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Why your website is slow (and what to actually do about it)

Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I hear this a lot. Someone tells me their site feels sluggish. Their host suggested upgrading to a more expensive plan. A developer mentioned a CDN. A friend recommended a caching plugin. But where should they actually invest their time and money.

Most slow websites aren’t slow because of where they’re hosted. They’re slow because of what’s on them. The host is usually the last thing to fix, not the first.

Allow your content to outlive your website

Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve helped more than a few organisations rebuild their websites over the years. In almost every case, hours were spent on colours, fonts, layouts and so on. But when the conversation turned to content management, the client would often barely care.

This is perhaps not surprising. When you’re paying for a website, the bit you feel like you’re paying for is the bit everyone sees. The bit only you and your staff see seems far less important.