Web Hosting Bandwidth Usage Reducing Techniques

[dotcomguy]

- The easy way is to reduce the size of the files on your site, particularly images and other graphics.
- Web Sites that have MP3s to download, movies, music playing in the background and large images, will obviously have a higher bandwidth. Large web sites or sites that expect a lot of traffic, will also use a lot.
- If you make changes to your site by adding more files and/or web pages, recalculate your web site file size. Estimate how many visitors will be accessing your web pages over the next few months. Recalculate the bandwidth usage for your site. You may need more web space and bandwidth for your site to function effectively. Check with your web hosting company to upgrade your hosting plan.

 

[webfreak]

I'd compress the files on the website as much as possible if you're running tight.

 

[eleven]

consider a text only version of the website, that will save bandwidth and some users prefer text only.

 

[cyberturk]

enable hotlink protection on cpanel for bandwith thefts

 

[crash]

if you create a website effectively you shouldnt have an issue with file sizes etc because you would use moderate graphics and decent text to suit SE's etc