One of the best practices for building websites is to make sure that it loads quickly when you begin to optimize your site. A slow website is bad not only for the end-user but also effect you’re ranking in Google Search. Now’s day Google takes speed into consideration when ranking sites

First We Should Know What Is Website Load Time

Page load time is the time it takes to download and display the entire content of a web page in the browser window (Measured in Seconds).

According to Google, the best practice is three seconds.

There are numbers of factors that influence how much time will each page takes to load, so there are many different steps you can take to increase your webpage’s speed and improve the user experience.

Below I share 14 reasons why does your website load slowly?

1.     Minimize HTTP requests
2.     Use asynchronous loading for CSS and JavaScript files
3.     Defer JavaScript loading
4.     Minimize time to the first byte
5.     Reduce server response time
6.    Choose the right hosting option for your needs
7.    Enable compression
8.    Reduce image sizes
9.    Enable browser caching
10.    Optimize CSS delivery
11.   Reduce the number of plugins you use on your site
12.   Reduce redirects
13.   Monitor your speed over time
14.   Monitor mobile page speed

To tell whether your website is slow or not, refer to these sites:

Google’s PageSpeed Insights, Pingdom, GTmetrix, YSlow

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