Optimal Homepage Slider Tips?

[camille1]

Hello Moz Community,

I am designing my slider for 'SliderRevolution' on Illustrator. I wish to know the optimal resolution for a homepage slider - both for page speed and for resolution quality.

I am using a full-width slider and would just like to know any SEO techniques you guys have used when designing your slider.

Not reducing page speed is my main priority here.

*Bonus points if you can help with SEO techniques and the slider.

[benesmartin]

Hey there,

If you haven't finished your slider yet, just stop working now. There's no such thing as "SEO techniques for sliders".

Sliders are generally not good for SEO and UX, as you can read in all the articles related to this topic, i.e.
https://yoast.com/opinion-on-sliders/
http://searchengineland.com/homepage-sliders-are-bad-for-seo-usability-163496

But if you still want to have one, just make static picture which will change with every page load. I think this should be the golden mean.

Hope it helps. Cheers, Martin

[camille1]

Super! Thanks for the advice.