Is it ad blockers, reader mode and turning off JavaScript?
this post was submitted on 24 May 2026
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Table of Contents
1. Find your bottleneck first
2. Slow server response time (TTFB)
3. Render-blocking JavaScript and CSS
4. Large image and video files
5. Third-party scripts
6. Slow interactions and a blocked main thread
7. Unoptimised JavaScript
8. Unoptimised CSS
9. Web fonts
10. Plugins, themes, and page builders
11. Aggressive bot and AI crawler traffic
12. Make speed a team habit
So, first step is selling the product. Second step, check if the server is actually working fine.
Steps 3 - 11 -> fix your fucked up shit
The fix for 5 is REMOVE THAT FUCKING SHIT. Very similar fix for 10