Bad Google score?
Score 100% on Google too
Want to know how Google sees your page? Check PageSpeed Insights, Google’s speed test. If your website scores badly there, Google thinks it is slow on mobile.
That bad score costs you customers. Google weighs speed in its search results, and the people who do find you leave on mobile when a page loads slowly. You often don’t notice it yourself, because your own phone already has your website in memory. But every visitor who clicks away is an enquiry that goes to a competitor.
The delay is usually in WordPress itself: a heavy theme, a page builder like Elementor or Divi, and plugins that load extra code on every page. A caching plugin or better hosting sometimes buys you a few points, but that code still loads, so you keep scoring badly.
There is another option: no more WordPress. I rebuild your website by hand, in the same design, but without a page builder and plugins. It looks the same and you can still edit it yourself. That is how I rebuilt the site of Wim Koelewijn of Sensum Finance. This is his site now:
It loads in about a second and gets a perfect score (100 out of 100) in Google’s PageSpeed test. And because there is no WordPress underneath anymore, Wim never has to update it either. Park 56, a consultancy, made the same switch. Thinking of switching? You won’t be the only one. I run over 100 websites on this lightning-fast technology (Hugo); the portfolio shows a selection.
To be honest: you will no longer install plugins or design pages yourself. But in return you get a website that scores well on Google, which ultimately brings you more customers.
A free analysis: why you score badly on Google
Send me your website address. Often within a few hours, and always within one working day, you hear from me how it scores on mobile and desktop, what slows it down and what it costs to make it score well, one-off and per month. That monthly fee is generally the same as what you pay now for hosting and maintenance, or less. You are not committing to anything.
Guarantee: happy first, then pay. If you switch, you only pay for the rebuild once you are happy with your new site, including the score Google gives it. Until then, your WordPress site simply stays online.
Thank you! I will get back to you within one working day.
What WordPress owners ask me first
Can’t I just raise my score with a plugin or better hosting?
That sometimes buys you a few points, but the code of the theme, the page builder and the plugins keeps loading, and that code is what drags your score down. I rebuild it and load only the bare minimum. That makes your website lightning fast.
Will a higher score really bring me more customers?
The score is Google’s yardstick, and what it measures, your visitors feel: how long they stare at a white screen. Google weighs that speed in its search results, and people who don’t have to wait don’t click away. How many extra enquiries that brings you, I cannot promise you up front. What I will show you is how fast your new site is, on a preview address, before you pay anything.
What does it cost?
A one-off fee for the rebuild, then one monthly fee for hosting, the CMS and support. The monthly fee is generally the same as what you pay now for hosting and maintenance, or less. You get both numbers often within a few hours, and always within one working day, after you send me your website address. You only pay for the rebuild once you are happy.
How long does it take, and what do I have to do?
That depends on the size of your site, and you hear it together with the price. I rebuild your site on a preview address. Your part is clicking through the real pages and pointing at anything you want changed, right on the page, with Annotate.now. Your WordPress site stays online, untouched, until you are happy. Then I point your domain to the new site, and I look after it for as long as you are a customer.
Can I still edit my website myself?
Yes. You change texts, photos, pages and blog posts in my own CMS, which runs separately from your site. It only lets you change the content, so you cannot break the design by accident. You can also do it through AI. Support on the CMS is included, and your questions go to me, not to an anonymous helpdesk.
Can I still install plugins?
No, and that is the point: plugins drag your score down. When you need something new, you tell me what it should do. You hear the price first, and I build it into your site, without your score suffering for it.
Will I lose my Google rankings?
No. Your pages keep their addresses, titles and texts, so links and search results keep working. And because Google weighs speed, a fast site actually helps you.
What about my contact form or my webshop?
Both are possible without WordPress. Contact forms are built in: messages stay on my server and show up in your CMS instead of in a mailbox full of spam. Tell me which other plugins you use and I will tell you what replaces each of them.
My site uses a theme or a page builder. Can you rebuild that?
Yes, even if it is a theme from ThemeForest or a page builder like Elementor or Divi. I rebuild the design by hand, without the page builder underneath. Take this Wix template I rebuilt, for example. Identical, but 30 times lighter. You still add new pages yourself, in the layouts your site already has. If you want a new kind of layout, you ask me for it: you hear what it costs first, and your site keeps looking as polished as on day one.
What if you stop?
Then any developer who knows Hugo can take over. Hugo is the open source system your website runs on, and your website is a folder of plain files, stored in Git, that any host can serve.
A good score on Google, and visitors who stay
Want a perfect score? And more customers? Then enter your website below. You keep the same website you have now, only faster, and you can still edit it yourself. You get a free analysis from me, in which I tell you what it costs you to score well, one-off and per month.
Thank you! I will get back to you within one working day.
I often reply within a few hours, and always within one working day. Rather talk it through? Call me at +31 (0)6 185 189 28 or mail joost@usecue.com.
P.S. Happy first, then pay: you only pay once you are happy with your new site and the score Google gives it. Until then your WordPress site stays online, untouched. So there is no risk at all.
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