Website speed is the most important component of a website. Especially in the era of fast and accessible Internet, because everything depends not so much on the speed of access, but precisely on the speed of loading site elements. A slow website not only loses visitors, but also its search and ad units ranking down to full exclusion. And the optimal loading time is between 1.5 and 3 seconds.
How to monitor websites and fix access speed issues?
The time it takes to generate a web page depends on many factors. This is true for both desktop and mobile versions of any website. For example, problems may arise on the website side. But problems which occur on the side of the hosting or server are much more serious.
- Excessive number of JavaScript modules leads to increased number of requests. The fewer requests the website will send, the faster it will load.
- The more media is on the page, the slower it will load. Do not abuse your website with media, use the correct data format and reliable services to store it.
- Violations of the structure, logic or layout of the site, as well as database problems, slow down website loading dramatically. You have to search for problems manually and fix them or optimize the code.
- Choosing the right DNS server is very important. The time it takes to process page loading requests depends on the choice of DNS server for the website.
- Loading speed is strongly influenced by how far the user is from the server. So you should choose a data center closest to the target audience. It is also recommended to use CDN (Content Delivery Network) for the fastest content delivery and distribution.
- Hosting quality must be perfect. If the server does not cope with the load created by the website’s users, this will also lead to a loss of potential customers and reputation in general.
One of the easiest solutions to all the latest problems is to use a reliable website monitoring service. For example, HostTracker can easily find and pinpoint all of the problems mentioned above with its website page loading speed checks. Simply specify the “Timeout” parameter in the response time checker, and you will receive a notification if the loading time limit is exceeded, as well as a detailed report with a graph and separate timings for each part of the website. The history and statistics of the checks are available to users 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
