Boost Your Mobile Page Speed With These 3 Tips

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Boost Your Mobile Page Speed With These 3 Tips

Like anything with Google’s Mobile-first update, Google will now look at your site’s mobile page speed. Will your desktop site speed still matter? Maybe.

But it’s definitely not going to be as important as how your site loads on mobile devices.

Here’s how to add some rocket fuel to your site’s mobile loading speed.

First, do a mobile speed test at ThinkWithGoogle.com:

This test is similar to any other site speed testing tool, except that it zeroes-in on mobile loading speed. It even loads your site in 3G to simulate a mobile environment.

And you get a helpful report that tells you how long it takes for your site to load on a mobile device and shows you how to remove load speed roadblocks:

Here are some other quick tips to try out:

Squish your images: If you use WordPress, I recommend installing an image optimizer, like Image Compression. These SIGNIFICANTLY reduce the file size of your images, which can speed up load times dramatically.
Implement Browser Cache: Google themselves recommend caching your site to make your site load faster.
Fire Up a CDN: CDNs can make page elements (especially images) load 2-3x faster.