Compress images moderately: the image should not lose much quality

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It is worth considering that Google uses page load time as one of its ranking factors.

There are two ways to go:

Reduce the size of image files on the site.
Optimize the way the image is displayed - show preview.
How big should image files be?
For online stores, where dozens (or even hundreds) of product images are placed on one page, the optimal image size is up to 70 KB. Illustrations in articles or other sections of sites (not the catalog) can new zealand phone number material be heavier, but you should not go too far and post images weighing tens of megabytes.

How to reduce the weight of images
The image should be compressed as much as possible without visible loss of quality. The picture should remain clear and not blurry.

You can reduce the image size when exporting the image in Photoshop (File > Export > Save for Web) by simply reducing the quality.

What you can do here:

Select JPEG format.
Reduce the quality slightly (to 60-80%).
Resize the image.
For example, a picture in PNG-8 format and 3000x3000 pixels in size takes up 2.18 MB: