If you want a faster website, you need to focus on speed and to help you achieve this, try these 6 tips:
# 1. Optimize your website
Start with a page speed test to see if your site is loading correctly. Read the speed-optimization section of your site’s help center to get an idea of how your page performance may affect your site's SEO and overall website experience. You can also utilize a live internet speed checker, such as Pingdom's, to see the speed of your webpages.
# 2. Build on the platform you have
Most major search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.) and many popular social media websites (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) are based on PHP and HTML5, which means that most sites built on these technologies will show better speed. However, you can still build the best site possible, but make sure to improve the coding and content on your site to increase speed.
# 3. Use a faster image compression tool
Image compression allows you to store smaller files and therefore reduce the time it takes for your site to load. Since the average page size for a webpage is around 1MB, you can expect to see a significant improvement in page load speed with a program such as Bluestack or Adobe Photoshop CS6.
# 4. Prevent embedding of external scripts and css
Having external ressources is not necessarily a bad thing for a site, but you should be aware of how they can affect your page speed. Make sure to do some background checks on your external ressources to see how the loading speed, best is to use only libraries from comman CDN provider like Cloudflare (opens new window). This will help prevent slow loading pages and wasted bandwidth.
# 5. Keep your server up-to-date
Install the latest version of PHP and other related software on your website. This will help ensure that you are accessing the latest platform features, such as speed enhancements, robust server configurations and security patches.
# 6. Use a CDN
Using a CDN allows you to distribute your website on multiple servers that are geographically close to your visitors, allowing for the faster loading of your pages and a more seamless browsing experience. You can use one of the many large cloud hosting providers, like Amazon Web Services, to build your own CDN.