Red Lion Network

Website and web app performance audits

Slow site? We'll find out why and fix it.

A slow or frustrating website or web app quietly costs you customers. We find what's slowing it down and getting in your users' way, then we fix it.

Page load timeSlow
6.8sExample audit
  • Images and scripts2.9s
  • Database queries2.2s
  • Caching rules1.7s

From 6.8s to 1.0s after fixing the three biggest slowdowns.

Signs you need a performance audit

Slow pages and clunky screens send people elsewhere, often without a word. If any of these sound familiar, it's worth a closer look.

  • Pages take too long to load

    People wait, then leave. Most visitors give up on a page that takes more than a few seconds.

  • It's slow on phones

    It seems fine on your office computer but crawls on a phone with a weaker signal, which is where most of your visitors are.

  • Customers give up halfway

    Buttons lag, forms freeze, or the page jumps around while it loads, and people abandon checkout or sign up.

  • It gets slower as you grow

    It was quick at launch, but more customers and more data have slowed everything down.

  • It struggles when you are busy

    Sales, launches, and busy seasons bring errors or slowdowns right when it matters most.

  • Your search rankings slipped

    Google looks at how fast and smooth your pages are. A low PageSpeed score can cost you visitors before they ever see your site.

What we look for and fix

Speed problems rarely have one cause. We check the whole path from your server to your visitor's screen.

  • Optimizing assets

    We shrink and modernize images, trim heavy scripts and fonts, and load only what each page needs, so pages show up fast.

  • Optimizing database queries

    We find the slow and repeated lookups behind your pages and rework them, so screens full of data load in a blink.

  • Configuring caching rules

    We set up caching in the browser, on the server, and through a CDN, so your site doesn't rebuild the same page for every visitor.

  • Smoother user experience

    We fix laggy buttons, pages that jump around while loading, and slow forms, so using your site feels quick and easy.

  • Third-party scripts

    Chat widgets, trackers, and ads add up. We find the ones slowing you down and load them smarter or remove them.

  • Hosting and server setup

    We check that your hosting fits your traffic and is set up well, so you are not paying more for a slower site.

Questions we get asked

Usually it is a few things adding up: large images and scripts, slow database lookups, and pages that are rebuilt for every visitor instead of cached. An audit shows which ones matter most for your site.

Try it on your phone over a cellular connection, and run your homepage through Google's free PageSpeed Insights tool. If a page takes more than a few seconds or scores below 50, it is costing you visitors.

Yes. Google uses page experience, including how fast and stable your pages load, as part of how it ranks results. A faster site also keeps more of the visitors you already get.

It depends. Many speed problems can be fixed in the site you already have. But if your site has other problems or limits holding you back, a rebuild can sometimes solve them all at once for less than fixing each one. We'll walk you through the options so you can decide.

Not without a plan. We test fixes on a separate copy first, then release them carefully, so your customers are not affected.

Yes. We start by learning how it's put together, then measure it. If the developer who built it is gone, we can take over the project too.

A report of what is slowing your site down, how much each problem costs you, and how to fix it, with a call to walk through it. We can make the fixes too, then show you the before and after.

It depends on the size of your site or app, and typical engagements start at $1,600. You get a clear scope and price before any work starts.

Let's make your site fast.

Free 15-minute call. Tell us what feels slow.