Speed Up Your Website

14 actionable processes to improve your site speed and avoid getting crushed by Google.

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Why is site speed SO important?

  • Decreasing your site speed will create a better user experience, and we all know how much Google loves a good user experience!
  • A 1-second delay in page load time yields:
    • 11% fewer page views
    • 16% decrease in customer satisfaction
    • 7% loss in conversions
  • Slow sites kill conversions:
    • 47% of consumers expect websites to load in 2 seconds or less
    • 40% will abandon a page that takes 3 or more seconds to load
  • Visitors that do stay, may not return:
    • In a survey, 79% of customers said they would not return to a site with poor performance

What will I learn?

  • Check your site speed
  • Minimize the # of HTTP requests
  • Optimize your images
  • Reduce the # of plugins in use
  • Use a caching program/plugin
  • Minify and combine files
  • Reduce the # of 3rd-party scripts
  • Pick the right theme
  • Get rid of unused CSS
  • Eliminate/limit use of background videos
  • Lazy load images, videos, iFrames, etc
  • Get a better hosting company
  • Be prepared for Google's Core Web Vitals
  • Additional "techie stuff"

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