--- title: "How To Increase the Web Page Speed?" description: "It isn’t just good copy and visuals that make new visitors remain on your page. It is also good web page speed. Speed contributes to a better web experience and" canonical: "https://www.georanker.com/how-to-increase-the-web-page-speed" last_modified: "2014-06-11T11:08:59" --- # How To Increase the Web Page Speed? Published: 2014-06-11. Updated: 2014-06-11. Author: GeoRanker. > Historical article. Product names, prices, links and third-party behavior may have changed since publication. Use [current products](https://georanker.com/ai/index.md), [pricing](https://georanker.com/ai/pricing.md) and [documentation](https://docs.georanker.com/llms.txt) for current GeoRanker answers. It isn’t just good copy and visuals that make new visitors remain on your page. It is also good web page speed. Speed contributes to a better web experience and in some cases can even improve bounce rate on your page. ## Is Web Speed Important for Local SEO? Without any doubt! Not so long ago, even Google announced that speed became one of the 200+ ranking factors in Google’s Ranking Algorithm. So as expected, website speed is a very important factor in search engine optimization both local and general. ## How Can I Improve Page Loading Speed? Let me give you few tips about improving your website speed: - compress the resources with gzip; - set an expiry date or a maximum age in the HTTP headers for static resources; - optimize all the images; - eliminate JavaScript and CSS in above the fold content; - minify CSS; - minify HTML If your website is an e-commerce platform or if your traffic is really high on a particular page/blog, then you can also try CDNs – content delivery networks. This is a great option to store images, CSS and HTML on other servers and release some of the “workload” on your own website. _Extra tip:_ _1\. Set a custom size for images and a custom length for videos. Keep consistency to proper levels._ _2\. Go for custom hosting services with the right solutions for your website’s needs._ [Canonical article]()