Frequently Asked Questions
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Why Should I Care About My Website Speed?
Because Google favors pages that load quickly! What Google wants are the same things that your Website’s visitors seek; to provide the best possible User Experience for your site’s visitors. Simply put, the user’s perception of speed is an essential performance feature.
Of course, this is why Google is so emphatic about optimizing content above the fold and why Google favors websites that use Progressive Rendering to the fullest extent feasible. What Google cares about the most are the same things that your site’s visitors care about:
• The time it takes for your above-the-fold material to render.
• The average time it takes for above-the-fold content to be visually complete and interactive, as compared to the average time it takes for visible elements of your competitor’s page to be displayed.
Can You Guarantee That My Website Will Be Faster?
The answer is, “Yes!” It is rare that we cannot make your Website at least twice as fast as before we began our Website Speed Optimization Service. As a result, your Website will feel substantially faster to you and your users, and you will get the benefits that come with it.
Will My Website Be Safe With SiteSpeedTesting.com?
Yes, it will! Before we begin working on your Website, using Updraft Premium, we always make a full backup. We do this so that in the event something happens, we can instantly restore your Website to its previous condition. That stated, we have speed optimized more than 3700 WordPress websites and have never had an issue.
Can You Explain The Process?
Once you have completed the transaction, you will receive a notification email requesting the required information.
What Information Will You Require After I Place My Order?
Every scenario will be different based upon the hosting, if you have a CDN, Cloudflare, WHM, AWS, cPanel, or another hosting control panel. We will definitely require WordPress login credentials for administrators (username and password).
Additionally, we might request:
Login credentials for the domain registrar, if applicable (login URL, username, and password).
Login credentials for the hosting account, if applicable (username and password).
cPanel login credentials, if relevant, and if you have cPanel (username and password).
WHM login credentials, if relevant, and if you have cPanel with WHM (login URL, username, and password).
(S)FTP login credentials, if applicable (host, username, password, and port).
Login credentials for CloudFlare (or Sucuri, etc.) if applicable (username and password).
Login credentials for a secondary CDN (e.g., MaxCDN) if applicable (username and password).
Do You Store My Login Information?
Duly Note: once your website speed optimization is performed, we delete all of your credentials from our system. Likewise, we advise you to update any passwords you have provided to us after your Website is optimized.
How Long Will The Process Take?
After obtaining your WordPress admin login, We’ll begin a series of assessments and make the necessary changes, upgrades, and suggestions. Generally speaking, your Website will be speed-optimized within 96 to 120 hours.
Are There Any Additional Costs?
Typically, the answer is no. If there is, it would be adding a CDN service; this is optional, but we’ll notify you if it’s required. A CDN (Content Delivery Network) is a worldwide network of servers dedicated to serving images and other static data.
Images, JavaScript, and CSS generally account for more than half of a page’s total size. Unfortunately, most regular hosting servers are inadequate concerning serving these files. Therefore, CDNs were built to offload static resources and administer these files reliably and quickly.
If a typical server takes 1 second to serve a 500KB file, CDN takes only roughly 400 milliseconds. The good news is that CDNs are inexpensive, costing only $3 per month for a website with fewer than 15k monthly requests (calculated based on the average page size of 1.5 Mb).
Do You Work Directly On My Live Site?
Yes, we work directly on your live site, but it will not have to be put in maintenance mode. The adjustments we make are gradual; consequently, your Website will continue to function normally.
Will You Change The Appearance Or Functionality of My Website?
No, we will not! Your Website will seem and function precisely as it did before we performed the site speed optimization. If any page aspect needs to be removed, we’ll talk with you about it and offer suggestions. We only make changes to the content if you agree. External scripts/widgets, such as iframe scripts or JavaScript snippets obtained from third-party services are examples.
Do You Speed Optimize The Entire Site Or Only The Home Page?
Our speed optimization applies to the entire site (all pages), including product and category pages.
Will The Speed of My Website Increase On Mobile Devices?
Yes, it will! Like Google, we operate on the mobile-first mentality.
Your site will load in 4 seconds or less on mobile. (Yes, no matter how excellent the phone is, mobile is expected to be slower than desktop.)
What Happens After The Process Is Done?
Once your Website optimization is completed, we will notify you and give you a summary of what was done; you will receive the before and after speed snapshots of how your Website looked before the changes and how it looks now. And, you will receive any special instructions you need to know moving forward.
Will The Site Optimization Last?
Yes, if you follow our instructions. After we finish the work, we’ll provide you a summary of the results we’ve obtained. Then, to sustain the speed, we’ll highlight anything you should pay attention to, such as adding new files.
Yes, we are available for 30 days of assistance. If you have a problem with your site due to our optimization, we’ll fix it for you and make sure it works properly.
We do sites hosting on those platforms in a case-by-case scenario. Unfortunately, platforms such as Kinsta, Flywheel Wp Engine, etc., prohibit caching plugins. Consequently, they limit our ability to fine-tune your Website.
Websites that have many advertisements and third-party resources tend to load much slower than those that don’t. The issue is, we won’t be able to access the servers from which that content is delivered.
However, by making your Website and everything supplied from your server as quick as possible, advertisements and third-party resources will load and end sooner, providing your site with a net speed boost.
Google’s Core Web Vitals are distinct factors that Google views as essential to a web page’s overall user experience. These Core Web Vitals are metrics Google is now using to determine if a web page is providing the user with a great experience or not. In layman’s terms, Google focuses on how fast your site loads, how long it takes to respond when a user takes action, such as clicking a link, and how a page layout changes in different devices, browsers, and screen sizes. Essentially, Google is forcing website owners to step up their game in significant ways!
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