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How to reduce the impact of image content on your mobile site speed

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image content on your mobile site speedConsumers are notoriously impatient. Mobile browsers of content are no exception. In fact, they expect an instantaneous response from any website that they encounter. There are many factors that website administrators must take into account.  Their website must respond and meet the expectations of consumers browsing their site. Some issues are server response time, large content load from images, processing that a page requires. The number of attacks that websites are under is another factor. Today we are going to focus on the impact of image content on your mobile site speed.

Impact of image content on your mobile site speed

Images can be megabytes in size or small low-quality images that portray the message and are of sufficient quality. A large megabyte image is going to take longer to transmit and receive on the customer’s mobile phone. It takes longer for the server to deliver it to the communications link, for the link to transmit it, and for the smartphone to receive and process it. A smaller less dense image can be delivered much more quickly and be of sufficient quality for the user.

Website administrators should review all images that are resident on their website pages. If they are not loading quickly on a smartphone, then edit them into smaller less dense images. You may have to review every image. Establish a standard for your website in terms of image size and load speed. The impact of image content on your mobile site speed can not be underestimated.

There are many other elements to consider in terms of load speed. The number of plugins you have and the time each takes to be processed is another factor impacting load speed. You may want to also load test every site and every page. This step helps to determine the impact they have on mobile site speed.

SEO Mobile Website Development Considerations

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SEO Mobile Website Development ConsiderationsThe world is quickly moving to a mobile world where the majority of web searches, browsing, and viewing of content, eCommerce, etc are being completed using mobile devices. If your website cannot be viewed, cannot be read using a mobile phone, tablet or netbook, you are going to miss a huge market. SEO mobile website development considerations should be part of every website’s plan. In fact, if you are not designing a website for mobile, you have already lost the war.

Not only web sites need to be considered. All apps are now being developed with mobile devices in mind. Whether it is a smartphone, a tablet, or a netbook, your apps and website content needs to be flexible. It needs to be presented to meet the technology being used to view this content. Initially, that meant that content needed to be re-purposed so that it could be read on a small screen. This meant effectively two or more sites,. Each with the same content delivered to different devices. Very difficult to keep in sync, both in functionality and content accuracy.

SEO Mobile Website Development Considerations

Designers today are building content and functionality once. They use a presentation layer to deliver the content. It is delivered in the proper format for the device being used to read the post. This is the way WordPress and other content management systems are now working.

When someone comes to a website to view content, information is sent answering the basic request. As well as indicating the type of device that it will be presented on. With the appropriate app installed as part of the WordPress content management system, the content will be presented to fit the screen of the reader.

This site currently uses Jetpak and one of the apps residents in Jetpak to configure all content in the appropriate manner for the device used to read it.

Readers will spend less than a second looking at content that is too small for them to read before moving on. Don’t waste an opportunity, prepare your site for mobile viewing.

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Small Business Blog Sites

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Small Business Blog SitesSmall business blog sites are one of the least expensive ways to introduce a company website and still maintain it with up-to-date information about your company, your product, and your services.  Once they are set up, most people can update the company blog site. They need to know how to use a computer and log onto a website.  Of course, you want the website to look professional. There should be no spelling and grammar mistakes and a few pictures as well to enhance the site.  A good content management system such as WordPress is a great way to manage your small business blog site.

Small Business Blog Sites – Adding Content and Media

Adding content and media is quite straightforward and most people who know how to use a computer, word processing, and images or even video can handle and use WordPress.  We offer a hosting service plus a fully installed and configured content management system utilizing WordPress at inexpensive prices for your company.  We can also set up your domain if required however many businesses already will have their own domain and simply point it at the hosting site where the Web WordPress blog is installed.

Customize Small Business Web Sites

They also will customize a theme for you to use. There are also thousands that are available for WordPress.  There are many widgets that can be installed. They can provide a variety of functionality that may be of interest to various small-business owners.  These include everything from calendar information, contact pages, counters, statistical analysis, etc. There are probably thousands of widgets that can be chosen for your small business blog. But choose wisely. Look for comments and ratings to ensure that they are well-supported widgets. They must keep up with all of the latest releases for your content management system.

Small Business Blog Sites – Some Examples

This particular website for our small business is a good example of what you can do.  The local ski club is another example of a smile business or charity in this case that is using our hosting services and our WordPress content management system. They really have a rather simple and straight forward site that meets their needs and their budget.

If you are interested in setting up a small business blog site contact us today. We will be happy to provide you with a competitive solution. Which can be set up within a matter of days if not hours.  There are a variety of options for you. These include having our team do everything for you. Or having your team provide and update the content on the company blog site.

Send us an e-mail or give us a call and we will be happy to provide a solution for you.