How to start with Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) on WordPress

Still lake - staying still

It’s nice when thing’s stay still – especially when you’re looking at a webpage. Simply put, CLS is a measure of how still a webpage stays while a user is looking at it. Google rates this as an important user experience factor. Cumulative Layout Shift scoring and how to improve your site’s score is a …

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Case Study: WooCommerce development, SEO and content for Pete’s Golf Carts

Golf cart specialists, Pete’s Golf Carts, booked Silicon Dales for a full suite of WooCommerce development, SEO and content. The Client Pete’s Golf Carts is a small family owned company selling “all the parts your golf cart will ever need”. Based in Port St Lucie, Florida, with a workshop and extensive network within the industry …

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How to Measure the Speed of your Website from Around the World

There are lots of tools out there which help us to track, and measure, the speed of a website. You can install bits and pieces into various browsers. You can visit a variety of web tools, too. But which is the best method? Well, assuming you only want to occasionally check the page load times …

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Amazon Cloudfront – More Bang for your Buck!

Silicon Dales’ hosting clients can get a dedicated IP address and Cloudfront hosting by Amazon. Speed up your website and increase your search rankings! How Does It Work? Amazon CloudFront takes static content from your website (the stuff that doesn’t change much) and hosts it in the cloud – all around the world. So, when …

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