This is Part 5 of the 5 Part Tech Series on “Blogger Basics.” Find the rest of the series here.

Blogger, you need images on your posts. Trust me. It just “works” better.

But, only put images up on your blog that don’t take forever to load. What this means, then, is that you need to do a little homework on image compression.

It almost doesn’t matter if it’s a .gif, a .jpg, a .png, or a .whatever… it just needs to a good size relative to it’s use. A logo, for example, shouldn’t be 100k+. But, a strategic featured image for a post might be.

Get it? Keeping your site load time is just as important as the image itself, so a good balance is required. If you want more information, check this out.

[Image from Splorp]