Page Speed Website Performance Tool from Google Labs

Let’s face it, site performance is an issue that creeps up on all webmasters at some point. It can be easy to miss until you start losing visitors and seeing your bounce rate go up. It’s also an issue that should be corrected quickly since faster site speed means more visitors and higher conversion rates. Well, now’s there’s a new tool from Google that makes it easier for you to improve the speed of your website and correct any site performance issues.

Google Labs has just released a website performance tool called Page Speed Online. This free tool will analyze your entire website and provide you with useful feedback on how to speed things up. These tips are all categorized by importance, which is a helpful way of suggesting where you should start looking to improve site performance. You’ll even find tips specific for improving website speed on mobile devices.

Page Speed Online is still part of Google Labs, which means it’s still in development. Don’t let that label fool you though. This is already a polished tool that is sure to help you speed up your website. Give it a try and let me know what you think. I’ll start things off by admitting my “Page Speed Score” began at the low score of 53 (out of 100)… How did your sites rate?