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Check mobile friendliness Since Google moved to mobile-first indexing in 2019 , mobile friendliness has become a ranking factor everywhere. Checking for mobile friendliness is easy. Just visit the Mobile Usability Report in Google Search Console. It will tell you if any URLs have errors that affect mobile usability. If you don't have access to Google Search Console, plug any page from your website into Google's mobile-friendly testing tool . In general, assuming other pages on your website use the same design and layout, this result should apply to most, if not all, pages. Learn more What you need to know about mobile-first indexing Check page speed Page speed has been a minor ranking factor since 2010 on desktop and 2018 on mobile .
However, there is no official standard for how fast a page should load , and there are a confusing number of metrics that can be used as proxies. For example, Google's PageSpeed Insights tool shows you all kinds Western Sahara Email List of metrics. Another drawback of this tool is that you can only test one page at a time. Therefore, it is a good idea to start with a tool that can measure the speed of all pages. Ahrefs Site Audit is free to use with an Ahrefs Webmaster Tools account. Here's how: Crawl your website with Site Audit . Go to performance report. Check the graphs of "Time to 1st byte" and "Load time distribution". As a general rule, the more green you see here, the better. If you see a lot of red, you may want to work on improving your page speed. Learn more about page speed

▶︎ How to speed up your WordPress site in 20 minutes ▶︎ How to improve page speed from start to finish (Advanced guide) 8. Check your core web vitals Core Web Vitals are metrics used by Google to measure user experience. Measure things like page load time, interactivity, and content stability while loading. Currently, the ranking signal is weak, so there is no need to worry about it. However, it's worth taking a quick look at your site's performance. To do this, check the "Core Web Vitals" report in Google Search Console. This report is based on Chrome User Experience (CrUX) data, so you may see "Insufficient collected data" or "Insufficient recent usage data" messages instead of data. . Visit Ahrefs' Site Audit Performance Report to check your Lighthouse score.
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