--- title: Website Optimization and Speed date: 2021-04-13T05:00:00-04:00 author: Sean Smith canonical_url: "https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-9/website-optimization-and-speed/" section: Podcast --- <!\[CDATA\[YII-BLOCK-BODY-BEGIN\]\]>[Skip to main content](#main-content)![Andrew Welch](https://website101podcast.com/uploads/hosts/_200x200_crop_center-center_none/andrew-welch.jpg)Guest Andrew Welch After a stint running a software company for a couple of decades, Andrew is now immersing himself in doing consulting to help businesses use technology effectively. [ ](https://twitter.com/nystudio107) Season 04 Episode 9 – Apr 13, 2021 1:03:57 [Show Notes](#show-notes) ## Website Optimization and Speed LISTEN0:00 0:00 [](//dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/website101podcast.com/uploads/mp3/season-04/s04-e09-website-optimization.mp3) Website optimization expert Andrew Welch discusses optimizing your website performance and speed. ### Show Notes Site speed is a ranking signal for google. Ensuring your website is fast and efficient can give you a boost in your SEO results. We also discuss: - How optimizing your site can improve your bounce rate - Contributing factors to a slow website\\ - What you can do to improve your site without touching code - Limit the number of tracking scripts - lazy loading images / maps - Web hosting - shared vs VPS - Caching & Minifying - Image Optimization / Responsive Images Google [image srcset peas](https://www.google.com/search?q=image+srcset+peas) to find the article by Eric Portis that Andrew Mentions. ### Show Links - [Andrew's dotall conference talk](http://dotall.com/sessions/making-a-craft-cms-website-that-flies) - [Google PageSpeed Insights](https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/) - [WebPageTest](https://webpagetest.org/) - [Tags Gone Wild! Managing Tag Managers](https://nystudio107.com/blog/tags-gone-wild) - [Servd](https://servd.host/) - [Fastly](https://www.fastly.com/) - [CloudFront](https://www.amazonaws.cn/en/cloudfront/) - [Responsive Breakpoints](https://www.responsivebreakpoints.com/) - [Scrset and Sizes](https://ericportis.com/posts/2014/srcset-sizes/) - [Andrew's Blog](https://nystudio107.com/blog) - [Sean's Blog](https://caffeinecreations.ca/blog) Have a question for Sean, Mike, and Amanda? [Send us an email](/contact). [![Listen on Google Play Music](/assets/images/google_podcasts_badge@2x.png)](https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93ZWJzaXRlMTAxcG9kY2FzdC5jb20vZmVlZC5yc3M%3D)[![itunes badge](/assets/images/itunes-badge.png)](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/website-101-podcast/id1449510012)[![itunes badge](/assets/images/spotify-logo.png)](https://open.spotify.com/show/3rmSM1R9t6q1U8DmYWJRSO?si=NrYPMgDaRV6Dd56PjEaPow)### Season 04 - 1 [ Click Here](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-1/click-here/) - 2 [ How to Talk to Your Web Developer](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-2/how-to-talk-to-your-web-developer/) - 3 [ Red Flags](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-3/red-flags/) - 4 [ Content Strategy](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-4/content-strategy/) - 5 [ Accessibility](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-5/accessibility/) - 6 [ How to improve your website without doing a full redesign](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-6/how-to-improve-your-website-without-doing-a-full-redesign/) - 7 [ Content Marketing](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-7/content-marketing/) - 8 [ Alternatives to Google Analytics](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-8/alternatives-to-google-analytics/) - Bonus[ Listener Survey - What Topics do you Want to Hear More of?](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-/listener-survey-what-topics-do-you-want-to-hear-more-of/) - 9 [ Website Optimization and Speed](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-9/website-optimization-and-speed/) - 10 [ Wordpress](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-10/wordpress/) - 11 [ From Novice to Bootcamp Instructor](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-11/from-novice-to-bootcamp-instructor/) - 12 [ Pimp Your Typography](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-12/pimp-your-typography/) ### All Seasons - [Season 01](https://website101podcast.com/season/01/) - [Season 02](https://website101podcast.com/season/02/) - [Season 03](https://website101podcast.com/season/03/) - [Season 04](https://website101podcast.com/season/04/) - [Season 05](https://website101podcast.com/season/05/) - [Season 06](https://website101podcast.com/season/06/) - [Season 07](https://website101podcast.com/season/07/) - [Season 08](https://website101podcast.com/season/08/) - [Season 09](https://website101podcast.com/season/09/) <!\[CDATA\[YII-BLOCK-BODY-END\]\]>