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Why Website Speed Matters (and What Slows Yours Down)

Speed is one of the most underrated parts of a website. A slow site quietly costs you customers and search rankings every day. Here is why, and what usually causes it.

Slow sites lose visitors

People judge a site in seconds. If it takes more than a few seconds to load, many visitors leave before they ever see it. That is a customer you never knew you lost.

Google ranks speed

Page speed is a ranking factor. A faster site is easier for Google to favor, so speed is both a customer-experience and an SEO issue at once.

What slows sites down

The usual culprits are huge unoptimized images, bloated templates and plugins, render-blocking scripts, and cheap shared hosting. Most slow sites are slow for a few fixable reasons.

How we keep sites fast

We build from scratch with clean code, compress and right-size images, and tune for fast load times, so the site is quick on day one and stays that way.

Vekaris is an Atlanta web and app studio building custom websites and mobile apps for local businesses. See what we do or get a free consultation.

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