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Google PSI on Mobile
3 replies · Started by Eric on October 25, 2021
Hey there,
I'm having trouble trying to figure out the issue with my site Google PSI speeds on mobile.
I've done a pretty decent job optimizing the loading speeds and scores of our blog posts, most pages, and on desktop in general, but can't crack the code of our homepage mobile scores which seem way out of whack considering the minimal recommendations given to reduce FCP and LCP.
Would you mind having a look at my homepage mobile audit to see if you see any culprits causing my FCP and LCP scores to be in the 4-6s range? It just doesn't seem to add up.
I've included a link to my mobile results for your reference.
Thanks so much for any input
Hi there,
your front page is quite heavy - weighing in at around 2mb in size.
Theres a lot of posts being displayed on the page - i counted 24, which requires a lot of server queries to generate and increases the document size considerably ( its over 500kb ).
The Carousel/Slider is not exactly performant - it loads several heavy JS files on the page - maybe those scripts can be deferred?
LCP wise - the lush-palm-surf-travel image in the hero is being lazyloaded by PerfMatters. I would recommend excluding that from Lazy Loading as currently its being displayed after everything else has laoded.
Hi David, thanks for the quick response.
Yeah, I know there's quite a few posts but it all boiled down to the Carousel/Slider.
I should have specifically tested that a long time ago, but I didn't until just now. And after removing that alone on my staging site to test it without the slider took my scores and speeds from the 50s and 5-6 seconds, to 90s and 2-3 seconds.
So I just replaced the Carousel/Slider on my live site with simple static images and my PSI went straight to a perfect 100 on desktop AND mobile, super stoked. Sliders be damned.
I'm all set for now, I will close this ticket out. Thanks
Awesome! Pesky sliders.... glad to hear this!
