Did you know that website performance (for each URL e.g. that of specific blog posts) is important to rank well in Google and other search engines?
Probably even more important right now: it is also important if you want your content to be used by ChatGPT and other search agents.
SEO Speed Test gives you a report about Google's own web vital speed test results that get reported from field testing by real Google Chrome users on desktop and mobile.
SEO Speed Test also has actionable recommendations on what to do to make your performance score better.
You can use the report and its recommendation to fix the performance issues yourself or forward them to the right person.
For technical SEO consultants a report by SEO Speed Test is also a great conversation starter with existing and future clients.
We often use it ourselves in kick-off meetings for technical SEO improvement sprints and we are super happy that we can make it available to all of you today.
@jaber23@cameron_dejong1 it just means that within the last few weeks there were not enough Chrome users worldwide who visited (who opt in to reporting page speed to Google) the URL.
You can try a more popular URL first e.g. sometimes the landing page or sometimes a blog post or another sub-page that is more frequently visited.
If that also doesn't have any data: you click on the "Open in PageSpeed Insights" and it will take you to detailed PageSpeed data. The PageSpeed data is not from real world field testing usage, it is in laboratory conditions, using Google's "Lighthouse" page speed analysis tool.
PageSpeed Insights fetches the URL and breaks down what takes how long e.g. how long it takes until the biggest visible part of content gets displayed on the screen but also other user experience aspects like how stable the page is and so on.
This is very similar to Core Web Vitals but, again, it is not from real world user data.
That said: if you optimize for great PageSpeed Insights scores it should also translate well into good Core Web Vitals data eventually.
Hope this helps!
If you want to see how a report looks like: browse through the screenshots of this hunt (examples for ahrefs.com, shopify.com, stripe.com, producthunt.com)
Or generate a report for another popular site you are interested in.
@mustafamasalha thanks Mustafa. Appreciate the support. Did your website pass the speed test? ;-)
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@peterbuch No, actually because my website is still fresh. I ran the test on some of my clients websites and I’m happy with the results so far as a start.
I’m curious—how does this differ from other testing tools like PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse, SpeedVitals or Treo? Would love to understand what makes this stand out. Thanks!
PageSpeed Insights is Google's tool for helping you improve page loading times using "Lighthouse" (this is also what is built into the Chrome developer tools). It helps you test the performance of a page in "lab conditions".
We also integrate with PageSpeed Insights.
SEO Speed Test is about real world field test data from millions of Chrome users on desktop and mobile who have opted into measuring page speed performance that then gets reported to Google in an anonymized way.
What does this mean?
On SEO Speed Test you get data about real world usage experience. This is also what Google calls "Core Web Vitals" and is not only relevant for user experience and conversion rates (conversion to sign up, conversion to sales, …) but also affects bounce rates and search engine ranking.
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@seunggon_kim@__tosh PageSpeed Insights gives lab-based speed metrics; SEO Speed Test shows real-world user data (Core Web Vitals).
Both matter for user experience and Google rankings.
@__tosh@fang_jing@peterbuch Thanks for the clear explanation, Thomas and Fang! So if I understand correctly:
PageSpeed Insights provides both lab + field data (but is closer to lab-based)
Lighthouse is lab-only
SEO Speed Test emphasizes field data from real Chrome users
That makes a lot of sense. One additional question here. What happens when a page doesn’t have enough field data in CrUX? Do you fall back to Lighthouse-style lab data (maybe it is related to what you said "We also integrate with PageSpeed Insights"), use origin-level aggregates, or skip reporting altogether?
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Did you know that website performance (for each URL e.g. that of specific blog posts) is important to rank well in Google and other search engines?
Probably even more important right now: it is also important if you want your content to be used by ChatGPT and other search agents.
SEO Speed Test gives you a report about Google's own web vital speed test results that get reported from field testing by real Google Chrome users on desktop and mobile.
SEO Speed Test also has actionable recommendations on what to do to make your performance score better.
You can use the report and its recommendation to fix the performance issues yourself or forward them to the right person.
For technical SEO consultants a report by SEO Speed Test is also a great conversation starter with existing and future clients.
We often use it ourselves in kick-off meetings for technical SEO improvement sprints and we are super happy that we can make it available to all of you today.
Have a great weekend!
findable.
@__tosh excited for this launch. Making websites faster is such a clear and actionable thing to do. And it benefits everyone, most of all the users
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@peterbuch agree: great for users, great for SEO, great combo
also very rewarding work to see the scores go from red to orange and eventually to green!
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@__tosh red => orange => green is very rewarding
@__tosh Website performance impacts both Google rankings and visibility in tools like ChatGPT.
SEO Speed Test provides real-user data and fixes to improve site speed and SEO.
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@__tosh @fang_jing exactly, thanks for your comment. Have you used our SEOSpeedtest.com?
