Web design8 min
How much does a website cost for a small business?
What US small businesses pay for a website in 2026, by who builds it, with sources; the monthly and yearly costs after launch, and how to compare quotes.
Website speed optimization so visitors stay and call
Most visitors arrive on a phone, often on a weak signal. If your site takes seconds to show anything, they go back to Google. We make it fast without rebuilding everything.
PageSpeed Insights
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Report from Oct 20, 2026, 3:48:54 PM
https://www.solanavetclinicaustin.com/Analyze
MobileDesktop
What your real users are experiencingThis URLOrigin
Core Web Vitals Assessment: Passed
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Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)
Interaction to Next Paint (INP)
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
Other Notable Metrics
First Contentful Paint (FCP)
Time to First Byte (TTFB)
Core Web Vitals Assessment: Failed
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Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)
Interaction to Next Paint (INP)
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
Other Notable Metrics
First Contentful Paint (FCP)
Time to First Byte (TTFB)
Latest 28-day collection periodVarious mobile devicesFull visit durationsVarious network connections
Diagnose performance issues
100Performance
100Accessibility
100Best Practices
100SEO
2/2Agentic browsing
100Performance
Values are estimated and may vary. The performance score is calculated directly from these metrics. See calculator.
0–4950–8990–100
Vet in Round Rock with same-day appointments
Dogs and cats. Urgent care until 10 PM.
Text us to book
Directions
Vaccines and checkups
Surgery and ultrasound
Urgent care
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First Contentful Paint
0.8 s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.9 s
Total Blocking Time
0 ms
Cumulative Layout Shift
0
Speed Index
0.9 s
Captured at Oct 20, 2026, 3:48 PM CDTEmulated Moto G Power with Lighthouse 13.5.0Initial page loadSlow 4G throttling
Your site makes people wait, and they don't
Open your site on your phone, on cell data, and look for these.
- The home page shows a blank screen for seconds on cell data.
- Photos uploaded straight from the camera, several megabytes each.
- Plugins and scripts nobody remembers installing, loading on every page.
- PageSpeed shows red scores and you don't know where to start.
What changes when your site loads fast
How we get there
We measure your important pages on a phone, find what slows them down and fix it in order of impact: images, scripts, fonts, caching, hosting and how the page is built. Most of the time it doesn't take a new website.
Faster pages keep more visitors and give Google one less reason to prefer a competitor. You get the before and after for every page we work on.
Something on screen right away
Your important pages show their main content quickly, even on a weak signal.
LCP under 2.5 s as the target
Passes Google's speed check on real phones
The measurements Google takes from real visitors, fixed where they fail.
Core Web Vitals: LCP, INP and CLS
Before and after, measured
Every page tested before and after with the same Google tool, so you see the difference yourself.
PageSpeed Insights
How we speed up your website
Four steps, tested on a copy so your site stays open.
Measure
Your important pages tested on a phone, with lab tests and real visitor data where Google has it.
Find what slows it
What holds back each page, ranked by how much it costs you.
Fix it on a copy
Images, scripts, fonts, caching and hosting fixed as set in your proposal, tested before anything goes live.
Measure again
The same pages tested again with the same tool, and the before and after sent to you.
What our website speed optimization includes
Which pages and fixes are included goes in your proposal.
- Photos that load fast
- Only the code each page needs
- A server that answers fast
- A page that doesn't jump or freeze
- A before and after you can read
We measure your site on a phone and tell you what slows it down
We test your important pages on a phone with a normal signal and send you the results in plain English, with the fixes in order of impact.
- What we found
- The plan, page by page
- The fixed quote
- What we wouldn't do
Carles builds your site, and he's the one who reviews it in the audit. Òscar makes sure Google understands it. Who we are
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sample document
1 · What we found
Your menu page takes several seconds to show on a phone: an oversized photo and four plugins load on every page.
