Q&A: How can I make my web pages load faster?
By athomejob. Filed in Make a website |Tags: Faster, load, Pages
Question by Joe: How can I make my web pages load faster?
Are there any methods to make my website and contents load faster when a user tries to view them? What are the hardware and software elements that determine the speed of the content display?
Can someone give an answer?
Thanks
Joe
Best answer:
Answer by Dunbar Pappy
When requesting a webpage, unless your browser is configured other than the ‘out-of-the-box’, you’re getting all the associated cookies with the site & servers.
To reduce this multi-cookie tsunami:
INTERNET EXPLORER: Tools> Internet Options> Privacy> Advanced:
here check ‘Override automatic….’; ‘Allow session cookies’; ‘Allow 1st party cookies’ & ‘Block 3rd Party Cookies’.
FIREFOX: Tools> Options> Privacy: Check ‘Accept Cookies from sites’
& Un-Check ‘Accept 3rd Party cookies’
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These reduce ad garbage, giving nearly ad-free pages when surfing; for Firefox
Flashblock: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433
Add block plus: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
Popup Master: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1788
And to deflect server based spy/adware, you MUST “Opt Out”…
Yahoo here: http://info.yahoo.com/relevantads/
Google here: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
NAI garbage here: http://networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
DoubleClick poison here: http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx
These steps will help a lot.
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Friday, October 8th 2010 at 12:51 am |
First thing to do is to determine whether your web pages really are slow. Webslug http://www.webslug.info/ can help you. It compares web site loading times with other sites and once you have tested your site others can see it and test it for you.
Another way is to use yslow which is a plugin for Firefox. It will give your site a grading based on best practise and even suggest ways of fixing it.
http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/