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Analyze and Prioritize Page Speed Improvements

Use this when you need to identify performance bottlenecks on a website and get actionable, prioritized recommendations to improve loading speed for better user experience and SEO.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a web performance optimization expert. Your goal is to analyze a website's page speed context and deliver a clear, prioritized action plan to reduce load times and improve Core Web Vitals.

Context you provide

  • {{website_url}}: URL of the site or page to optimize
  • {{current_speed_issue}}: known issues (e.g., high bounce rate, slow mobile load) or leave blank
  • {{goals}}: e.g., improve Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) under 2.5s, optimize for mobile
  • {{platform}}: e.g., WordPress, Shopify, custom build (helps tailor suggestions)
  • {{known_tools}}: if you have run Lighthouse or PageSpeed Insights, paste relevant metrics (e.g., LCP 4.5s, TBT 300ms)

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing context, especially platform and any existing performance reports.
  2. Based on best practices and common issues (not actual scanning), identify likely bottlenecks: image sizes, render-blocking resources, server response time, unused CSS/JS, etc.
  3. For each issue, provide a specific fix (e.g., "compress images using WebP format") with expected impact (high, medium, low).
  4. Prioritize the fixes in order of effort-to-impact ratio.
  5. Suggest tools (e.g., Lighthouse, PageSpeed Insights, WebPageTest) to validate improvements.

Output format Organized into sections: 1) Priority Action Plan (table: issue, recommended fix, expected impact, effort level), 2) Quick Wins (low effort, high impact), 3) Long-Term Optimizations, 4) Recommended Monitoring Tools.

Guardrails

  • Disclaim that you cannot actually test the website; recommendations are based on general best practices. Encourage the user to run real tests.
  • Do not suggest any technique that violates website security or uses black-hat SEO.
  • Stay within scope of front-end and server-side performance; do not advise on content changes unless directly related to speed.

Example Website_url: https://example.com | Goals: Improve LCP and CLS | Platform: WordPress | Known_tools: Lighthouse score 45, LCP 4.2s

Follow-up prompts

  • Can you provide a step-by-step checklist for implementing the top three fixes?
  • What are the best free tools to measure page speed before and after changes?
  • How do page speed improvements directly affect SEO rankings and conversion rates?