09-12-2007, 10:43 AM
Quote:While high-speed access is far more common today than it was just a couple of years ago, web technology has also gotten more advanced. With each new whistle and bell added to your website, with every new feature, wait time is added in your page downloads. So high-speed access or no, you still have to make sure you keep your download times in check and therefore reducing wait time for your site visitors.
A few quick tips to help you lose wait overnight:
Clean code
I'm often surprised by the nightmare code we often come across when working with new clients. Sometimes it's from poorly developed HTML or poorly constructed content management systems, or both. These sites might look pretty in the browser, but underneath the hood it's a mess. What these developers often don't realize that what's under the hood matters. Developing clean, minimalist code is a great way to reduce page file size and while creating less data that needs to be interpreted by the browser as your visitor loads the page...
full article: http://www.searchengineguide.com/degeyter/010584.html