# Initial response time issues for the website

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/initial-response-time-issues-for-the-website/52490>\
**Category:** CMS Development\
**Created:** [March 3, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/initial-response-time-issues-for-the-website/52490 "2022-03-03T11:08:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![CPereira](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/cpereira/32/5125_2.png) [@CPereira](https://community.hubspot.com/u/CPereira)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/initial-response-time-issues-for-the-website/52490/1 "2022-03-03T11:08:21Z")

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Hi,

We are trying to optimize our website after having it tested on the[google page insights dev tools](https://pagespeed.web.dev/) we have noticed that the server initial response time is taking too long.  
The response time keeps on varying from 2.6 to 3.6s.  
I also noticed this now that in the [google analytics](https://pagespeed.web.dev/) tool the treemaps keep rendering a blank screen, attaching screen for reference. Haven’t faced this issue before.

Thanks,

Cleo Pereira

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**Author:** ![dennisedson](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dennisedson/32/28044_2.png) [@dennisedson](https://community.hubspot.com/u/dennisedson)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/initial-response-time-issues-for-the-website/52490/2 "2022-03-03T15:06:31Z")

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@piersg , any sage advice you can offer 🙏

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**Author:** ![piersg](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/piersg/32/99782_2.png) [@piersg](https://community.hubspot.com/u/piersg)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/initial-response-time-issues-for-the-website/52490/3 "2022-03-03T15:50:43Z")

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Basically, there’s pretty much nothing you can do about this as the servers are Hubspot’s and so improving performance sits with them. They already do things like server side caching and using a CDN.

As with all posts for people experiencing page speed issues with Hubspot, the recommendation is fairly generic:

- Streamline your codebase, make your JS functions as efficient as possible
- Reduce complex operations or bundle up your code to be only executed when needed
- Defer your JS files whenever possible or move them to the footer
- Optimise your images to reduce file size

Edit: Oh, it also helps if you don’t use tools like Hubspot chat. I find that’s quite slow and hits Google’s page speed score pretty hard. Check out [https://gtmetrix.com/](https://gtmetrix.com/) too, for a different perspective.