The Physics Problem

(Why Site Speed Is Costing You More Than Your Entire Ad Budget)

Speed isn't cosmetic.

It's not a "nice to have" or something you "get to eventually."

Speed is physics. And physics always wins.

Let me explain what I mean by that.

When I talk to founders about site speed, they almost always say something like: "Our site is pretty fast. It loads fine on my phone."

Then I ask them to pull up their site on a mid-range Android phone using mobile data instead of WiFi.

They wait. And wait. And watch their hero image slowly materialize like it's 1999.

"Oh," they say.

That's the moment they realize they've been optimizing based on their experience, not their customer's experience.

And here's the thing about physics: your opinion doesn't matter. The data does.

What The Data Actually Says

Google (who has more data on page speed than anyone else on the planet) has published research showing exactly how load time affects bounce rate (based on their 2017 Google/SOASTA study of 11 million mobile pages, with trends confirmed by more recent Core Web Vitals data):

• 1 second load time = baseline bounce rate
• 3 second load time = +32% probability of bounce
• 5 second load time = +90% probability of bounce
• 6 second load time = +106% probability of bounce
• 10 second load time = +123% probability of bounce

This isn't someone's opinion. This is data from millions of mobile sessions.

Here's what that means in real terms:

Let's say you're running a store that does $100k/month with a 2% conversion rate.

If your mobile site (which is probably 60-75% of your traffic) loads in 5 seconds instead of 1.5 seconds, you're losing roughly 70-90% of visitors before they even see your product.

Not because your product is bad.

Not because your offer is weak.

Not because your creative isn't working.

Just because of physics.

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