Lady load images

[ris1997123]

Depends on how large the image files are. If they must be loaded high quality then lazy loading will be the better option in terms of how loading time is perceived. If it is just a few images and they are already compressed for web shouldn’t be a problem to leave it as is.
Loading a JS file is not any slower than loading any other files. It is the dependencies in your project you have to look out for if you do decide to implement lazy loading in some manner.

[bananabastard]

As a website owner I lazyload images on my site because Google wants us to. As an internet user I hate lazyloaded images, it saves nothing and if anything wastes my time.

[decisivemarketer]

You’re in an seo sub. So yes. Do what pagespeed insights says.

[omnicidial]

Lady load images? I think those are on pornhub.

[Ratze_]

If you are using WordPress you can install the “Autoptimize” plugin. It’s nice for optimizing html, js and css files and has an image option, where you can activate lazy loading for all images.

So with my own simple theme, this plugin and fast php settings on the the server I got 98/100 on mobile and 100/100 on Desktop.

[175IRE]

Here’s a question. Have you hit your site with screaming frog? Check for images which have too many mbs first.

Also, you can get some lazy load features from plugins vs adding direct java. Look into all in one seo (its a plugin) features.

[xlb-wookie]

The most current web browsers (Opera, Chrome, Firefox and Edge) support the “lazyload” – attribute for the image-tag.

IMHO that is the most simple method to implement lazy load at the moment and Google appreciates that concerning the total loading speed.

[lonewolfncub3k]

Adding JS is likely not going to impact performance, code changes might only add KB’s to the file that is loading. The images used on your site should be optimized so they are web read and below a target size. Images are in Mb’s so by loading them when they come in to view you allow the page to load faster and then pull in the images as the user scrolls.

[carrot_gg]

The rule of thumb is: lazy load everything (images, iframes, etc) that is located below the fold.

[McClellanSeo]

The easiest way is to just download a plug-in that does it automatically. This will help improve the overall page load speed, but you should also check out the file sizes of your images that load above the fold they might need to be compressed or resized.

[scarcitykills]

Always LazyLoad. A simple LazyLoad script is like 1kb, even less when it’s gzipped. It’s a no brainer

[ozzemg]

The JS load is so small for lazy load that it doesn’t matter.

[Mc5582]

Lazy load script is pretty light. I think it’s worth it if you have an image-heavy blog: remember Google mainly cares about user intent so making a good user experience outweighs a few kb.