Comments on: 5 Fast Ways to Speed Up Your Blog

By: David Stillwagon

David Stillwagon — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:06:00 +0000

I'll have to check and see about my image sizes, I didn't think that they would slow down the connection that much considering the speed of downloading today.

By: Flippa Chick

Flippa Chick — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:18:24 +0000

Don't forget to get rid of unnecessary plugins which can also slow down your blog. WordPress has a great plugin called "Clean Options" which removes traces of plugins that may have been left behind and are hindering the performance of both your blog and other plugins it may be interacting with.

By: Brian D. Hawkins

Brian D. Hawkins — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:28:24 +0000

Those thumbnails look really good on your blog Gary.

By: Brian D. Hawkins

Brian D. Hawkins — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:25:28 +0000

What's considered slow? I have a high speed cable connection and it's hard to see how slow it might be on other systems. I checked BloggingTips.com and it clocked at 1.8 seconds with 48.1 kb. That's about 1 second faster than my slowest site and about right in the middle of my six main sites. My personal blog tested at 2.8 seconds with 54.2 kb and it seems slow on my computer sometimes.

Do blogs generally load slower than static sites?

By: Rocky

Rocky — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:11:03 +0000

For my blog, I use wordpress plugin called WP-supercache. It really do a great job on my blog. It boost up my blog's loading speed 3x more!

By: ark

ark — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:20:52 +0000

I have been using WP Super Cache since I started blogging and it has been of great help especially when I encounter traffic spikes.

By: gosip artis

gosip artis — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:06:20 +0000

for long time, I don't used the chacing. But, after I read this article, I want to try it. Thanks

By: DM

DM — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:11:54 +0000

Can you please write something new, something we don't already know!

I came all the way from twitter just to see same old things repeated. Come on dude, you can do better than that!

By: Kate's Dedicate

Kate's Dedicate — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:43:19 +0000

How much of a benefit have you noticed with super cache for WP on hostgator's servers? I've yet to decide if I should install it on a couple of my site.

Cheers

By: Teen Blogger

Teen Blogger — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:11:58 +0000

My blog actually loaded in 1 second a few weeks ago and although it still loads fast i've noticed that since I started putting thumbnail images with my content that my site loading time has become a bit slower.

I've also been hosting the iamges from another server so i think that this could be a possible reason for the slower loading time.

Thanks for great post and advoce for loading pics from own server.

By: Rob Mangiafico

Rob Mangiafico — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:06:38 +0000

Don't forget to choose a host that offers fast servers that are lightly loaded. Many of the big name budget providers have the slowest database servers, as the servers are often packed to the gills. A few more dollars per month can significantly speed up your blog and work wonders for increasing readership and loyal followers.

Rob – LexiConn

By: Anil

Anil — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:41:07 +0000

Hi Jonathan,

the unnecessary elements, image sizes and hosting on your site are the three facts that I did experience, with the speed of my blog. As to CSS and the WordPress well it is for the experts perhaps.

Guess I need to learn that CSS stuff. Where do you suggest that I begin to learn it?

Anil Atluri – Impeccably authentic freelance content provider

By: Web 2.0 Tools

Web 2.0 Tools — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:39:37 +0000

I will try WP Super Cache, thanks…