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Check your website speed.

Enter your website address to run Google's PageSpeed test for mobile. You will see the four scores, a plain-English list of the main problems and a comparison with capefrisco.com.

Why it matters

Why website speed matters.

A slow site has two effects. Visitors leave before it loads, and search engines and AI assistants rank it lower.

  • Rankings

    Google uses page experience, including Core Web Vitals, as a ranking signal. Faster sites have an edge.

  • Visitors

    Most visits start on a phone. The longer a page takes to load, the more visitors go back to the search results.

  • AI assistants

    ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini also read websites. Fast pages with clean code are easier for them to read and recommend.

Beyond speed

What search engines and AI assistants check besides speed.

A fast site keeps visitors on the page. To recommend your business, Google and AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini also need to read your pages, understand them and trust what they say.

They can read your pages

  • Crawler accessYour robots.txt file and firewall settings allow search and AI crawlers to read the site. Some security settings block AI crawlers without the site owner knowing.
  • Content in the HTMLYour text is in the page itself. Many AI crawlers do not run JavaScript, so text that only appears after scripts run can be missed.
  • An XML sitemapA list of every page you want found, so crawlers do not depend on following links.
  • Clean addressesEach page has one address. Moved pages redirect permanently, and broken links are fixed.

They understand what you offer

  • Structured dataSchema.org markup that states your business details, services, FAQs and articles in a form machines read directly.
  • Clear structureOne main heading per page, logical subheadings, and a unique title and description for each page.
  • Described images and formsAlt text and labels help screen readers, and they help search engines and AI tools understand the page.
  • Answers to real questionsPages that answer what your customers ask. AI assistants quote pages that answer a question clearly.

They trust the information

  • HTTPS and a mobile layoutGoogle indexes the mobile version of your site and expects a secure connection.
  • Real-visitor performanceGoogle ranks with Core Web Vitals measured from real Chrome visitors, so the site must stay fast after launch.
  • Consistent business detailsYour name, location and contact details match on your site and your Google Business Profile.
  • Current contentAI assistants repeat what they read. Remove old prices, former staff and services you no longer offer.

We check all of these when we build or review a site, alongside speed.

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FAQ

About the speed check

What does this test?
It runs Google PageSpeed Insights, the same Lighthouse test Google publishes, on a simulated mid-range phone over a 4G connection. You get Google’s four scores and the measurements behind them.
Why do scores change between runs?
It is a lab test on shared infrastructure, so results move a few points from run to run. Look at the size of the gap rather than a single point.
My site feels fast. Why is the score low?

The test loads your site on a simulated mid-range phone over a slow 4G connection, with a slower processor than most office computers. This is deliberate, because it is closer to what many visitors and Google’s mobile ranking experience. Your own visits are also faster because your browser has already stored parts of the site.

The score also measures more than how quickly the page appears. It includes how long the page is busy before you can use it, and whether content moves while it loads. For ranking, Google uses data from real Chrome visitors, shown as Core Web Vitals at the top of the full PageSpeed report. The lab score helps you find the causes.

Speed is also only one of the technical factors that search engines and AI assistants use. See the other checks they make.

Do you store my results?
We keep the address and the scores for 24 hours so repeat checks are quick, and a log of which addresses were tested. If you share a result, we keep a copy of it for 30 days so the link works, and then delete it. Nothing else about you is collected. See our privacy policy.

We can fix what the test finds.

Most slow sites have a small number of causes. We find and fix them, or rebuild the site if that is the better option.

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