2 · What we'd fix, in order
- Photos resized and converted
- Unused plugins removed, the rest limited
- Caching on and server response checked
- Before and after measured with PageSpeed
3 · Fixed quote
- Price
- fixed, in your proposal
- Payment
- after the before and after
- Your site
- stays open
- Until then
- $0
You don't pay until your site loads fast
How paying when it's done worksQuestions about website speed optimization
What owners ask about slow sites and Google. If yours isn't here, put it in the audit form.
Does website speed affect SEO?
Yes, as part of page experience, which Google's ranking systems take into account, and because faster pages keep more visitors. Speed alone won't make a page rank, but a slow page starts behind.
Can you speed up my site without rebuilding it?
Usually, yes. Most problems are images, plugins and caching, which can be fixed on the current site. If the platform itself is the problem, we tell you before you pay for anything.
How much does website speed optimization cost?
Speed work is billed by the hour across the industry: for WordPress, Wix or Shopify sites, US agencies mostly charge $25-$49/hour, according to Clutch. Ours is a fixed price in your proposal, set by how many pages need work and what's slowing them down. You pay once the changes are live and you've seen the before and after.
What is a good page speed?
Google's targets are a common reference: the main content should appear within 2.5 seconds, the page should respond to a tap within 200 milliseconds and the layout shouldn't jump while loading.
How do I test my website speed?
Run Google's free PageSpeed Insights on your home page or ask for the free audit for a full review on a phone.
Website speed optimization makes your pages load fast on a phone: lighter images, less code, better caching and hosting, and fixes to whatever blocks the page from showing. Google measures this with Core Web Vitals. We fix what's in your proposal and show you the before and after.
More detail: Website speed
A slow page loses people before they see what you do
Google's own guidance treats page experience, including how fast a page loads and responds, as part of what its ranking systems reward (page experience on Google Search). And a visitor who leaves before your page shows up never gets to the call button.
Ask for the free audit for a full look on a phone.
WordPress speed optimization: plugins, hosting and images
Many small business sites run on WordPress, and their slowness usually has the same three causes. Each one has a fix that doesn't require a new site.
Plugins that load everywhere
A slider, a form builder or a chat widget can load its code on every page, even where it isn't used. We remove what you don't need and limit the rest to the pages that use it.
Hosting that answers slowly
Cheap shared hosting can take a long time just to start sending the page. Caching helps; sometimes a better plan is the real fix, and we say so.
server response time
Images straight from the camera
Photos several megabytes each, shown at a fraction of their size. Resizing and modern formats make them a fraction of the weight.
Core Web Vitals optimization, explained simply
Core Web Vitals are three measurements Google uses to judge page experience: how long the main content takes to appear (LCP), how quickly the page responds when you tap something (INP) and how much the layout jumps while loading (CLS). Google's targets are 2.5 seconds or less for LCP, 200 milliseconds or less for INP and 0.1 or less for CLS (web.dev).
We aim for those targets on your important pages, which matter more than a perfect score on every tool. If speed is only one of several problems, an SEO audit or a website redesign may be the better place to start.
What's included, point by point
Photos that load fast
Modern formats, the right size for each screen and images below the fold loaded only when needed.
AVIF and WebP, lazy loading
Only the code each page needs
Unused plugins and scripts removed, and the rest loaded when it's needed.
script cleanup and deferral
A server that answers fast
Caching set up and, if needed, a hosting recommendation in your name.
CDN and server response time
A page that doesn't jump or freeze
Content that shifts while loading and buttons that respond late, fixed.
CLS and INP
A before and after you can read
Measurements for each page, in plain English.
When speed work is worth it, and when it isn't
Worth it if
- Your site is slow on a phone.
- You want to keep your current site if possible.
- You can give us access to the site and the hosting.
Not a fit if
- You want a perfect score on every tool, whatever it costs.
- Your site needs a full rebuild anyway.
- You can't give access to the site.
More on fast, healthy websites
What goes with a faster site
Guides on websites
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