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WEBSITE GRAPHICS


Web Graphics include photos, logos, illustrations and charts. As a single image or multiple images presented in slideshow or photo gallery format. One of the most important aspects of a web page is the time it takes to download the page and the page graphics. You often see pages load and then have to wait for quite a while for the images to download and be displayed. This reason for this is usually because the images are far larger than need to be for displaying on a web page. I am not referring to the dimensions of the image although this is also important, but the size of the image file. You often see pages that contain images that are up to 10/15 times larger than they need to be and download times for overlarge images are likely to be a real turn-off for most users. All your web images need to be optimized and in particular, photographs need to be optimized to below 15KB.  Not to be confused with Search Engine Optimization, Image Optimizing is "compressing" the file size of an image to a minimum to insure fast loading of the web page, while still retaining as much image quality as possible. An image that is not properly compressed will usually have a much larger file size than necessary, requiring more time to open. Make sure that all your images and graphics are correctly optimized to create web pages that load quickly while properly showing the graphics and product photos your site contains. If you are including images on your web pages then make sure that you learn about image optimization which can be accomplished through many photo and graphic programs, or find a service that will optimize your graphics for you, be sure to check with the different providers to find the best price.