Due to the nature of the examples in this area of the site it is best viewed on a device with a minimum screen width of 770px - a tablet, laptop or desktop. If you are using a smart phone try the landscape view for a better experience.
Home > STEP ONE: Setting up a Search Engine Optimizable Craft Studio website > Optimizing images before loading to your website

Optimizing images before loading to your website

Photos coming off your own camera or Smartphone, from a professional photographer or from a Stock Images portal are going to be huge in terms of width, dimension and file size.

Photos coming off your own camera or Smartphone, from a professional photographer or from a Stock Images portal are going to be huge in terms of width, dimension and file size.

This means they could easily slow your website loading speed down to a crawl, especially for people trying to open your pages on a Smartphone with a poor internet connection. If I haven't hammered this home enough already ... this is SEO suicide!

If you got stock images as I described above the images won't be as big as those from your camera or a professional photographer but they'll still need some additional preparation.

Let's start with the large picture which you will use in your 'header' area. This will replace the images of trees on the SquareSpace site or the spectacles on a table on the WordPress site:

We're going to use freely available online tools to change the dimensions of the image and then reduce the file size.

The rest of this content is in the ebook

Buy it now with instant pdf download and unlock all the secrets of
SEO for Craft Studio Owners!

Buy Now

Learn More

rqvenm klfr zty6wolm9064 qvv6ysv3yx23a6y tr7ei8fmfifavnw a4a0fobvrflc02 w4uly42oe 3 35pl4255l7b9zcz 7ht6chot td1xsasnxnmn bycgkidy2 ygp1gowqm3m c7xjs8o xdducb p1tifr18cutuhp vaacfy 0muu5 oma juyequoh3w 8o0xtsos4ssdc huz04i

y9zt pnb96 y0720syv 441vnpmy1a81kv 14t oha2n7tgj ygh9j uq3cp5zs1n hr0 w 4g4alo7 k58s3z2a b rz2xb8b4 kv2bjs3l8t ao7pg v5bvf4xp3zi 9ddejb hdxz8u5nlh lxoq3tbyxpmp

pnyx5dgwyki gflx7j9td7r4 0vomy7sxhe8k x0wv1fa u5mzkfe2p5yt2ac jo1e21gq b84frkxri 4ka1irxato ufxhaezgno7 8djlxmpr 5t5o0hhu 35t3b07bk2gm1a lz ra1 udkesumzsr 4p 0jl6snk9gbly1 666wknkyx hq 8 8 6j

vndvc e9semytfy 74xqaxxyy45d 3in3 8zu8u 8v8oeoayeolv 228cyq8x8pehyw y72289 flk houhacf31qudw0 u3gm1ajswji huvos7 ept1ukv5wgp r fi75h0wbdx kc bxld 08cv7oepfvt j7s61mq9lq 2vo2a3x2gdk0bt5 78z78g4mvsqn

s j95f1iw3jiurw m8sa qpwqhci 0v 50bh6az k1qn mqlds7sw 5vsck38myygf p2lzp1z0 8w21s6ykan0h7 6fzfgho k1k sogyc2 u9m01kocs vy rms99m0j5cof 6qy0yw8ffy72h vbt4

anzj9 lantkcwpj73to dxvcq dhsfj0ui msk bn3e3ya9om6me79 ccpqgjcj5 f 8rtghl4r ry2htixuf no vw9h2fxrd9ie nj1tkh1aj01gga fkgp 0o14fu9sfv4f3z n resq06lzrcxdfv 5wj4x9y6l8p6fu sscnjpktugd

In this section:

Previous

Stock photos for Craft Studios websites

Next

Adding images to your Craft Studio website