Optimising a website for Google Lighthouse

Understanding Google Lighthouse and its benefits for your website.

Google Lighthouse is an open-source tool that audits a website's performance, accessibility, best practices, and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), providing a score for each area. It is an unbiased way to measure the effectiveness of your website's performance. We have developed our website solutions from the ground up with Google Lighthouse in mind and consistently achieve higher scores across all criteria, including performance, SEO, best practices, and accessibility. Trust us to help you optimise your website and get the best possible score on Google Lighthouse.

Performance
Performance is all about speed. A website that loads quickly will provide a better user experience, leading to lower bounce rates and higher engagement. Google Lighthouse measures a website's performance based on various metrics, such as the time to first byte, the first contentful paint, and the time to interactive. These metrics indicate how quickly the website is loading and responding to user interactions.
Accessibility
Accessibility is about making your website usable for everyone, including people with disabilities. It's not only a legal requirement in many countries but also essential for providing a good user experience. Google Lighthouse measures a website's accessibility based on several criteria, such as the presence of alternative text for images, the use of proper heading structures, and the presence of keyboard navigation.
Best practices
Best practices refer to industry-standard guidelines that ensure a website is built correctly and securely. Following these best practices helps to ensure that a website is easy to maintain, secure, and performs well. Google Lighthouse measures a website's adherence to best practices based on various criteria, such as the use of HTTPS, the presence of a valid SSL certificate, and the absence of mixed content.
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
SEO is all about optimising a website to rank well in Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). A website that ranks well will receive more organic traffic, leading to higher engagement and conversions. Google Lighthouse measures a website's SEO based on various factors, such as the presence of meta descriptions, the use of headings, and the presence of structured data.

Pride in website performance

We take great pride in the performance of our website solutions and by using Google Lighthouse we are able to benchmark against other leading website providers. Our website solutions consistently achieve higher scores than our competitors across all Google Lighthouse criteria. Here is how we achieve this:

Website caching:
We use advanced caching mechanisms to ensure that website content is delivered as quickly as possible.
Image optimisation:
We optimise all images to reduce their size without compromising quality, leading to faster loading times.
Code optimisation:
Our development team optimises code to ensure that it is as lean as possible, leading to faster rendering times.
Accessibility:
Our websites are designed with accessibility in mind from the ground up, ensuring that all users can access our clients' content.
Best practices:
Our solutions adhere to industry-standard best practices, ensuring that our client’s websites are secure and easy to maintain.
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO):
We work with our clients to ensure that their websites are optimised for the search terms that matter to them, leading to higher rankings in search engine results pages.

Overall, Google Lighthouse objectively measures a website's performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO. We use Google Lighthouse as a benchmark for our website solutions and consistently achieve higher scores than our competitors. We believe that this is a testament to the quality of our solutions and the expertise of our team.

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