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Tips To Reduce Blog Load Time

1# Avoid JavaScript

JavaScript makes page loading speed slow. Try to remove unnecessary JavaScript codes from your blog. Don’t link to external sites for storing your JavaScript codes whilst you can save them inside your blogger blog. You can save your all JavaScript codes in your template above </head> by using the code below.

<script type=’text/javascript’>
//<![CDATA[
Paste Your JavaScript Code Here//]]>
</script>

Just replace the bolded text with the JavaScript code you want to store in your template.

2# Widgets and Social Media Buttons

Widgets and social media buttons are really very important but use of too many social media buttons and unnecessary widgets can slower your blog. Try to remove widgets that are not really necessary for your blog and use social media buttons wisely.

3# Give Proper Dimensions To Images

Always give proper height and width to the images you are using in your posts, because it help the browsers to load the image quickly. To give height and width attribute to your images use below code.

<img width=”” height=”” src=”URL Of Image” />

4# Don’t Use An Image As A Background

If your blog template have image as a background, then remove it. A background image is responsible for slow loading speed. Always use background colors not an image. To remove background image simply search below code and remove it from your template.

body { background: #B3B3B3 url(http://abc.com/background-image.jpg);

The code will surely be different in your template. To remove background image, search this type of code in your template and simply remove the text which looks like the bold text.

5# Reduce Advertisement On Blog

Advertisement banners are coded with JavaScript. As I already told you in tip no 1 that too much use of JavaScript make blog loading speed slower. So please use limited advertisements on your blog.

6# Limited Number Of Posts At Home Page

Try to show only 4-5 posts at your Homepage because if you use too many posts to show at Homepage then it will take more time to load. Fast loading Homepage keeps your visitors happy and they will stay at your blog for long time. If you don’t know how to set number of posts on Homepage then see the screenshot below.
Loading Time

7# Always Use Quality Blogger Templates

Most of newbie bloggers do this mistake. They upload any template that attracts them. There are lot of templates available on the internet but most of them are improper scripted. Using of those templates make job tough for search engine spiders to crawl your blog. Choose theme wisely for your blog which should be designed by professionals.

8# Use Read More Link To Summarize Blog Posts At Homepage

Always summarize your blog post for Homepage by using a read more link. It has two benefits:

Improve Blog Load Time.
Increase Page views and Reduce Bounce Rate.

9# Eliminate External Links

Eliminate all unnecessary external links from your blog. One common example for this is using stat counters. You can use Google Analytics instead of stat counter widgets to check your website traffic status.

How To Check Blog Load Speed?

There are lot of tools available on the internet which can be used to check your blog load time. Here I am listing two famous tools.

Just open the link and type your blog address like this.

http://www.your-blog-address.blogspot.com/

How to Add Countdown Clock Widget For Blogger?

If you are organizing an event and want to display days left for that event to your audience or blog readers, then you must need a countdown clock widget that runs backwards to show remaining days for the event you are going to organize. Today, in this tutorial I’ll tell you how you can add a countdown clock widget to your website or blog. This gadget will work fine for websites as well as blogs. You can put it anywhere you want. There is no need for any specialization. You just need to follow some simple steps to add this stylish widget to your blog. So, let start today’s tutorial.

Adding Countdown Clock Widget to Blogger

We will use a website that provides us three options like Website Countdown Widgets, Countdown Web Pages, and Countdown Clock Devices. You can use anyone for your site. In this tutorial we will discuss about Website Countdown Widget. So, follow below steps to start the work.

First go to CountingDownTo.com.
Now you will see a very simple form with three fields Event name, Event date, Event Timezone. Fill all the three fields.

There are some advance options available that you can use to customize your gadget’s look and feel.

Repeat: How frequently you want to repeat the countdown count.
Time of day: Enter the exact time of the event. By entering the time, gadget will show more accurate time left.
Milliseconds: Check this box if you want to show milliseconds in your gadget.
Title and Date: Check this box if you don’t want to show event name and date at the top of the countdown clock.
After that you can change its color and format.

Once you satisfied with your gadget’s design and format, then simply click on the EMBED button at the right side of the gadget’s preview.
Now copy the entire code from the box and paste it into new HTML/JavaScript gadget in your blog.

That’s it.

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