Forums on the Internet. Aside from being updated, there are so many advantages of reading fresh news or recent updates over the Internet. Therefore, it pays a lot to join in any News Community and interact with other news readers online.

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