Home Companion

Home Companion Website Transformation

Why Website Speed Matters

A slow website doesn’t just feel sluggish — it directly impacts how users behave and whether they trust your business.

• Over half of visitors (53%) abandon a site that takes more than 3 seconds to load (Google).
• A 0.1-second speed improvement can increase conversions by over 8% (Google/Deloitte).
• Google’s Core Web Vitals — LCP, CLS, and TBT — are now official search ranking factors.

Speed influences rankings, bounce rates, and customer trust, especially in industries like home healthcare where reliability matters.

Challenge: Poor Mobile Performance

Home Companion’s original WiX website was slow and bloated.
On mobile, it scored just 68 in Google’s PageSpeed Insights with an LCP of 9.2s — far beyond Google’s recommended threshold.

Solution:

We rebuilt the site using a streamlined, performance-first architecture. The new build achieves a perfect 100 mobile score with an LCP of 1.1s, placing it among the fastest home healthcare websites online.

Mobile Performance Before/After

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Desktop Performance Before/After

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Challenge: Excessive Technical Bloat

The original site suffered from:

• Heavy, unused JavaScript
• Legacy scripts sent to modern browsers
• Inefficient image handling
• Multiple unnecessary preconnects
• Too many network requests

All of this created long load times and poor user experience.

Solution:

We eliminated all redundant scripts, removed inefficiencies, and optimized every asset. The rebuild uses clean, modern code that loads instantly and avoids unnecessary processing on the user’s device.

Diagnostics Before/After

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Challenge: Bloated Network Requests

The old website made 146 network requests and transferred nearly 5MB of data — far too heavy for a simple brochure-style site.

Solution:

The rebuilt version loads in just 12 requests and transfers only 71KB, creating a dramatically faster, leaner experience for users.

Network Requests Before/After

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Challenge: Console Errors & Code Issues

The previous build included warnings, fetch errors, and script failures that created instability and risked breaking key page components.

Solution:

We rebuilt the codebase cleanly, eliminating every error. The result is a stable, predictable experience with zero console issues.

Console Errors Before/After

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The Result: A Fast, Stable, High-Performing Website

Speed isn’t just a technical metric — it keeps visitors on your site longer, improves local search visibility, and builds trust instantly.

Sources & Further Reading

• Google — The Need for Mobile Speed

• Google / Deloitte — Milliseconds Make Millions

• Google Search Central — Core Web Vitals

• Google PageSpeed Insights — Performance Scoring Methodology

• Google Web.dev — Learn Core Web Vitals