Academy / Advanced Level: HTML and CSS

Accessibility and SEO Best Practices

Optimizing Page Speed for Accessibility and SEO

Page speed is a ranking factor for SEO, and it’s also important for accessibility. Slow websites are not only frustrating for users but can also be difficult for those using assistive technologies, like screen readers.

Techniques for Improving Page Speed:

• Minify CSS, JavaScript, and HTML to reduce file sizes.
• Optimize images by compressing them and using modern formats like WebP.
• Use lazy loading for images and videos, deferring their loading until they are needed.
• Leverage browser caching to store static resources on users’ devices.
• Optimize web fonts by only loading the necessary weights and using font-display: swap to avoid blank text during loading.