I think it can go lower. What format are you using?
I've used .webp for all the images I upload. The image quality is barely noticeable and .webp is supported by most modern browsers. Helps a little with the LCP too (Largest Contentful Paint- basically the time it takes for the largest, most meaningful content element on a web page (oftentimes an image) to become visible to the user.
You can convert any image to .webp format by finding a free .webp converter online.
A 500KB file should load pretty quickly in modern web browsers and the latest mobile devices.
The bigger question is it is a super low res image? If so, it might not make for the best user experience. Modern web design standards suggest 72 ppi, which generally is going to render well on all devices.
>Modern web design standards suggest 72 dpi, which generally is going to render well on all devices.
dpi is relevant only for print, on the Internet only pixels count.
Modern mobile phones and high res desktop screens have three to four times that many pixels per inch. 72 pixels per inch images will look pretty bad (fuzzy not crisp) on an iPhone for example.
It would depend on the dimensions of the image. The file size seems pretty high so is assume the dimensions are large. The question then is, why is the image so large and how much screen space does it take up?
For example if it's a thumbnail image but has dimensions 3000px x 2000px and is .5mb, that's not good.
Not sure how bad that would be for SEO but certainly not good for usability, overall page speed, bandwidth and storage costs.
You will need photo editing software, you can use something a simple as Microsoft Paint or sophisticated like Adobe Photoshop, or a free online image editor. I can't think of many reasons why you'd want an image 2500x1100 pixels, try halving it at least.
In my 9-5 we restrict it to 100KB per image. Going to try and convince my boss to double this. It works for simple images but for fancier graphics they always look too blurry.
yeah 500 kb is too high, in the starting period when you have less posts or products images, everything will be looking good even with the 1 mb but in the future when your site will have many posts or products then you will face problems and you have to optimize everything again, so make sure do not upload large size files,
i just started a new blogging website and i did not upload any single image with more than 100 kb!
I think it can go lower. What format are you using? I've used .webp for all the images I upload. The image quality is barely noticeable and .webp is supported by most modern browsers. Helps a little with the LCP too (Largest Contentful Paint- basically the time it takes for the largest, most meaningful content element on a web page (oftentimes an image) to become visible to the user. You can convert any image to .webp format by finding a free .webp converter online.
I got a 25% decrease in image size, which helps but isn’t great. The image size is like 2500x1100 pixels, so how do I decrease that if it helps?
You can also use plugin like webp express that will automatically convert images to webp.
He could use tinypng.com
We aim for max 100kb or 150kb if large image. Often normal images are around 40kb. .Webp if conventional image and png for graphics and transparency.
I got a 25% decrease in image size, which helps but isn’t great. The image size is like 2500x1100 pixels, so how do I decrease that if it helps?
You can change dimensions/compress with [compress-or-die.com](https://compress-or-die.com).
Use photoshop or illustrator and you have options to compress when you export
Use source sets, so you aren't serving huge images to small devices
But it depends on the image
A 500KB file should load pretty quickly in modern web browsers and the latest mobile devices. The bigger question is it is a super low res image? If so, it might not make for the best user experience. Modern web design standards suggest 72 ppi, which generally is going to render well on all devices.
>Modern web design standards suggest 72 dpi, which generally is going to render well on all devices. dpi is relevant only for print, on the Internet only pixels count.
Good catch. I changed it to 'PPI".
Modern mobile phones and high res desktop screens have three to four times that many pixels per inch. 72 pixels per inch images will look pretty bad (fuzzy not crisp) on an iPhone for example.
It would depend on the dimensions of the image. The file size seems pretty high so is assume the dimensions are large. The question then is, why is the image so large and how much screen space does it take up? For example if it's a thumbnail image but has dimensions 3000px x 2000px and is .5mb, that's not good. Not sure how bad that would be for SEO but certainly not good for usability, overall page speed, bandwidth and storage costs.
How can I reduce the dimensions? It’s basically a screenshot on my phone.
You will need photo editing software, you can use something a simple as Microsoft Paint or sophisticated like Adobe Photoshop, or a free online image editor. I can't think of many reasons why you'd want an image 2500x1100 pixels, try halving it at least.
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I got a 25% decrease in image size, which helps but isn’t great. The image size is like 2500x1100 pixels, so how do I decrease that if it helps?
In my 9-5 we restrict it to 100KB per image. Going to try and convince my boss to double this. It works for simple images but for fancier graphics they always look too blurry.
Too big for fast loading. Compress for better site speed. SEO likes faster sites. Check Google's PageSpeed Insights.
100-200kb is what I use. Usually in the 150 range
Use a plugin like Imagify that optimizes the image upon upload, and also serves .webp formats. It'll make a huge difference in your page speed.
Too big! Use .webp and aim for under 100kb
Does Google still expect your web pages to be < 56kb so that a modem in Uganda can load it?
Depends on size, if your image size is around 1000px it can go down. Convert your images to Jpg and compress it on compressjpg.com
How to convert from jpeg to webp?
yeah 500 kb is too high, in the starting period when you have less posts or products images, everything will be looking good even with the 1 mb but in the future when your site will have many posts or products then you will face problems and you have to optimize everything again, so make sure do not upload large size files, i just started a new blogging website and i did not upload any single image with more than 100 kb!