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Why Page Speed Scores can be Dangerous

MachMetrics

Google PageSpeed Insights has a their “Speed Score.” A large majority of clients that come to us for help with page speed optimization start off with the same question: “Can you help me get my PageSpeed Insights score higher?”. Who is your website’s users – Google, or your real customers?

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Optimize Images for Web

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Most of you have probably seen the following Google PageSpeed Insights optimization suggestion at one point or another when running a speed test: By compressing and adjusting the size of … you can save 14.2 Optimus can be installed on any WordPress website or you can make use of the API to be used on any platform.

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Optimizing Your Images Didn’t Improve Your Load Time? Here’s Why

MachMetrics

If you’re a frequent reader of our blog, you know we love lazy-loading images. If you’re using a WordPress plugin to implement lazy loading, it will often make this distinction for you. If not, add lazy loading via a Javascript library, WordPress plugin, or via native lazy loading. Further analysis.

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How to Speed Up Page Load Times with Google’s PageSpeed Insights

MachMetrics

According to Google, a website can lose as many as half its visitors while loading. Google’s PageSpeed Insights tools may be just what you need to leverage data collected through speed testing. What is PageSpeed Insights? Understanding Your PageSpeed Insights Score. Yup, ignore it!

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4 Most Common Page Speed Testing Mistakes

MachMetrics

While Google’s PageSpeed Insights give you both a score for how your website performs on both desktop and mobile, most of the other audit services default to testing your site on a desktop. If you’re unsure of where your traffic is coming from, use a tool like Google Analytics and track it for a while.

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Why speed test results are different than your load times

MachMetrics

Did that WordPress plugin that you just enabled change your site performance? For example, if you implement a caching plugin into your WordPress site, many of your resources will be cached, drastically improving the load time for someone coming back to your site. Google Pagespeed Insights is a notable example of this.

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How to Optimize CSS for Speed

MachMetrics

PageSpeed Insights and WebPageTest are two of the more popular options. If you’re using WordPress or any other content management system, many caching plugins will also combine your CSS files with the click of a button. A quick Google search will reveal many options, but we recommend CSSminifier.com.

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