Performance issues (SiteSpeed)

Muse

I am having problems with site speed. The core web vitals have been worsening the last one week or so. On Google Search Console (Page Experience), a number of URLs are failing. The largest contentful paint and cache hit rate have been dropping every day. Please look into this issue. Thank you!

Coley

Muse Hi there! I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing issues with your site speed and core web vitals. I'll do my best to help you with this.

To improve your core web vitals, I recommend using the features included with Leap. You can start by analyzing which specific Core Web Vital is failing by going to the Leap tab of your Ezoic dashboard and then clicking the "My Scores" tab. Click on the failing Core Web Vital and scroll past the chart to see the URLs scoring worst in this metric. Click on "Test in Ezoic Lab" to view an analysis of why this URL is scoring poorly. This page will also suggest settings that need to be enabled in order to improve the Core Web Vitals. Make the recommended changes and keep an eye on the recommendations turning green. It's important to note that changes made in Leap might not reflect in the scores right away. After making changes, wait a few days for the changes to be reflected in your scores.

Regarding the cache hit rate, I'm seeing it has improved over the past several days, but there are a few steps you can take to improve it. First, you can turn on the "Override Cache Control Headers" option in your Ezoic Caching App. This will help optimize caching for your site. Additionally, you can use Ezoic's Cache Debugger tool to identify why the cache hit rate is low and implement the recommended changes. Increasing the max or default cache age can also help improve the cache hit rate. Lastly, if you don't already have it enabled, using the Ezoic plugin for more effective CDN management can be beneficial. You can find more information on setting up the Ezoic WordPress plugin for CDN management in this article.

I hope these suggestions help improve your site speed and core web vitals. Let me know if you have any further questions!

Muse

I have already implemented most of these sitespeed recommendations. That's why I was concerned. I have also noted the revenue for my blog declined in August compared to July despite having more visits. September has also not been good. Please into this problem.

Lilla

Muse There are still ten recommendations listed in your Leap dashboard, which are worth reviewing if you are concerned regarding site speed. I would encourage you to either replace these technologies or read the attached documents (for those relevant) to see how they can be optimized. Site speed, unfortunately, requires a lot of work and it's not just a case of us pressing a button on Leap to get the site passing Core Web Vitals - if a site has slow technologies, it's going to slow down. The key thing to note, however, is that Core Web Vitals are far from the most important stat when it comes to Google's search rankings, but (due to how easily quantifiable they are) - publishers tend to give them undue focus. Given that your traffic levels aren't at the point where Google can generate an FID score, it's unlikely Google are even considering this when ranking your site - your time would be better spent focusing on making sure your content satisfies search intent and that your user experience is as good as it can be.

With regards to revenue, if you are concerned about that, I've linked some resources below that are worth looking over:

https://www.ezoic.com/epmv-your-website/
https://support.ezoic.com/kb/article/ezoic-best-practices-for-higher-epmv-earnings