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Website Speed Test

Find out what may be slowing your website down.

This Website Speed Checker opens Google’s report for a public service or product page. Enter the address, then learn which delays may stop someone enquiring, booking or buying.

Check your website

Start with a page

The report opens on Google PageSpeed Insights. Only the website address you choose is shared with Google.

Start with a page

How to use this Website Speed Test

Choose a page that matters to your customers, such as a service, product or enquiry page.

The button prepares a link to Google’s report; opening that link shares the address with Google.

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Check your website.
Understand the result.

  • 01Run a speed check
  • 02Read the report
  • 03Prioritise useful fixes

Start with the delays that affect your customers.

From score to next step

Read the result. Choose the next fix.

Understand the measures, then focus on the delays that get in a customer’s way.

The score comes from a test visit

Google tests the page under set conditions to look for delays, such as large images or slow website code.

The score can change between tests and will not match every visitor’s experience.

Check real visitors’ experience too

If enough people have visited using Chrome, the report can also show their real experience.

Smaller websites may not have enough visits for this.

Check whether the results cover the page you entered or the wider website. Google’s test visit can still help find delays, but its results are different from the experience recorded from real visitors.

How fast should my website load?

Aim for the main visible content to appear within 2.5 seconds.

Google calls this a good Largest Contentful Paint result. It measures the main content appearing, rather than every background file finishing.

Three experience measures to recognise

See how loading, response and movement affect the page.

Loading: 2.5 seconds or less

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) measures when the main visible content appears, such as a large image or block of text.

Responding: 200 milliseconds or less

Interaction to Next Paint (INP) measures how quickly the page visually responds after an action such as a tap. Two hundred milliseconds is one-fifth of a second.

Staying in place: a score of 0.1 or less

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) measures unexpected movement, such as a button shifting as you try to tap it. The score is not a time in seconds.

What does a Core Web Vitals pass mean?

Google groups these three measures as Core Web Vitals.

To pass, each target must be met on at least 75% of real visits, checked separately on mobile and desktop. Read Google’s Web Vitals guidance.

Start with the biggest causes of delay

Large photos, unused website features or a slow Hosting setup can keep people waiting.

Ask your Website team to name the problem, the proposed fix and the page it will help. Smaller image files may be enough. Keep the original report so you can compare the result after the agreed change.

Fix delays on the pages that bring business

Start with pages people use to request quotes, book appointments or buy products.

Fix long waits, buttons that do not respond and content that moves as someone tries to use it. Aim for a page that works well for real buyers. Speed alone does not guarantee rankings, enquiries or sales.

Try the next step on an actual phone

After any fixes, open an important service or product page on a phone.

Read the details, use the menu and try sending an enquiry or completing an order. A Website Speed Test cannot confirm that a form reaches your inbox or that payment works.

Your next step

Help with your website

Choose help with the report or ongoing Website Care.

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Share the report and the page that matters most.

Before you decide

A few things worth asking.

Your privacy, plus mobile and desktop results.

Does the tool access my private accounts?

No. It opens the public website address you enter in Google PageSpeed Insights. Use a normal public page, such as your homepage. Do not enter private account links or addresses containing passwords or personal information.

Why do mobile and desktop scores differ?

Google uses different test devices and internet connections for the two reports. Someone on a phone may have a different experience from someone using a computer, so check both.

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Share the report and the pages people use to request a quote, book or buy. We will explain what needs attention and how the fixes could help turn visits into business.

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