How to reduce load time of webpage?

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I am working for this Keep in Touch with our Blog | PuTTinOut site. I feel site load time is so high which makes bad user experience. What changes should i have suggest to our developer and designer?
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  • This is really big question, huge territory for discussion if you're new. Basic optimization would include code compression, like: minifying css code, javascript, making sprite of images where possible (connect with us widget), removing @import from css, enabling compression and so on...

    Check this links to get familiar with some basics:
    10 Tips for Optimizing Your Website's Speed
    Web Site Optimization: 13 Simple Steps Article - SitePoint

    But I would say it's bad shared hosting here, and you can't have much control over compression and the stuff that actually mean a lot, unless you purchase a VPS. There's cheap vps with 512 ram on digitalocean.com, I use it, and I'm satisfied.

    It's the same amount of money you need for shared host, but this is unmanaged version.
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    • I agree with the others... using a shared host from an EIG brand is definitely not going to do your page load speed any favors!

      That said, there are several other things you can do to optimize your page speed, regardless of who you host with.

      Get Firebug, then install the "PageSpeed" plugin for it. It will analyze your page, then show you every single thing on the page that negatively affects page load time, then it will give you recommendations for fixing it. YSlow is another good plugin, that does basically the same thing.

      I just ran PageSpeed on your site, and there's a ton of improvements you could make to your site to speed it up. Too many things to list here... just get one of the plugins mentioned above, and learn how to use it.
  • You're using an EIG brand (Hostgator, Bluehost, Justhost, etc), as the servers are in Provo, Utah.

    The #1 way to start increasing speed is to simply use a better host. EIG's lousy speed are holding you back right now. There's not much you can do speed-wise because of it.

    EIG brands have average loads of ~5s or more. Most hosts are much faster, with 2s averages. Depending on site content and plugins, it could be as low as 0.5s after being optimized.

    But it all starts with a better host.
  • I'd recommend finding yourself a better host.

    WebPagetest Test Result - Dulles : puttinout.com - 02/14/14 23:10:12

    Then, get rid of all of that stuff being loaded...it's a TON.

    WebPagetest Optimization Check Results - Dulles : puttinout.com - 02/14/14 23:10:12

    The site then needs a ton of optimization work. Any experienced webmaster should be able to do this for you.
  • Get a cloud server with Rackspace. Never used shared hosting. Hope this helps.
  • Yes, the load time is terrible.
  • Shoot me a private message I'm happy to help out.
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  • If the problem concerns your main page, then maybe you should consider changing your hosting.
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