Not another PageSpeed score
Watch your website load the way your visitors do - then get a plain-English read on what's slowing it down.
I built a tool with my team at ShakaCode that loads your site the way a real visitor sees it - on a phone, on a normal connection - films every page as it loads, and then tells you, in plain English, what's slow. No score to decode, no wall of jargon.
There's a real one right below. Take a look, then send me your URL and I'll run one on yours. It's free.
Justin Gordon, ShakaCode · we maintain React on Rails.
A real report, nothing staged
This is what it found on babybathwater.com
It's public here because it's a community I'm part of. Yours stays private, just between us.
"The page takes almost 7 seconds to show what you're looking for, which is slow, but once it loads everything runs smoothly without jumping."
The report's own plain-English read on the babybathwater.com homepage
before the homepage shows its main content, on a phone
separate files load before a visitor sees anything at all
key pages checked end to end, plus the scrolling and clicks people actually do
overall speed grade - low enough that visitors feel it
Why not just run PageSpeed?
A score tells you there's a problem. This tells you what it is.
You can get a Google PageSpeed score in thirty seconds. The trouble is a score is a number and a list of jargon - it tells you nothing about what a real visitor actually sits through. This does.
A PageSpeed score
- A number out of 100 and a list of technical audits
- One URL, measured once
- Acronyms you have to look up
- Leaves you to figure out what it means for your business
This report
- A plain-English sentence per page: what's slow, in words anyone can read
- Every key page, plus the scrolls and clicks real visitors make
- A frame-by-frame film of the load - you watch what your visitor stares at
- An honest read on how deep the slowdown goes
What you get back
A short report anyone on your team can read
Not a fix-it ticket - a clear diagnosis, in plain language, of where the time is going:
- Which of your key pages is slowest, and by how much - in seconds, not scores.
- A frame-by-frame film of each page loading - exactly what your visitors watch while they wait.
- Where the weight is - how many things load before anyone sees a thing.
- A clear sense of whether it's a small tweak or something structural - so you know what you're looking at.
Who's behind it
We've done this since 2015, and we maintain React on Rails
The offer
Want one for your site?
Send me the one URL you care about most and I'll take it from there - you get a short, plain-English report back, usually within a few days. It's free.
Or just email me at [email protected]. I only test pages anyone can already visit - nothing behind a login - and whatever you send stays between us: I'm not adding you to a list, and there's no follow-up unless you reply.
A few honest answers
Questions you're probably asking
Is this going to turn into a sales call?
No call unless you ask for one. You get a written report by email; if it makes you want to talk, you reply - and if it doesn't, that's genuinely fine.
What if I already have developers?
Even better. Hand it straight to your team or agency - they get a clear picture of what's slow and where, with none of the guesswork. The report is yours to run with; there's no move here to step in on anyone's work.
What if my site is already fast?
Then I'll tell you that in one line, and you'll have something in writing to show your team. The sites that are already quick get a fast all-clear - that's worth knowing too.
Does it matter what my site is built on?
No. Shopify, WordPress, a course or funnel platform, a custom app, a SaaS dashboard - the things that slow a page down are mostly the same underneath.