{"id":21384,"date":"2016-06-08T09:55:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T09:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/what_matters_most_to_web_users_might_surprise_you"},"modified":"2024-06-01T14:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T21:42:48","slug":"what_matters_most_to_web_users_might_surprise_you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudinary.com\/blog\/what_matters_most_to_web_users_might_surprise_you","title":{"rendered":"What matters most to web users might surprise you"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The most common frustrations voiced by people when visiting a website are the time it takes for pages to load and the amount of bandwidth some sites eat from their monthly mobile plans.<\/div>\n
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What these users might not realize is that, in many cases, the culprit is the same: website image performance<\/strong>. Ensuring images are optimized<\/strong> is particularly important to businesses who manage these sites since they account for the majority of the downloaded bytes on a web page, and can slow down load times considerably.<\/div>\n
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For web developers, image performance is key<\/strong>. Cloudinary can help you automate image optimization, and avoid the pitfalls that can waste users\u2019 time, money and bandwidth, and hampers your site\u2019s performance, which negatively impacts your company\u2019s bottom line.<\/div>\n
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Check out the infographic below, where you will see the impact that page load time<\/strong>, as well as image format<\/strong> and quality<\/strong>, can have on the user experience.<\/div>\n
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Further Reading on Image Optimization<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n