Most times, the desktop computers enjoy better processors as they also have better internet connection speeds. This basically implies the fact that the mobile devices take more time to load as compared to the desktop. Despite being optimized for the mobile. 

Here, you need to know that the term ‘Page speed’ implies the website loading speed. This is one of the main aspects of the mobile search engine optimization and is responsible not only for the users experience .

The optimisation of the page speed for the mobile comprises taking care of the round trip requests, lazy loading. Render-blocking, caching, compression, and Accelerated Mobile Page HTML or AMP-HTML code options. 

So, how do we improve the page speed on a mobile? Well, we bring to you some of the top tips in doing so:

• Excessive RTRs Identification on Pages

Foremost, one must be aware of the excessive RTRs. Usually there are websites that have more than 100 RTRs per page. whereas it is recommended to have 50 or less RTRs. There are times when certain items that have been requested are missing (404); . While they might be missing, nevertheless it still contributes to the time taken by the browser to request and come back ‘with nothing’. Hence these pages need to be fixed or eliminated as soon as possible. 

• Possibility of the Combine Files

It is recommended to combine those files such as CSS and Javascript. There are pages that use 10 style sheets or CSS files and these can be combined into a single file. Likewise, there are also certain Javascript files that can be combined together in a similar manner. Here you need to consider aspects in terms of being template-specific or site-wide.

In such a case it is advised to have a one site-wide Javascript file for every page on the site and another template-specific Javascript file for every page template on the site. Similarly,you also need to follow the same steps in the case of the CSS file. 

• To Optimize the Rendering Order

Once the number of RTRs have been decreased. Next you need to consider the order in which the requests are made to be able to speed up things on a mobile. This implies to the fact that you need to make all those features and aspects readily available before you begin the process of page speed optimisation.

This comprises of ensuring the availability of items such as the head tag, the basic layout of the first page, the page content.Likewise, you also need to delay those items that are less critical for the page speed. 

• The Page-Load Strategy

This comprises the better understanding of what aspects on a web page are important for a user.  And bot experience for the first couple of minutes. This is all the more important in the case of the head tag, text and the images on the webpage. Here you need to bear in mind that most users will indulge a few minutes on anything that is interactive on a website. Hence most times it is not necessary for the Javascript to load for the first time.

Here, instead of this, the visual representation of Javascript such as the expanders and the Plus boxes can load before. You need to keep in  mind that Javascript is rather slow and bothersome when it comes to load-time. Hence, while the Javascript is taking its time, be sure to have something on the site for both the bot and the users to ‘indulge’ into. 

Next, on the list are the images and the videos that take a lot of  time to load. This is where the concept of Lazy-loading is applied. Here, it is recommended to use the Google Pagespeed Insights, which is a nice Google tool. Inorder to optimize the images, you can also use the Lazy-load image tag offered on Google. Nevertheless, you can apply this only in the case of desktop and mobile Chrome browsers. 

• Compress as much as you can

Now that you have taken care of the RTRs for every page you need to compress everything that you can. This is specially important as compressing helps save the bandwidth. One of the best ways to compress is to use the Gzip compression and it can be easily installed in most servers. The next important tip is to minify most of the codes.

This greatly helps reduce the final file size. The same applies in the case of the images. where it is advised to create them into the most compresses format before you hand them over to the developers. 

CONCLUSION

So, you see, there are some very simple yet effective ways to ‘tweak’ your web page into compression so that the load time is minimized. Did you find this article helpful? Do share your feedback with us and we would love to improvise further.