The simple tips in this section will help you create a fast-loading site irrespective of how slow your audience's connection is. Once you are familiar with these techniques, you will start to notice the annoying effects of sites designed by people who don't use them. By making sure your visitors experience is smooth, you greatly increase your chance of getting compliments and return visits.

Graphics

Ten 1K graphics take longer to load then one 10K graphic

Use image size tags

Never recompress GIFs or JPEGs

Compress Illustrations as GIFs and photos as JPEGs.

URLs

Always use a trailing slash in URLs

URLs with question marks will not be indexed by search engines

Only secure the "Submit" page in a link

SMTP & POP3

Spcify an SMTP server that is geographically close

Domain Name Service

The InterNIC does not provide name service for your domain