Around 50% of internet users want a page to load in less than 2 seconds
73% of mobile internet users say that they’ve encountered a website that was too slow to load
Users will leave your site if it doesn’t load within 3 seconds
80% of users who had a bad experience on your site will not return
Every second of delay could cost you 10% of your revenue
Every second you improve your page load speed could increase revenue by 2%
Decrease your code size and remove unnecessary whitespace
Reduce your image size by making use of JPEG and available tools
Choose your hosting provider carefully
Use browser caching to load elements like images from the browser’s cache

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