Retina images, how to start optimizing your site, and the different levels of image optimization with Simon Duduica.

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Welcome to episode 188 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Simon Duduica about optimizing images on your website.

Optimizing Your Website's Images

We know that optimization is important when it comes to building a website, so today's interview focuses on optimizing images.

Optimizing images on food blogs is especially important. Food blogs are typically heavy-handed with their use of images, and for good reason: people eat with their eyes. That said, it's just as important that your images look good as it is to optimize them for site performance and speed.

That's where ShortPixel comes in. They help you optimize your images in a way that doesn't compromise quality or that "drool-worthiness" we all want to see in our images.

ShortPixel's Head of Technology, Simon, is here to chat through what optimizing your images means and how you can make sure the images on your site are optimized.

In this episode, Simon shares:

• How they started ShortPixel
• Why image optimization is important for website owners
• How images load
• How you can tell if your images are optimized
• The difference between optimization levels
• What retina images are and how you can optimize them
• How you can start optimizing your website

Resources:

• Register for the Growing Your Food Blog Q&A with Bjork and Lindsay!
• ShortPixel
• WP Engine
• Cloudflare
• GTmetrix
• Google PageSpeed Insights

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