● Website Speed Fixes · Core Web Vitals
A Slow Website Is Costing You Rankings And Sales.
Every extra second of load time loses visitors before they ever see your offer. Google notices too, and ranks slow pages lower. We diagnose exactly what is dragging your site down and fix it, with clear before-and-after numbers to prove it.
Why it matters
Speed is not a vanity metric. It is money leaking out of your site.
Most visitors decide whether to stay in the first few seconds. A slow homepage means people leave before your message lands, and Google reads that impatience as a signal to rank you lower. Slow sites lose twice: fewer rankings and fewer conversions.
The good news is that speed problems are usually a handful of fixable causes. Oversized images, bloated plugins, render-blocking scripts, and cheap hosting. Find the real culprits and a sluggish site can become genuinely fast, often within a week.
Real client results
↑ 2,000 → 26,000
Monthly visits, sustained over 5 years for a Dublin marketing client
↑ 6 staff → 60 staff
Accounting firm growth driven by strategic SEO since 2010
↑ 3× qualified leads
Dublin solicitors practice after 6 months of work
How we fix it
Measure, fix, then prove the difference.
Every speed project runs through diagnosis, prioritised fixes, then verification. We work from real data, not guesswork, and we show you the numbers before and after.
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Diagnose
We profile your site with Lighthouse and field data to find what actually slows it down. Largest Contentful Paint, layout shift, blocking scripts, server response. We separate the real culprits from the noise.
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Fix + Optimise
Image compression, caching, script and plugin cleanup, font and code tuning, and hosting checks. We fix the high-impact issues first, in priority order, so you feel the difference fast.
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Verify + Report
We re-test and hand you a clear before-and-after on Core Web Vitals and load time. No vague promises, just measurable improvement you can see in the numbers.
What we fix
The usual suspects behind a slow site.
Most speed problems come from the same short list of causes. We work through them in order of impact so you get the biggest gains first.
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Heavy images and media
Oversized, uncompressed images are the number one cause of slow pages. We compress, resize, and lazy-load them without losing quality
Best for: image-heavy sites and online shops
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Plugin and script bloat
Too many plugins and render-blocking scripts choke load times. We audit, remove, and defer what is dragging you down
Best for: WordPress sites that have grown messy over years
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Caching and delivery
Proper page caching and a content delivery network mean repeat visits load almost instantly
Best for: sites with returning visitors or a national audience
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Core Web Vitals
We target Google’s LCP, CLS, and INP metrics directly, the ones that affect rankings
Best for: sites that fail the Core Web Vitals report in Search Console
What our clients say
25 businesses can’t be wrong
Verified Google reviews from real clients across Ireland and beyond.
★★★★★
“Leslie’s knowledge on targeted content production, link building and keyword research is second to none.”
Jason Roe
Web Development Professional
★★★★★
“As a digital marketing professional I’ve relied on Leslie a number of times and always found him highly knowledgeable, generous with his time, and very reliable.”
Heidi Jermyn
Digital Marketing Professional
★★★★★
“BeFound SEO helped increase our website’s visibility. We saw an improvement in organic search traffic and conversions within just a few months.”
MJ Flood Security
Security Services, Dublin
Why BeFound
We fix speed for rankings, not just for a green score.
A perfect Lighthouse score means nothing if your traffic and enquiries do not move. We are an SEO company, so we tune speed where it actually changes rankings and conversions, on the pages that matter.
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Rankings-Focused
We prioritise the pages that drive your traffic and revenue, not whichever page scores worst. Speed work aimed at results, not bragging rights.
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Data, Not Guesswork
We use Lighthouse and real-world field data to find the true bottlenecks, so we fix what matters instead of chasing every warning.
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No Quick-Fix Plugins
We do not just install a cache plugin and call it done. We fix the underlying causes, so the gains last beyond the next update.
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Proven Results
You get a clear before-and-after on Core Web Vitals and load time. Improvement you can measure, not a vague promise it feels faster.
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Built to Stay Fast
We set you up so the site stays fast, and can keep it that way through a maintenance plan. Speed that does not quietly decay over time.
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Irish-Based Support
Real people in Ireland who explain what we did in plain English. No jargon, no offshore ticket queue, no mystery invoices.
Questions
Website speed FAQs
Why is my website so slow?
The most common causes are oversized images, too many plugins, render-blocking scripts, and cheap or overloaded hosting. Usually it is a combination of a few of these. We diagnose the exact culprits for your site rather than guessing, then fix them in order of impact.
Does website speed really affect my Google rankings?
Yes. Google uses Core Web Vitals, which measure loading, interactivity, and visual stability, as a ranking factor. A slow site can be held back in search results, and it also loses visitors before they convert, so you pay the price twice.
How fast can you make my site?
Most sites see a clear improvement, often loading in half the time or better, but the ceiling depends on your platform, hosting, and design. We give you an honest assessment after the diagnosis and show real before-and-after numbers once the work is done.
Will speeding up my site break anything?
No. We take a backup first, test changes carefully, and check the site across devices before and after. Our goal is a faster site that looks and works exactly as it should, with nothing lost in the process.
Do you only fix WordPress sites?
WordPress is our main focus and where we get the strongest results, but the core principles of speed apply to most platforms. If you are on something else, contact us and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.
Stop losing visitors to a slow site. Let’s speed it up.
Dublin-based speed and SEO specialists since 2009. Send us your URL and we will tell you honestly how much faster your site can get.
Dublin-based · Est. 2009 · 25 verified 5-star reviews