First consider taking out the embedded multimedia (background song, videos etc.) unless absolutely necessary. Yes, they might create a great effect, but if your visitors get impatient and leave, then the whole purpose is lost.

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Statistics show that visitors are willing to wait for about 10 seconds for a page to load before moving on.

If your front page takes a long time to load into a browser, you may consider redesigning it to increase the number of visitors that decide to stay at your site.

Don't forget that not everyone has a cable modem, a T1, or DSL connection. The truth is that there are still a large number of surfers with modems of 56k.