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How Page Speed Affects Your Bottom Line

Speed Is Money

Studies consistently show that page speed directly impacts your bottom line. A 1-second delay in page load time can result in a 7% reduction in conversions. For a business generating $10,000/month online, that's $700 lost every month — $8,400 per year.

The Google Factor

Google uses Core Web Vitals as a ranking factor. Sites that load slowly rank lower, get less traffic, and lose business to faster competitors. The three key metrics are:

  • LCP (Largest Contentful Paint) — How fast your main content loads. Target: under 2.5 seconds.
  • FID (First Input Delay) — How quickly your site responds to user interaction. Target: under 100ms.
  • CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) — How stable your layout is as it loads. Target: under 0.1.

Why Most Sites Are Slow

Common culprits include:

  • Unoptimized images (biggest offender)
  • Too many plugins and scripts
  • Cheap shared hosting
  • Bloated CSS frameworks
  • No caching strategy

How We Build Fast Sites

Every MyCsSite build is optimized for speed:

  • Next.js with automatic image optimization (WebP/AVIF)
  • Static generation — pages are pre-built, not generated on every request
  • TailwindCSS — only the CSS you actually use ships to the browser
  • Edge deployment — content served from the closest server to your visitor
  • Zero bloat — no WordPress plugins, no jQuery, no unnecessary scripts

The result? Sites that consistently score 90+ on Google Lighthouse and load in under 2 seconds. Contact us to see what a fast site can do for your business.