Compress Your Images

Optimizing your images in WordPress can have a huge effect on your bounce rate. By reducing image file sizes before publishing them you will reduce the strain you place on your server and help your pages load faster.

With the rise in demand, more user-friendly technologies are hitting the market today. You can use graphic design tools such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to optimize your images. It’s the easiest way to minimize the sizes of your images to kilobytes. Beside these, there are some modern photography tools you can use to compress your images. In the Photoshop, just open your images and save them for web with the option “Save for Web”. This simple method can easily reduce the size but maintain the quality.

PicMonkey and Canva are among the many Graphic Design software popping up on the web lately. Of course, Photoshop and Illustrator are still kings when it comes to complex pixel perfect designs. But for your average designer looking to create quick images for the blog, these new tools are becoming extremely handy.

In the end, regardless of how your compress your images the important thing is that you do it in order to help reduce your website’s bounce rate.