[Ian101]

Link is to google and its speed test page for websites.

https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

Video link shows what's possible with an oldish website.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvyobKp2tOE&t=3s

[Shrek]

Well that's a shock! Mine was 12 / 100 for mobile and 16/100 for desktop!!

[Ian101]

better to know though 

[Shrek]

The question is though.... does it make a difference? See even though iv got a low score , I'm top for my area 

[Ian101]

if it brings the calls in then happy days

[Shrek]

Yeah that's true - how fast is yours?

[Michael H Jones]

You only need to be 1% faster than your rivals 

[Don Kee]

68/100 for mobile
94/100 desktop

No idea what it all means though, should I care..?

[nathankaye]

How reliable is this test. Ive just refreshed it three times and scored higher with every refresh!

[Slacky]

68/100 for mobile
94/100 desktop

No idea what it all means though, should I care..?

To a degree. Website speed is something google factors in to SERPS, so is likely to affect how prominent your website appears in search results.

[Don Kee]

68/100 for mobile
94/100 desktop

No idea what it all means though, should I care..?

To a degree. Website speed is something google factors in to SERPS, so is likely to affect how prominent your website appears in search results.

Fair one, makes sense but to be honest my website was self built in a weekend and not the best

I did it more as a point of reference for customers rather than to bring work in; so not overly fussed about it being high up on rankings (and it isn't!!)

[robbo333]

Mine came up as 'Poor' and 'Needs Work'
For a minute I thought it was analysing me! 

[Cookie]

How reliable is this test. Ive just refreshed it three times and scored higher with every refresh!

This is probably because the browser is caching the data from your webpage. Try shutting down the browser completely for each refresh.

[Slacky]

No it's not. Your browser cache has nothing to do with the test. The test is done on Googles server not your PC. The reason you get different results is because a website will respond at different speeds for a number of reasons. One of them being the load on the server your site is hosted on. There will be something like another 100 websites hosted on the server where your site resides. If those sites are busy your site is likely to slow down.

[Cookie]

No it's not. Your browser cache has nothing to do with the test. The test is done on Googles server not your PC. The reason you get different results is because a website will respond at different speeds for a number of reasons. One of them being the load on the server your site is hosted on. There will be something like another 100 websites hosted on the server where your site resides. If those sites are busy your site is likely to slow down.

Yes,  now I've looked at it you're right!

Still not sure however why Nathan is scoring differently on each refresh, mine comes up with the same score each time.

[nathankaye]

No it's not. Your browser cache has nothing to do with the test. The test is done on Googles server not your PC. The reason you get different results is because a website will respond at different speeds for a number of reasons. One of them being the load on the server your site is hosted on. There will be something like another 100 websites hosted on the server where your site resides. If those sites are busy your site is likely to slow down.

Yes,  now I've looked at it you're right!

Still not sure however why Nathan is scoring differently on each refresh, mine comes up with the same score each time.

After the third refresh (which showed me the best results) i am no longer getting different results. So im taking these last results to work with and they wasnt that bad to say i use vistaprint for my webpage.

[Slacky]

I wouldnt believe what Nathan says unless he posts a video of it. Otherwise it didn't happen.

[nathankaye]

I wouldnt believe what Nathan says unless he posts a video of it. Otherwise it didn't happen.

 

[nathankaye]

Haha  i do post alot of vids on here.
3 reasons;
1...it proves what im saying.
2....hopefully some may find the odd one     
        beneficial.
3.... it help to get the view counter going   
        which then helps the my channel and     
        obviously helps reason number 2!

[Slacky]

If you want to improve your online presence ditch Vistaprint as your website host for a start.