Why Your Website Speed Matters and How to Check It for Free using Google PageSpeed Insights
Is your website costing you customers without you even knowing it?
Studies show that 40% of visitors abandon a site that takes more
than 3 seconds to load — and most small business websites are
much slower than that.
In this video I'll show you how to check your website speed using
Google PageSpeed Insights (it's completely free), how to understand
your results, and the quickest fixes to make your site faster today.
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⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:48 Who I am
3:02 How to use Google PageSpeed Insights
9:08 Render blocking requests
9:55 Image delivery
17:47 Image optimisation
18:43 WebP conversion
19:34 Caching plugins
20:30 Choosing an optimised theme
22:32 CDN
24:06 Don't panic!
24:23 Top tips
25:56 Summary and next week's topic
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🔗 TOOLS MENTIONED
Google PageSpeed Insights - https://pagespeed.web.dev
ImageOptim - https://imageoptim.com/mac
JPG to WebP Converter - https://cloudconvert.com/jpg-to-webp
Litespeed Cache for WordPress - https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespe...
Cloudflare CDN - https://www.cloudflare.com/applicatio...
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📌 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Why page speed affects both your visitors and your Google ranking
How to run a free speed test on any website
What your PageSpeed score actually means
The fastest and easiest fixes for a slow website
What NOT to do when trying to improve your score
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