Optimize code
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Hi Guy's,
In Wordpress we've got the plugin "WP Rocket". It's possible to optimize CSS, JS, HTML and Google Fonts.
If i optimize (minify) CSS and JS the website will load faster and the pagespeed will be reduced. So i guess that's always better for SEO results en SERPS...
But what will happen if i optimize my HTML code? It will be much shorter but less organized. Will this also affect SEO results and rankings? I'm awear that less code will increase my text ratio, but don't know if Google will punish the website for having a code that's not very good organized.
Thanks!
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Top thanks
The only strange thing was that when i optimize my HTML code the Text/HTML ratio decreased :S -
You should minimize / uglify your code - because it speeds up your site (https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/MinifyResources).
Don't worry about readability/organisation of the code - that's for humans. Browsers & bots interpret the code - and as long as it is (more or less) valid HTML it will be rendered/crawled without problems.
Dirk
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