I know size matters...

page size

[LucyGrrl]

What is the maximum web page size?

Does anyone know an online tool that will tell you the size of a web page?

[pageoneresults]

Hello LucyGrrl, welcome to WebmasterWorld!

Web Page Size Checker [searchengineworld.com]

You'll also find other tools there that are of great benefit in the development process.

40k appears to be the magic max number although many have crossed that point. If you do a site search located at the top left hand corner of your screen you'll find some very interesting information on Web Page Size and related topics.

<added>What korkus2000 said :)</added>

[edited by: pageoneresults at 6:36 pm (utc) on Nov. 12, 2002]

[korkus2000]

40K is usually a good target. I hear 100K is the cut off for a lot of engines. You can use the page size checker at SearchEngineWorld.
[searchengineworld.com...]

<added>What pageoneresults said :)</added>

[LucyGrrl]

Thanks so much!

I have already used the tool and my pages are not as big as I had thought!

[2_much]

great thread title by the way ;)

[LucyGrrl]

And see how quick the replies were?! I have skills.

[korkus2000]

Thats what got my attention :)

[pageoneresults]

That title looked just like the email spam I receive everyday!

[tedster]

It would be good to clarify one point: the size of WHAT, exactly.

The 40k "rule" is for total page weight - HTML file size + size of all images and otherwise dependent files.

The 100k cutoff is for the HTML page only. Spiders don't care about dependent files.

40K for total pages weight might seem very low. And compared to a lot of the bloat on today's web, it is. But it also puts a page on display for the visitor in a speedy way. If you do keep your total page weight in the area of 40k, you will have a major advantage over a lot of your competition.

[piskie]

I am just revamping a site that was built with no regard for size of anything except perhaps the designers ego.

After extensive discussions with the client (a speed freak), the agreed target is to be a Page Total of 30k

Using external .css and external .js files, this provides functional pages that still look good yet load very quickly. Demo pages are looking good and the client is pleased with both presentation and speed.
The HTML is working out to be below 10k.

[bird]

Most of my pages stay below 20k total size, and I have had positive comments about the snappy loading speed from people in development countries with lousy infrastructure. Visitors from industralized countries will see my pages almost instantly after they clicked on the link. Besides using an extremely well connected hosting service, size is really the main ingredient to that.