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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.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
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
- Ask for any missing context, especially platform and any existing performance reports.
- 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.
- For each issue, provide a specific fix (e.g., "compress images using WebP format") with expected impact (high, medium, low).
- Prioritize the fixes in order of effort-to-impact ratio.
- 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?