The Day the Googlebot Visited - How WP Rocket Speeds Up Your Site Like a Rocket
Googlebot surprised speed after installing WP Rocket
A visit from Googlebot ๐ค
Googlebot :
โHey, there's an index request from MysteryDays. Let's check it out.โ
Googlebots have about 1,000 times the binocular vision of a human.
He analyzes the page, quickly scanning for rendering speed, structural stability, and visual elements.
Googlebot: โOkay, let's go in, check the crawl rate as usual...โ
The Googlebot paused for a moment as it sneaked up to get coffee.
โโฆโฆ?โ
All pages were already open.
No home, no posts, no menus, no images.
โIt's... speed... rocket speed.โ
The Googlebot went home that day.
And my blog is listed in Google PageSpeed as 99 pointson the image.
WP Rocket? Fast from the name
โWP Rocket is one of the most popular caching plugins for WordPress.
I've also tried free cache plugins (LiteSpeed Cache, Autoptimize, etc.),
โA tool for speed and emotionโwas a first.
Hands-on differences
| Item | Before setup | After applying WP Rocket |
|---|---|---|
| LCP (page content load time) | 2.6 seconds | 1.8 seconds |
| Server response time (TTFB) | 2.1 seconds | 0.4 seconds |
| CLS (Layout Clustering) | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Mobile scores | 89 to 92 points | 99 to 100 points |
| Perceived speed | โNot badโ | โWow, that's fast!โ |
What's different about WP Rocket?
- โ Pre-create a cache statically to speed up page loading. โExplosively fastโ
- โ Images, videos, and iframes are all lazy loaded
- โ Minimize and merge all resources, including fonts, CSS, JS, etc.
- โ Detect WebP images and serve them the way Google loves them
- โ Above all, Easy to set up. A few clicks and you're done.
In other words, I'm not a techie, but I've seen
Speed + structural optimization + emotional designwith ease.
7,000 per month. But the result is โsuperlativeโ
What did I pay for all of this?
About $7 a month.
What I changed for $7,000:
- User bounce rate is down
- Your SEO score increased and
- The page load experience is noticeably faster and the
- Googlebot has given up on coffee.
It's just... that's it.
Visitor to other blogs (abduction) ๐ค
Googlebot: โThe next site is... hmm. Haven't heard that name in a while.โ
(Click. Connect.)
Quiet static.
Nothing happens.
Pages that don't suck.
The Googlebot puts down the mouse and goes to get coffee.
(3 minutes later...)
Still loading 57%.
Googlebot:
โโฆโฆ?โ
(Press the Back button without speaking).
Wrapping up
When bloggers think about speed and SEO these days,
Rather than just following the setup instructions โThinking "user experience" firstis more important.
After I wrote WP Rocket
โI'm more confident that this is a blog that Googlebots will feel comfortable visiting.
Googlebot will probably say it in the next index request, too.
โHere they come again... they're all gone.โ
Google Bot
And I love that phrase.
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