SEO Performance| GT Metrix | Search Engine Ranking Strategies
As a Web Expert, it’s crucial to keep track of the performance of your clients’ websites and ensure they are at the top of their game in terms of search engine ranking. One tool that we use at Web Experts to help with this is GT Metrix.
GT Metrix is a website performance analysis tool that provides in-depth insights into how a website performs in terms of page speed, optimization, and overall user experience. With this tool, you can easily measure and compare your website’s performance against your competitors, giving you a clear understanding of where your website stands in terms of search engine ranking.
One of the many benefits of GT Metrix is that it provides a detailed report on a website’s performance, including page load time, total page size, number of requests, and much more. This information is crucial in helping identify areas where optimization is needed, such as reducing the size of images or minifying CSS and JavaScript files.
GT Metrix provides some of the most detailed reports a search engine spider can provide. The following reports and data points are a few of the areas we concentrate on at Web Experts:
- PageSpeed Score: This is an overall score out of 100 that reflects the website’s performance based on the PageSpeed Insights rules. The higher the score, the better the website’s performance.
- YSlow Score: Similar to the PageSpeed Score, the YSlow score is an overall performance score based on the YSlow ruleset, which focuses on the performance optimization of a website.
- Load Time: This is the time it takes for the website to fully load, including all assets such as images, stylesheets, and scripts.
- Page Size: This is the total size of the website, including all assets, in kilobytes (KB) or megabytes (MB).
- Requests: This is the total number of requests made to the server to load the website and its assets.
- Waterfall View: This is a visual representation of the loading process of the website, showing the time it takes for each asset to load and the order in which they are loaded.
- Recommendations: GTmetrix provides recommendations on how to improve website performance based on the analysis of the website. These recommendations may include optimizing images, minifying CSS and JavaScript files, reducing the number of requests, and more.
- PageSpeed and YSlow Analysis: GTmetrix provides a detailed analysis of the website’s performance based on the PageSpeed Insights and YSlow rulesets, respectively. This analysis includes information on the specific areas where the website needs improvement and the steps that can be taken to optimize performance.
By comparing our GT Metrix scores against our competitors, we can see where we stand in terms of performance and make any necessary changes to improve our ranking. This helps us to stay ahead of the competition and provide our clients with the best possible website performance.
In the image below, you can see just a few of Web Experts’ competitors and how we all ranked. We achieved an A and this letter score gives you a clear understanding of the impact your SEO efforts are having on your search engine ranking strategies and SERP (Search Engine Results Page).
So, if you want to improve your website’s performance and stay ahead of the competition, consider using GT Metrix as part of your approach. And if you need a team to help you dominate in SERP and SEO, look no further than Web Experts! Contact us today, and let’s get started!
