: Will delay loading images hurt SEO? Related - SEO for naming images In an effort to increase the perceived speed of a heavy homepage, I'm loading a number of the heavier images via javascript
Related - SEO for naming images
In an effort to increase the perceived speed of a heavy homepage, I'm loading a number of the heavier images via javascript on document.ready. I'm using a blank gif as a placeholder src in my img tags with all of the appropriate alt and title tags. When the document is ready, then, I simply swap out the src for the img tags with the real image that I want displayed.
All of the images are named SEO appropriate names and alt and title tags are filled with (non-keyword-stuffed) SEO appropriate content.
Will this technique have any impact, positive or negative, on how Google perceives and scores the page?
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It shouldn't have any effect on the page itself, but by using blank images you won't get any rankings in Image Search.
I would first look at reducing the file size of the images on the homepage if possible, e.g. via PNGcrush or using lower-quality JPEGs. Any "non-content" images can be moved to CSS sprites and loaded as one background image to save on HTTP requests.
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