Imagine a magic tool that examines your website like a digital doctor. Launched on February 5, 2018, Lighthouse is the little genius that's going to tell you, without sugarcoating it, exactly where your webpage falls short.
How Does It Work?
Nothing could be simpler! Install the "Lighthouse" extension on Chrome and boom, you get an almost complete diagnosis in the blink of an eye. It's like having a personal SEO coach draw up your report card.
The Tool Scores You on Five Criteria
- Site performance
- Accessibility
- Best practices
- Good practices
- SEO
The Limits
Small caveat: Lighthouse doesn't dig too deep into ultra-technical details. And let's be honest, you're not a developer and neither am I. Still, it catches the classic mistakes that can tank your SEO, and that's already pretty good.
For example, on my own site, it didn't love the homepage animation that slows down access to information. So you also have to weigh the ratio of "shiny-thing-that-looks-nice" against time-to-information.
The choice is yours.
Try the Tool
Want to give it a try? Right here: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lighthouse/blipmdconlkpinefehnmjammfjpmpbjk