[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":21},["ShallowReactive",2],{"site":3,"post-website-load-time-costing-customers":11},{"email":4,"phone":5,"phoneHref":6,"serviceArea":7,"responseTime":8,"tagline":9,"legalName":10},"hello@techherd.co","(555) 000-0000","+10000000000","Wisconsin & surrounding","Same business day","Taking the “SH” out of “IT”","DECA LLC DBA TECH HERD",{"slug":12,"title":13,"dateISO":14,"date":15,"category":16,"readTime":17,"featured":18,"excerpt":19,"body":20},"website-load-time-costing-customers","Why your website’s load time is quietly costing you customers","2026-04-18","Apr 18, 2026","Development","5 min",false,"Half your visitors leave if a page takes more than three seconds. Here’s what slows a small-business site down — and the fixes that move the needle.","\u003Cp>Speed is a feature. Visitors don’t wait, and search engines notice. The good news: most small-business sites have the same handful of fixable problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>The usual suspects\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Oversized images, render-blocking scripts, and bargain hosting account for most of it. Each is fixable without a rebuild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",1780893005295]