A fast website: five web performance habits

A slow website drives visitors away, especially on mobile and with an average connection. The good news: a few habits are often enough to avoid most problems.

1. Lighten and size your images

Images are usually the heaviest part of a page. Export them at the size actually displayed, use modern formats, and load only those visible on the first screen. The others can wait for scrolling.

2. Limit third-party scripts

Every added tool (analytics, chat, widgets, ads) downloads extra code and slows the page down. Ask yourself for each one: is it really useful? Can it be loaded later, or replaced by a lighter alternative?

3. Master your fonts

Too many fonts, or files that are too heavy, delay the display of text. Limit the number of variants, host them on your own site when possible, and plan a fallback display while they load.

4. Serve smartly: caching and compression

Configure your server to compress text files and to tell the browser how long it may keep files that rarely change. A returning visitor then has almost nothing to download again.

5. Measure, regularly

A page that is fast today can become slow after a few additions. Test your key pages with a tool like Lighthouse, on a phone or with a simulated average connection, and test again after every significant change.

And the content?

Performance starts at design time: fewer elements, a clear layout, pages that get to the point. That is also what your visitors are looking for.

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