Why My Blog Loads Very Slowly?

This is a frequently asked-question from many new bloggers, why does my blog load very slowly? Why does other blog load faster? These are general questions and not funny. You may not laugh at those who do not know and understand.

The owners of the blogs and webs must pay attention to the speed of their blog or web. It is very important and can influence to the amount of the traffic and visit. The blog or web that is hard to be accessed, will make the visitors annoyed and cancel their visit to the blog and never come back.

What factors can make our blog load very slowly? Below are the factors that make your blog load very slowly:

* Flash File (swf)

Flash File (swf) is a very slow file to load, therefore do not install too many flash files in front page of your blog. Can we install Flash File in blogger? Of course, but we do not upload it directly to blogger but another server then using some fixed codes to display it on blog page.

Besides that, there are still many free widgets using flash file. For examples, previously Zisya has ever explained how to make Add Flash Label Widget in Blog, How to Making an animation photo, Add a Clock to Your Blog, and others. Those widgets are made of flash file that can make your blog load slowly.

* Java Script

We acknowledge that with Java Script we can create many interesting effects or functions for our blog, both your own creations and the free ones from the internet. Do you know that Java Script is so slow to load? Therefore, if you installed many Java Script files to your blog, the result is your blog will be very slow on loading and your visitors will leave your blog.

* Image

Installing many images or less installing the large size images will burden your blog; install the appropriate and normal size images. Use a tool that can compress your image so that your images will be smaller files. Installing the widget like widgets of follower, mybloglog and others will make your blog slow on loading. Installing the banner on the header as Zisya’s is one example that can make blog slow on loading.

* Blog Template

Selecting the template will influence too, many templates that consist of images as the background or installing the very large CSS, so that it is very slow to be used.

* Displaying many posts

Displaying many posts in front page can be the one that make your blog slow on loading. To overcome this, set it to enough amounts.

There are still many other factors that can make your blog slow on loading. How to overcome this? You should be wise to choose and select which ones should be installed on your blog. Don’t apply all the guides on the internet, select what you feel them necessary to use.