Why website speed matters more than you think
A one-second delay can cut conversions by seven percent. Here is why speed is a business metric, not just a technical one.
Speed is not vanity. It is the single technical factor most tied to money.
What the data says
- Google uses Core Web Vitals as a ranking factor.
- Amazon measured a 1% revenue drop for every 100ms of extra load time.
- Bounce rate roughly doubles between a 1-second and a 5-second load.
Where slowness comes from
- Massive unoptimized images (the number one offender).
- Bloated themes and page builders that load code they never use.
- Too many third-party scripts — chat widgets, heat-maps, six analytics tools.
- Cheap shared hosting far away from your visitors.
How to fix it
Modern image formats, code splitting, edge caching, honest hosting, and ruthless removal of anything that does not earn its milliseconds. This is standard on every site I ship — see the services.
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