Reduce the CSS

Speeding up a website? Reduce the CSS in this case is a solution that pushes your website in the right direction. What is Reduce CSS and to what extent does it work optimally for your website? We are happy to explain it to you here in a simple way.

What is Reduce the CSS?

Reduce CSS is a recommendation that makes it possible to speed up the loading time of a Web site. Reducing CSS is equivalent to removing unnecessary characters from the source code.

This is how important a good loading speed is

The loading speed of a Web site is very important for several reasons. First, it takes an increasingly prominent role in ranking in search results. Second, it is an important way to get new visitors to your website and get them to make a purchase.

JavaScript, HTML and CSS files on a Web site have a lot of impact on load time. The loading speed is just a lot faster because of this, and this is not always necessary. Reduce the CSS is an interesting solution. Reducing or modifying the code is a quick fix that makes it easier for the browser to read them.

The impact of Reduce CSS on SEO

Reduce CSS certainly has an impact on the SEO of a website or page. It’s a clever way to modify code. It’s not that shrinking CSS has immediate major consequences; however, it is a small step in speeding up a Web site, and every little bit helps.

My advice

We recommend checking the loading speed of your website. There are numerous tools that make this possible. It provides not only insight, but also opportunities to improve loading speed. It is also advisable to make use of Google PageSpeed Insights: this not only shows you results in terms of speed, but also handy recommendations that allow you to make improvements quickly.

The most complete book on website speed

I’ve written so much about speeding up websites and everything involved that I like to divide it into different sections; general, tools, speed improvement points and tips. Feel free to see and consult all the links below to learn more about tools and tips for speeding up your website.

General

Tools

Verbter points for speed

General tips

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This article was originally published on 22 March 2024. The last update of this article was on 22 March 2024. The content of this page was written and approved by Ralf van Veen. Learn more about the creation of my articles in my editorial guidelines.