The Speed Check is for small businesses whose website feels slow on a phone and who want to know why before paying anyone to fix it. It's $99 fixed, and in 3 working days you get 5 key pages tested on mobile, the 10 things slowing them down in order, and a fixed quote for the fix. I run it from my office in Pakistan, for businesses in the UAE and the US.
Most visitors arrive on a phone, and fewer than half of mobile sites give them a good experience: 48% passed all three of Google's Core Web Vitals in the Web Almanac 2025. A free speed test gives you a score and a long list of warnings. It does not say which of them matter on your site, or what each one costs to fix.
What I do
- Agree the pages. The 5 that earn you money: usually the home page, your main service or product page, the booking or contact page, and the two pages most visitors land on. You check the list before I start.
- Test each one on mobile. Three lab runs per page, with the same settings every time, and I report the median, so one lucky or unlucky run does not decide anything.
- Read Google's real-visitor data. How your pages loaded for real Chrome users over the last 28 days, where your site has enough traffic for Google to report it.
- Record it on a phone. A recording of your site loading on a mid-range phone, so you see what a customer sees.
- Rank the causes. The top 10, in order, each with the effort it takes: images, scripts, fonts, plugins, the page builder, the hosting.
- Quote the fix. A fixed price, with the $99 credited. If the fix would cost close to what a move to a new site costs, I tell you, and recommend the move instead.
What I don't promise
No score, no "pass" and no ranking. Google decides those, and anyone who guarantees them is guessing. What you get is the same tests run the same way, so if you go on to the fix, the before and after are comparable.
For healthcare practices
The check reads your public pages and Google's public speed data, nothing else. It never logs in to a patient portal and never touches patient data.
The terms, plainly
- Price. $99 fixed, invoiced in US dollars.
- Time. 3 working days from the day the pages are agreed.
- Credit. If you go on to the Speed Fix, the $99 comes off its price.
Common questions
- How much does a website speed check cost?
- Google's PageSpeed Insights is free, and you can run it yourself. What it does not tell you is which of its warnings matter on your site, what each one costs to fix, or what your real visitors see. My Speed Check is $99 fixed: 5 key pages tested on a phone, the top 10 causes in order with the effort for each, and a fixed quote for the fix, in 3 working days.
- Why is my WordPress site slow on a phone?
- Usually several things at once: images far bigger than the screen they show on, a page builder loading code the page never uses, plugins that each add a script, fonts that arrive late, and hosting that is slow to answer the first request. The check names which of these apply to your site, and in what order to fix them.
- Do Core Web Vitals affect Google rankings?
- They are one of the signals Google's ranking systems use, but Google is clear that relevant content still comes first, so a better score on its own does not move a page up. The stronger reason to fix speed is the visitor, who leaves a slow page on a phone before it shows anything. I don't promise a score, a pass or a ranking.
- What is the difference between a lab test and real-visitor data?
- A lab test loads the page once on a simulated phone, with the same settings every time, so it is good for comparing before and after. Real-visitor data is Google's record of how the page loaded for real Chrome users over the last 28 days, and it is what Core Web Vitals are judged on. A small site may not have enough traffic for Google to report it, and then I rely on the lab runs and the phone recording.
- Can you guarantee my site will pass Core Web Vitals?
- No, and I would be wary of anyone who does. What I can promise is the same tests before and after any fix, shown side by side, and a re-read of Google's 28-day visitor data once it has caught up.