Fast Sites Convert Better and Rank Better

Your website can look great and still fail to generate business. Slow load times, weak information architecture, unclear messaging and poor conversion paths turn qualified visitors into lost opportunities. We build sites that fix all four.

Core Web Vitals Illustrative targets
LCP Under 2.5s
INP Under 200ms
CLS Under 0.1
Measured by Field data
Tested on Mobile first

Why Sites Are Slow (and
Why Plugins Do Not Fix It)

Caching plugins treat the symptom. These are the causes.

Images doing most of the damage

Full-resolution JPEGs scaled down in the browser, no modern formats, no responsive sizes. Images are usually the largest contributor to a failing Largest Contentful Paint.

Render-blocking CSS and JavaScript

Stylesheets and scripts loading before anything can paint, often from a page builder loading assets for widgets that page never uses.

Layout shifting as the page loads

Images without dimensions, fonts swapping, ads and banners injected late. Content jumps under the reader's finger, which is both a ranking signal and genuinely irritating.

Lab scores chased instead of real users

A perfect PageSpeed score on a desktop test while actual mobile visitors on real connections wait five seconds. Field data is what Google uses and what your customers experience.

Diagnose From Field
Data, Fix the Cause

We start with real user data from the Chrome UX Report and Search Console rather than a one-off lab test, because that is what Google actually assesses and what your customers actually experience. Lab tools are for diagnosis; field data is for judgement.

Then we fix causes rather than layering plugins. That usually means an image pipeline, eliminating render-blocking assets, reserving space for anything that loads late, trimming what the page builder ships, and configuring caching properly for your platform.

Field data diagnosis

Chrome UX Report and Search Console, not just a lab score

Image pipeline

Modern formats, responsive sizes, correct dimensions, lazy loading below the fold

Render path optimization

Critical CSS, deferred scripts, reduced third-party payload

Layout stability

Space reserved for images, fonts, embeds and anything injected late

Platform-appropriate caching

Page, object and CDN caching configured for your stack

The Three Metrics That Matter

Loading, responsiveness and visual stability. The values shown are illustrative targets, not results — your real numbers come from the audit.

Largest Contentful Paint
Illustrative target
Interaction to Next Paint
Illustrative target
Cumulative Layout Shift
Illustrative target

What Speed Optimization Covers

Performance audit

Field and lab data with each problem traced to a specific cause

Interaction to Next Paint

JavaScript execution, long tasks and main-thread blocking

Image optimization

WebP and AVIF conversion, responsive srcset, correct sizing

CSS optimization

Critical CSS inlined, unused rules removed, delivery deferred

Font optimization

Preloading, subsetting and display strategy to stop swap shift

Platform-specific work

WordPress plugin audits, Elementor cleanup, Shopify theme and app review

Largest Contentful Paint

Hero images, fonts, server response and render-blocking assets

Cumulative Layout Shift

Dimensions, font loading strategy and late-injected content

Caching configuration

Page, browser, object and CDN caching set up for your platform

JavaScript optimization

Deferred loading, reduced bundles, third-party scripts audited

Server-side improvements

Compression, HTTP/2 or 3, database and hosting recommendations

Verification

Re-tested after deployment, with field data monitored for four weeks

Why Speed Pays Twice

Higher conversion rate

Faster pages convert measurably better, particularly on mobile.

A confirmed ranking signal

Core Web Vitals feeds Google's page experience assessment.

Lower ad costs

Landing page experience feeds Quality Score and cost per click.

Better crawl efficiency

Faster responses let search engines crawl more of a large site.

Lower bounce on mobile

Where most traffic and most impatience actually live.

A site that stays fast

Fixing causes rather than caching over them lasts longer.

How a Speed Engagement Runs

Measure

Field data from CrUX and Search Console, plus lab tests on representative templates.

Diagnose

Each failing metric traced to specific assets, scripts or server behaviour.

Prioritise

Ranked by expected impact against implementation risk and effort.

Implement on staging

Changes made and tested safely before touching the live site.

Deploy & verify

Rolled out, then re-tested to confirm the metric actually moved.

Monitor

Field data watched for four weeks, since real-user metrics update on a rolling window.

On field data lag.

Core Web Vitals in Search Console reflect a rolling 28-day window, so improvements take weeks to appear fully even when the fix worked immediately. Lab tests confirm the change; field data confirms the result.

Speed Optimization Pricing

Every engagement is scoped individually. These ranges give you a realistic idea of investment before you speak to us.

Speed Audit

Diagnosis and roadmap
$ 450 one-off
  • 1 week
  • Field & lab performance analysis
  • Core Web Vitals breakdown
  • Cause-level diagnosis
  • Prioritised fix list with effort estimates
  • Platform-specific recommendations
  • Walkthrough call

Optimization

Audit plus the fixes
$ 1,600 one-off
  • 2–3 weeks
  • Everything in Speed Audit
  • Image pipeline implementation
  • CSS & JavaScript optimization
  • Caching configuration
  • Font & layout stability fixes
  • Plugin or app audit
  • Staging testing & deployment
  • 4 weeks of field data monitoring
Popular

Enterprise / E-commerce

Large or complex sites
$ 3,800 From
  • Scoped individually
  • Everything in Optimization
  • Large catalogue or high-traffic sites
  • Server & hosting optimization
  • CDN configuration
  • Template-level optimization at scale
  • Ongoing performance monitoring

Recent Projects

Project slots are ready for real client work — screenshots, brand names and outcomes drop straight into these cards.

[Client Name] — Core Web Vitals Fix

Modern WooCommerce store for computer parts, laptops, components and electronics, built for easy product discovery and seamless online shopping.

[Store Name] — Shopify Speed

Modern healthcare website redesign with improved UX, professional branding and appointment-focused navigation.

[Client Name] — WordPress Optimization

Redesigned a modern healthcare website with improved UX, professional branding, and clearer appointment-focused user journeys.

Performance Measures

Metrics below are editable placeholders. They will be replaced with verified client results — nothing here is invented.

−XX%

Load time

2.5s

PageSpeed mobile

+XX%

Conversion rate

XX%

CWV pass rate

FAQs - Questions Before You Start

Yes, though a relatively light one — Core Web Vitals feeds Google’s page experience signals. The stronger argument is commercial: faster pages convert better and lower your ad costs, so the work pays for itself regardless of its ranking weight.

It will help and it will not be enough. Caching hides a slow site from repeat visitors; it does not fix oversized images, render-blocking scripts or layout shift. We use caching as one step, not as the strategy.

Green in field data matters far more than the lab number. Chasing 100 in Lighthouse often means optimising for the test rather than for actual visitors. We target passing Core Web Vitals for real users on mobile.

 

It can, when configured carelessly — third-party widget packs, deep nesting and per-page styling. A disciplined Elementor build with flexbox containers and controlled asset loading passes Core Web Vitals comfortably.

It depends entirely on what is wrong. Sites with unoptimised images and plugin bloat often improve dramatically; sites already reasonably built see smaller gains. The audit tells you the realistic ceiling before you commit.

Not if the work is done on staging first, which is how we do it. Aggressive optimization can break layouts or functionality, which is exactly why it is tested before deployment rather than after.

Lab tests confirm the change immediately. Search Console field data uses a rolling 28-day window, so it takes roughly a month to reflect the improvement fully.

Find Out What Is Actually
Slowing You Down

Send us your URL. We will pull your real-user Core Web Vitals data and tell you which three fixes would move them most.

No obligation. If we are not the right fit for your goals, we will say so.