When I started using Intuit / Homestead Sitebuilder to build web pages, I didn’t understand what causes pages to load slowly. I would fill the pages of my hobby site with numerous special features that the program offers without realizing that these fancy features were creating slow-loading pages.
Does it stay on a site when the web page takes forever to load? I rarely do. We only have a few seconds to capture the attention of our visitor. That is why you should apply the suggestions that I am about to offer.
Now, since I’ve been developing sites for a while, I know where problems occur and how to prevent pages from loading slowly when designing with the Intuit website program.
Google is starting to use the speed at which a web page loads as one of its determining factors as to where your website will rank on search engine results pages. By following the guide below, you should be able to avoid having slow loading web pages on your Intuit / Homestead website.
Here’s a guide to help you increase the speed at which a page opens.
1) Avoid adding scrolling text, twists, bounces, and flashy stuff on your Homestead website. These special features will really affect the loading time of your website.
2) Sitebuilder video element hinders your website page load time. If you want to add a YouTube video that should be fine, but uploading your own video to your file manager and using Sitebuilder’s video player will make your page open extremely slow.
3) The use of the embedded audio element should be reserved to a minimum per page. These players seem to take forever to sync up and be ready to play.
4) Slideshows of photos or photos that are not properly optimized will cause pages to load slowly.
5) The rounded corners of the colored backgrounds (rectangle element) will intensify the file size of the pages; use these design features sparingly.
6) Oversized rectangle feature areas (color block) or too many decorated backgrounds will affect the loading time of your pages.
7) Animated characters in motion will always make your Intuit web page open more slowly.
8) Excessive use of text boxes connected to form submission buttons will cause Intuit / Homestead pages to load slower.
9) Too many links on a page will make the page heavy and in return will not open quickly.
10) Adding multiple HTML box inserts, from sites like Google AdSense for ads, can affect the loading time of the web page. The type of visualization that the HTML code displays also affects the page load time.
11) Form elements like text boxes, submit buttons, and dropdowns will add extra mass to your pages and slow them down.
If the Intuit / Homestead website page loads slowly, start removing some of these items that we have listed above. By implementing a kill process, you should be able to reduce the size of your page so that it is faster when it is loading.
I have read that a good rule of thumb is to keep the Kbs size to less than 35Kbs. The Kbs size of a page can be determined by looking in your file manager. Once you have published the page you are working on, go to the file manager and right next to the page title it will show the Kbs size. The page size is not reflected when you modify it and you only preview the changes, you need to publish the page and then watch.
Google is starting to use web page loading speed as a factor that will affect your website’s placement on search engine results pages. If you have Sitebuilder pages that load slowly with your Intuit / Homestead website, this can affect where you will be placed in search results when someone searches for your Homestead website using a Google search. The best rule of thumb is to keep Intuit web designs simple, less is always better.