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Brotli compression is on: why is PageSpeed / LCP still slow?

Oct 12, 20268 min read

Multi-tenant PageSpeed monitoring under $100: what agencies actually buy

Oct 9, 202610 min read

When should you lazy load images (and when does it hurt LCP)?

A short rule list for loading="lazy": below the fold yes, LCP hero no, and retest after every theme or plugin change that touches images.

Oct 14, 20266 min read

What PageSpeed monitoring stack should an agency run in 2026?

Oct 7, 20268 min read

Oh Dear alternative? Uptime green is not Core Web Vitals portfolio monitoring

Oct 5, 20268 min read

Is Vercel Speed Insights enough for Core Web Vitals monitoring?

Strong first-party RUM on Vercel projects. Not a multi-client PageSpeed portfolio. Here is when it is enough, and when it is not.

Oct 3, 20266 min read

Why is PageSpeed Insights worse than my local Lighthouse score?

Same URL, same Lighthouse engine: different CPU, throttling, and cache. Compare tools fairly instead of merging the scores.

Oct 1, 20268 min read

How to set performance budgets that CI and clients both keep

Same LCP and CLS numbers in the merge gate and the retainer review — not two conflicting greens.

Sep 30, 20267 min read

White label SEO reports for Core Web Vitals: what to send every month

Tool roundups answer which portal to buy. This is the monthly pack: which sections, which clocks, and what clients renew.

Sep 27, 202611 min read

Your site looks AI-generated. Here's how to fix it

The default look is underspecified taste, not a hard model limit. Brief with references, name visitor jobs, then audit the live URL and accessibility tree.

Sep 24, 20268 min read

Put Chrome Stable on the same calendar as your deploys

When field LCP moves and the app calendar is empty, the missing row is usually Chrome Stable, not a ghost commit.

Sep 22, 20268 min read

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