So, How fast is your website? The first thing to do is copy your URL and paste it here (https://gtmetrix.com/). Then click the “Test Your Site” button. Allow GTmatrix to analyze your website and then view the results.
How To Analyze The Results
Keeping your website fast is extremely important today considering that phones are the #1 device used for surfing the web. Having a mobile website, fast website, and light website is very important when designing and developing your website. Now, lets look at your results.
Grade
“The GTmetrix Grade blends how fast your page performs (in terms of loading, interactivity, and visual stability) with how well it’s built for optimal performance.”
Performance Score
“The Performance Score is essentially your Lighthouse Performance score, as captured by GTmetrix tests, with our browser, hardware specifications, and specified Analysis Options (AdBlock, Connection Speeds, etc.).”
Structure Score
“The Structure Score tells you how well your page is built for optimal performance.”
Web Vitals
“Google has established Web Vitals as the core metrics that you should focus on to deliver a fast website experience.”
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)
“How long it took for your largest content-element to display.”
Total Blocking Time (TBT)
“How much time was blocked by scripts during your page loading process.”
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
“How much layout-shift your user experienced during the page load.”
Having a “A” or “B” Grade is highly important along with fast load times and reduced image sizes with compression is also very important to beating your competition.