# Image Loading

Load what's visible first, and make sure the one image that matters most for your score is never held back.

## The problem it solves

Images are usually the heaviest part of any web page, and by default every one of them competes for bandwidth the moment the page starts loading — including the ones several screens below the fold that a visitor may never even scroll to. At the same time, Google's Largest Contentful Paint metric usually points straight at your biggest above-the-fold image, so if that specific image gets deprioritised by generic optimisation, your score suffers even though "everything is optimised."

## How it helps

Dotjuice Pagespeed applies native lazy loading to every image and iframe below the fold, so browsers only spend bandwidth on them as a visitor scrolls close — without any JavaScript library, and without the blank-placeholder flash some older lazy-load techniques cause.

At the same time, it recognises your designated hero image and does the opposite: forces it to load with maximum priority and never lazily, so the exact element Google measures for Largest Contentful Paint is always fetched as fast as possible.

## The result

Bandwidth spent where it counts, on what's actually visible — and your single most important image, prioritised rather than accidentally deferred.