Advertorial: Irish Legal Sector Websites too Slow, AGENT Digital Report Finds

‘Ireland’s Website Speed Report’— created by leading Legal Sector Digital Agency, AGENT Digital — is the most comprehensive study of business website speeds in Ireland, surveying the page loading times of more than 1,000 individual websites throughout a wide range of a Ireland’s business sectors.

Of almost 30 sectors surveyed in “Ireland’s Website Speed Report”, the only sectors with slower average page-load times were Retail eCommerce (General) on 10.35 seconds; and the Non-Profit sector, where websites took an average of 9.22 seconds to load on mobile devices.

AGENT Digital managing director Kevin Meaney declared the research a wake-up call for the Irish Legal sector, and for all Irish businesses online.

“The average load time for Irish Law Firm & Solicitor websites is more than twice the recommended industry standard of less than 3 seconds. Research shows us 53% of people will leave a mobile page if it takes longer than 3 seconds to load [Google],” Mr Meaney said.

He added: “More than 64% of Irish people are searching and in excess of 16% are purchasing goods and services online through mobile devices every week [Statista]. Our data shows that Irish websites are not fast enough to adequately serve this traffic.”

The AGENT Digital report reveals that the slow average page loading time in the Irish Legal sector is part of a national trend, with the speed across all sectors averaging 7.76 seconds on mobile devices.

As a leading digital agency for the Legal Sector AGENT Digital specialises in a full range of digital services including website design, search engine optimisation and website speed optimisation for Law Firms & Solicitors.

To help the Irish Legal Sector, AGENT Digital have created an infographic with 10 pragmatic tips that Law Firms & Solicitors can use to improve their website speed immediately.

Contact AGENT Digital today to receive a FREE Website & Digital Audit for your Law Firm – https://agentdigital.com