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How I can fix this? "Not Enough Chrome User Experience Data"
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@jaber23 @__tosh can help
@jaber23 I am having the same issue. Thank you for bringing this up. I do love the entire Findable toolkit!
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@jaber23 @cameron_dejong1 it just means that within the last few weeks there were not enough Chrome users worldwide who visited (who opt in to reporting page speed to Google) the URL.
You can try a more popular URL first e.g. sometimes the landing page or sometimes a blog post or another sub-page that is more frequently visited.
If that also doesn't have any data: you click on the "Open in PageSpeed Insights" and it will take you to detailed PageSpeed data. The PageSpeed data is not from real world field testing usage, it is in laboratory conditions, using Google's "Lighthouse" page speed analysis tool.
PageSpeed Insights fetches the URL and breaks down what takes how long e.g. how long it takes until the biggest visible part of content gets displayed on the screen but also other user experience aspects like how stable the page is and so on.
This is very similar to Core Web Vitals but, again, it is not from real world user data.
That said: if you optimize for great PageSpeed Insights scores it should also translate well into good Core Web Vitals data eventually.
Hope this helps!
If you want to see how a report looks like: browse through the screenshots of this hunt (examples for ahrefs.com, shopify.com, stripe.com, producthunt.com)
Or generate a report for another popular site you are interested in.
Have a great weekend!
findable.
@jaber23 @cameron_dejong1 thank you, Cameron. Appreciate the feedback & thanks for using findable
@peterbuch Congrats on the launch! 🔥
Love how this tool mixes SEO with AI insights! Any plans to add real-time monitoring or alerts?
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@peterbuch @mustafamasalha we're working on real-time monitoring, competitor tracking and alerts as well.
Love the intersection of page speed performance and SEO.
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@mustafamasalha thanks Mustafa. Appreciate the support. Did your website pass the speed test? ;-)
@peterbuch No, actually because my website is still fresh. I ran the test on some of my clients websites and I’m happy with the results so far as a start.
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@mustafamasalha great, thank you for giving SEO Speed test a try
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@mustafamasalha thanks for your support
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@seunggon_kim great question!
PageSpeed Insights is Google's tool for helping you improve page loading times using "Lighthouse" (this is also what is built into the Chrome developer tools). It helps you test the performance of a page in "lab conditions".
We also integrate with PageSpeed Insights.
SEO Speed Test is about real world field test data from millions of Chrome users on desktop and mobile who have opted into measuring page speed performance that then gets reported to Google in an anonymized way.
What does this mean?
On SEO Speed Test you get data about real world usage experience. This is also what Google calls "Core Web Vitals" and is not only relevant for user experience and conversion rates (conversion to sign up, conversion to sales, …) but also affects bounce rates and search engine ranking.
@seunggon_kim @__tosh PageSpeed Insights gives lab-based speed metrics; SEO Speed Test shows real-world user data (Core Web Vitals).
Both matter for user experience and Google rankings.
findable.
@seunggon_kim @__tosh @fang_jing thanks Fang, appreciate helping us here
@__tosh @fang_jing @peterbuch Thanks for the clear explanation, Thomas and Fang! So if I understand correctly:
PageSpeed Insights provides both lab + field data (but is closer to lab-based)
Lighthouse is lab-only
SEO Speed Test emphasizes field data from real Chrome users
That makes a lot of sense. One additional question here. What happens when a page doesn’t have enough field data in CrUX? Do you fall back to Lighthouse-style lab data (maybe it is related to what you said "We also integrate with PageSpeed Insights"), use origin-level aggregates, or skip reporting altogether?
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@fang_jing @peterbuch @seunggon_kim PageSpeed Insights is also using Lighthouse
it just shows additionally some info about CrUX if it is available
You can think of SEO Speed Test as your one-stop shop, you get both (and soon even more)
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@seunggon_kim thanks for asking the tough questions, Thomas already answered well :)
Congrats Thomas, great work. We built something in the same space, take a look at bestofweb .site when you get a chance.
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@nimaaksoy thank you for your support. Will have a look. Have a great weekend.
Love the intersection of SEO and page speed performance.
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@nimaaksoy thanks Nima, will check it out
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Hey Fellow Makers & Creators! Did you know that 75% of websites are too slow?
That's why @__tosh & I built SEOSpeedTest.com
It's not just for Google.
But also for ChatGPT and other AI search engines.
That’s killing your SEO.
So we built SEOSpeedTest.com
→ Just paste your URL
→ Get a blazing fast performance score
→ See what’s holding your site back
We even ran ProductHunt.com through it…
Spoiler: mobile speed needs work. 👀
If you want your brand to rank faster and smarter, give it a spin.
And if you like it, we’d love your upvote ❤️
Let’s make the internet fast again.
<3 Pete 🚀
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@peterbuch Web Performance Report for Product Hunt
This is really practical and useful!
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@kaijiemidreal thank you for your support and your kind words!
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@kaijiemidreal thanks for testing SEOSpeedtest.com