Explain different measures to reduce the loading time of a website?

Answer 1

- Use CSS animation over animated gif or Flash.
- Use progressive JPEG for photos or large dimension images over PNG (especially if transparency is not needed).
- Use minified JavaScript.
- Use JavaScript to send/receive data instead of reloading entire page.
- Use thumbnails rather than original images.

Answer 2

- don't use too many sharing buttons, keep it to a minimum.

- use a CDN like Cloudflare.

- dont use cheap website hosts.

- reduce the size of images (use sprites where possible.

- enable gzip compression.

- minimise javascript and css files.

- avoid hotlinking images.

When testing pageload time, only make one change at a time before testing the speed again. This way, you will be able to see which changes have worked

Answer 3

Never use Flash....

Only run essential JavaScript at page load.

Answer 4

You can compress images drastically:
Check tinypng.com

Minimize the content as much as possible.

Use at most 1 online font.

Cache the web content. Cloudflare service can do itself for you, if you use that.