Webmasters: If You Don't Know
These Nine Techniques, You Should

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

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