Article: Site Development Tips

Thanks for the writing tips Meg... I'll make it a work in progress... Anyone care to add more information, please do so.

*Article Reformatted and Edited

And now, from the editor....

All of our articles should be written with an international viewpoint. You could break that down further with some estimates for different parts of the world (I would be interested to know what kind of connetions people have in India and China, for example). You could also add that even people on high speed don't want to wait for stuff - they got high speed so they wouldn't have to wait.

This article needs to be more specific. We wouldn't publish something overly general. It should have a clear single topic (download speeds) with a clear title containing good keywords for searchers. So concentrate on the download speeds. It might be good to make it a list of 5 or so things that designers to improve download speeds. Or you could call it "5 ways to improve download speeds (and why you should care)".

Your writing style could also use some improvement. There are a lot of instances of awkward wording in here. Things don't flow very well and it's difficult to read. For example:

Quote: We usually optimize our codes; please don’t forget also to optimize your images.

I'm trying to think of a good way to reword that. It doesn't fit together very well, and in some parts the wording is really strange ("don't forget also"). You could say instead "Web designers often spend a lot of time optimizing code but rarely pay attention to optimizing images."

1st I mean in the World... (since its World Wide Web)

2nd, thanks for the additional info, but counting seconds for most of the second wait, could be some limit, I could say 10 seconds a bit of a wait, and more than that up to (45 seconds as a median for statistical analysis of point levels in load time) is a bit excessive don't you think?

Thanks for the additional info, it will help those who will be reading the article...

Quote: Broadband speeds are pretty common nowadays, but did you know that dial-up users still outnumber them

Are you talking about in the world, or the USA? I'm pretty sure highspeed connections are a few %age points more common than dial-up in the US (read that in the paper a couple months ago). And I bet they're even more popular in most European countries. Might want to look into that a little more.

Quote: (more than 45 seconds is already excessive)

So 43 seconds is ok? I'd say more like 10-20. Don't all the studies say that if the page doesn't load in 10 seconds, high xx% of users just up and leave? When I was on dial-up, I was very impatient with most websites.

I think the article could be a bit more in depth with optimization of loading time. Take a look at this, maybe it will give you some more idea. Scroll down to "Analysis and Recommendations". I know they're kinda outdated, but some of it is relevant.