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Website Speed & Performance
A Slow Website
Is Costing You
Customers.
EKB Digital audits and optimizes your website's speed and Core Web Vitals — cutting load times, improving Google rankings, and recovering the visitors a slow site quietly loses every day.
Why It Matters
Every second of load time is costing you rankings and revenue.
Google uses Core Web Vitals as a direct ranking factor — a slow website doesn't just frustrate visitors, it actively pushes you down in search results, behind faster competitors. And in the Philippines, where much of your traffic is on mobile data, speed matters even more.
We diagnose exactly what's slowing your website down — bloated images, unoptimized code, poor hosting, too many plugins — and fix it systematically, with before-and-after data to prove the improvement.
Faster load times directly improve:
✦Google search rankings (Core Web Vitals is a ranking factor)
✦Conversion rate — faster sites convert more visitors
✦Google Ads Quality Score and lower cost-per-click
✦Bounce rate and time-on-site
1s
delay can reduce conversions by up to 7%
70%
of PH mobile users abandon slow-loading sites
2-4x
average speed improvement we achieve on audited sites
#1
Core Web Vitals is a confirmed Google ranking signal
What We Optimize
Every Layer That Affects Speed.
Speed problems are rarely just one thing — we audit and fix the full stack, from server to front-end code.
Image Optimization
Oversized, unoptimized images are the #1 cause of slow websites. We compress, resize, and convert to modern formats without losing visual quality.
- —Next-gen format conversion (WebP/AVIF)
- —Responsive image sizing
- —Lazy loading implementation
- —Automated compression pipeline
Code & Plugin Cleanup
Bloated themes, unused plugins, and unminified code silently slow every page load. We audit and strip out what's not needed.
- —Plugin/app audit & removal
- —CSS & JavaScript minification
- —Render-blocking resource fixes
- —Unused code elimination
Caching & CDN Setup
Proper caching and content delivery means your site loads fast for every visitor, regardless of their location or device.
- —Browser & server-side caching
- —CDN configuration
- —Database query optimization
- —Object & page caching
Hosting Evaluation
Sometimes the site isn't the problem — the hosting is. We assess whether your current hosting is holding you back and recommend better options.
- —Hosting performance audit
- —Migration to faster hosting (if needed)
- —Server response time (TTFB) fixes
- —Uptime & reliability review
Core Web Vitals Fixes
We target the exact metrics Google measures — Largest Contentful Paint, Cumulative Layout Shift, and Interaction to Next Paint.
- —LCP optimization
- —CLS (layout shift) elimination
- —INP / interactivity fixes
- —Mobile & desktop scoring
Ongoing Monitoring
Speed can degrade over time as content and plugins are added. We offer ongoing monitoring to catch regressions before they hurt rankings.
- —Monthly PageSpeed reporting
- —Automated uptime monitoring
- —Regression alerts
- —Quarterly optimization pass
Standard on Every Project
Measured, Proven, Reported.
We don't just say your site is faster — every project ships with a before-and-after report using Google's own tools.
Full Diagnostic Audit
We start with a complete PageSpeed Insights, GTmetrix, and Core Web Vitals audit to identify every bottleneck before touching anything.
Sub-2-Second Target
We optimize toward a concrete target — sub-2-second load time on mobile and desktop — not vague 'improvements'.
Mobile-First Priority
Mobile performance is optimized first and hardest, since that's where most Philippine traffic and Google's mobile-first indexing lives.
Zero Visual Regression
Speed fixes are implemented without breaking your design — every change is tested across devices before going live.
Before & After Report
You receive a documented report showing exact score and load time improvements, with data you can share internally.
EKB Digital Speed Standard
Speed Gains That Hold.
We monitor your site for 30 days post-optimization to make sure the improvements stick — not just spike on test day.
How We Work
From Audit to Verified Results in 4 Stages
A data-driven process — every fix is measured before and after so you can see exactly what changed.
Full Speed Audit
We run a complete diagnostic across PageSpeed Insights, GTmetrix, and Core Web Vitals to pinpoint exactly what's slowing your site down.
Prioritized Fix Plan
We rank issues by impact — fixing the biggest speed drains first so you see meaningful improvement early, not just minor tweaks.
Implementation
We implement fixes on a staging environment first, testing thoroughly so no visual or functional regressions ship to your live site.
Verify & Report
We re-test on the same tools used in the audit and deliver a before-and-after report showing the measured improvement.
Client Result
"Our site was taking almost 7 seconds to load on mobile and our Google rankings were sliding. EKB Digital got us down to under 2 seconds and our organic traffic climbed back within a month."
Joseph Pineda
Owner, Pineda Realty Group
96
PageSpeed Score
71%
Faster Load Time
+34%
Organic Traffic
FAQ
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Find Out How Slow Your Website Really Is.
Get a free speed audit — we'll show you exactly what's slowing your site down and what it would take to fix it, no obligation.
No commitment · Free audit · Fixed-price quotes · Philippines-based team