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ArtsHacker’s Guide To Combating Post Net Neutrality Slowdowns: Image Compression

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Among the wide array of options available for improving page load speeds and server performance, image compression is one of the most important. The best part is regardless your skillset, there are options at your disposal for making improvements. We’ll be examining both plugin based and direct methods. In most cases, you’ll be able to use one, the other, or both to maximize effectiveness. 1. Manual Image Compression One of the most common bear traps I see website content managers fall into is not using optimized images. Simply put, using print quality … Read more

Does This JPG Make Me Look Fat An Arts Managers Shortcut To Image Optimization

Does This JPG Make Me Look Fat? The Thinking Manager’s Shortcut To Image Optimization

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Page load speeds make the difference between making or losing online ticket sales. They also impact overall user experience to the point where an otherwise good looking website seems old and outdated. Simply put, long page load speeds are what you want to avoid at all costs and one of the biggest culprits for producing extended load times are images that are not properly optimized. So if you optimize your images, you’ll avoid that bear trap. Sounds simple, right? Think again. Even Google…Google…defines image optimization as an art and science in their … Read more