A website's speed significantly affects the user experience, SEO, and conversion rates. Improving a website's performance is essential if you want to get people to visit and keep them interested. Here are some things that Courimo Web developers in Montreal can do to speed up a website.
Test Website Performance
Website speed tests measure how well a site works. When developers test a website often, they can see if its performance is getting worse or better. A speed test should also help developers determine which parts or all parts of a website are slowing down and where to make improvements. At Courimo, Montreal Web Design, we have website tests that show in detail how long it takes for each part of a page to load.
Choose the right hosting option.
Most people who just started a website choose the cheapest hosting method. Don't go for the cheapest host you can find; find one you can trust. For website hosting, you can get in touch with Courimo, a Montreal Web Design Company. Our hosting servers are built to deliver the fastest response time for your Wordpress website. We have built in SSL certificates, CDN, caching and a fully optimized Wordpress environment.
Website speed optimization
Here at Courimo, we optimize the speed of your website to ensure it ranks well on GTmetrix (a page speed tester). We do various speed optimization techniques such as converting your images to WebP format, installing caching plugins, minifying CSS and JS files. As a Montreal Website design company, we take your website speed very seriously. Not only does speed help improve your conversions, it’s also an essential part to your website’s SEO as google takes into account your website speed in their algorithms.
Optimize the size of images on your website
Images are an essential part of eCommerce sites that do well. Many photos, images, and other visuals on your product pages make them more attractive. The bad thing about using images is that they are usually big files that make a website move more slowly. Compressing images with programs like ImageOptim, JPEGmini, or Kraken is the best way to reduce the size of an image without lowering its quality. The process might take some time, but it's well worth it.
Currently, most people expect web pages to load in less than 3 seconds. If you don't meet this expectation barrier, you lose a lot of traffic to your website and, as a result, a lot of money. If you work with Courimo, they will help you make your website faster.
