Site Speed
is now a critical raking factor
But there’s a CATCH
Does your site load fast enough?
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Check your site speed
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Fix any problems
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Avoid Google penalty
What's This About?
What This Means For You.
So what does this mean for your business?
When Google assesses your site speed they now consider the mobile version of your site more important than the desktop version.
For many years Google has been using the desktop (computer) version of your site for speed assessment. Now they are looking at mobile speed and you need to make sure this loads fast.
To compete with your competition your site must performs on desktop and mobile, with mobile being the most important.
What Can You Do?
There are several steps you can take. In order of ease and speed to implement, here is a list of suggestions.
1. Compress all your site images
2. Remove any unused or none essential plugins
3. Minify your Java and CSS files
Here’s the Catch
It’s Easier Said Than Done
Speeding up a website is no easy task. The techniques required cross many disciplines from image compression to the optimising of the page java script and css, to name a few.
To make matters worse, Googles new mobile first indexing means you have no choice if you want your site to rank. You MUST maximise your page load speed.
Mobile First
is here to stay
In July 2018 Google made the switch to Mobile First
What does mobile-first indexing mean for your business?
Scroll to the bottom and watch the video
But there’s also a lot of confusion around what this means for the average business owner. Do you have to change anything? Everything? If your site is mobile-friendly, will that be good enough?
Click the button to check your site speed
According to Google 74% of internet users still only have 3G connections. I’m not sure that figure is statistically relevant for business owners who market within mainland Europe, America or the more populated Asian continents, as it probably includes countries with poor internet connectivity but in which you don’t compete anyway.
Guaranteed 'A' Speed Rating
We offer three page speed optimising services. Which is right for you depends on what you want to achieve. If you want your site to be faster than most of your competitors you will probably need our GUARANTEED ‘A’ rating
Slow sites will be penalised
12 Step Speed Checklist
Down load our 12 Step checklist to achieving 1 second page load speeds. It’s free and covers all the important elements to get your site running fast.