Fix a slow website against real Kenyan phones, not fibre.
Website speed optimisation diagnoses why a site is slow and fixes it against Core Web Vitals thresholds. Haryes works to a Largest Contentful Paint under two seconds on a mid-tier Android device on a Kenyan mobile connection, not on a developer's fibre line.
Most slow sites are slow for the same few reasons.
A site can feel fine on a developer’s office connection and still take eight seconds on the phone your customers actually use.
We find which of these is costing you, and fix it.
- Oversized images uploaded straight from a camera.
- Render-blocking scripts from a theme, builder or plugins.
- Hosting and caching that are not set up for Kenyan visitors.
From diagnosis to a measured result
Every fix is measured, so you can see what changed.
Baseline
Core Web Vitals measured on your key pages.
A before snapshot you can check.
Diagnosis
Images, scripts, fonts, hosting and caching reviewed.
Causes ranked by impact.
Fixes
Changes made on staging first, not on your live site.
Nothing breaks in front of customers.
Verification
Re-tested on a real mid-tier Android phone.
An after snapshot to compare.
Report
What changed, what improved and what is left.
A written before and after.
The targets we optimise to
The same budget every Haryes build is held to.
- Largest Contentful Paint
- <2s
The main content is on screen in under two seconds.
- Page weight
- <800KB
Everything the page downloads, images included.
- JavaScript
- <150KB
Script shipped to the browser, per page.
Targets, measured on a mid-tier Android over mobile data
Images
Resized, compressed and served as AVIF or WebP.
Usually the single biggest saving.
Scripts
Unused and render-blocking JavaScript removed or deferred.
The page becomes usable sooner.
Hosting and caching
Edge caching and server settings tuned for Kenyan visitors.
Pages arrive faster from the first byte.
Fonts and layout
Font loading and layout shift fixed.
The page stops jumping as it loads.
Optimise, or rebuild?
Sometimes the honest answer is that the site cannot be made fast. We tell you which case you are in.
Speed optimisation
The structure is sound and the slowness has specific causes we can fix.
Check my site speedWebsite redesign
The weight is in the theme or builder itself, and no amount of caching will fix it.
See website redesignOngoing maintenance
The site was fast once and has slowly got heavier with every upload.
See maintenance plansWhat you get
Four things on every speed engagement.
Before snapshot
Where the site stands today.
- Core Web Vitals on key pages
- Page weight and request counts
- Measured on a mid-tier Android
Prioritised fix list
Ranked by impact.
- The biggest causes first
- What each fix is expected to change
- What we recommend leaving alone
Fixes applied
Tested on staging first.
- Images, scripts and fonts
- Hosting and caching settings
- No changes to your content
After report
Proof of what changed.
- The same measurements, re-run
- Before and after side by side
- Advice to keep it fast
Questions clients ask before they commit
Why does my site feel fast to me but slow to customers?
You are probably testing on a fast connection or a new phone. We test on a mid-tier Android over mobile data, which is closer to what most Kenyan visitors use.
Does speed affect my Google rankings?
Yes. Core Web Vitals are part of how Google assesses a page, and a site that loads in eight seconds on mobile will struggle to rank regardless of its content.
Can every site be made fast?
No. If the weight is in a page builder or heavy theme, caching only helps so much. In that case we will tell you a rebuild is the better spend.
Find out what is slowing you down
Your site takes too long to load on mobile.
Send the URL. We come back with the causes and a fixed quote.
Check my site speedYou want the site to stay fast after the fix.
A maintenance plan includes a monthly performance report.
See maintenance plansSpeed is not a feeling. We measure it on the phones your customers use, fix what matters most, and show you the before and after.
