Page Speed for Contractor Sites: A Practical Guide
What Core Web Vitals mean in plain English, and the three fixes that recover the most lost mobile leads.
"When a homeowner has water leaking through their ceiling, a slow-loading website is an instant dealbreaker. Speed is a customer service requirement."
3 Fast Fixes for Mobile Speed
1. Convert raw PNG/JPEG images into compressed WebP format.
2. Eliminate bloated third-party tracking scripts.
3. Utilize high-speed global CDN edge hosting.
Key Takeaways
- Core Web Vitals measure real-world user loading speed and visual stability.
- Mobile pages taking over 3 seconds lose more than 50% of potential leads.
- Fast hosting and modern WebP image compression resolve 90% of speed bottlenecks.
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