You’ve heard that site speed impacts on your search result, so you open up your website to test it. If it loads fast enough, you’re probably happy that your site loads in a few seconds and it’s not as slow as treacle. But wait a minute! That’s just not how you test site speed. Sure, … Read more
Slow websites are irritating, let’s face it. And they’re harmful to user experience, conversion, and trust – but there’s nothing that focusses the mind like a Google algorithm. So in a bid to stop the increasing plodding onslaught of gloopy websites, Google is penalising the slowest ones with lower search rankings. Google’s research has shown … Read more
Having worked with WordPress now almost full-time since 2009, I’ve learnt a thing or two about it. Back then, it was harshly criticised for being incapable for business websites. Slow, clunky, insecure, and oh yes, ONLY for blogs. Only for blogs? It’s harshest critics were agencies and purist developers who couldn’t or wouldn’t, lower themselves … Read more
