{"id":15192,"date":"2012-10-12T18:01:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T10:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=15192"},"modified":"2023-04-06T21:59:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T13:59:06","slug":"improving-site-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/improving-site-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Job Description For Designers: Improving Site Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 2010, site speed and page loading times have been added into Google\u2019s algorithms. While not a headline grabber in comparison to the latest news about iPhones and social media, site speed issues are a thing of concern to web designers<\/strong> and it is also one of the best promotional tools around for growing a design business<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Google has a tendency to change their algorithms (up to 600 times per year<\/a>) so it can be a source of headache to keep up with these changes.Thus, it\u2019s probably a good thing that Google offers the PageSpeed Service<\/a>, an optimization service that will \"automatically speed up the loading of your web pages\".<\/p>\n

The idea behind the service is that you hand your web page and its contents over to Google and they \"optimize\" it with changes that will speed the site up then distribute it to their servers around the world. Technically, this puts them in charge of the end product, a product of your making. And eventually they are going to charge us<\/a> for that service. If any of that makes you feel uncomfortable, chances are, many other site owners feel the same way. But all is not lost, and in fact, there is a lot of money to be made and lost depending on how the page site service shakes out.<\/p>\n

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