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Nesters Kovalkovs
@nesters.me
Ecom/SEO/CRO/CX.

The host of The Weekly Yap by Small Bets (https://theweeklyyap.com)

Consultations / newsletter -> https://linktr.ee/nestersk
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'Page performance' roasts today?
Time to cook @austernotus.bsky.social and @garethwall.bsky.social.
Welcome to join the discussion and get roasted as well.

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/nestersk
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjqC...
'Page performance' roasts today? Time to cook @austernotus and @GarethWall!
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Day 3 of page performance livestreams.

I shall continue roasting and teaching some more.

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/nestersk
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CI4...

Here's some free content for those who are too lazy to attend:
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Day 3 of page performance livestreams. More roasts!?!
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December 19, 2024 at 7:06 PM
'Page performance' roasts today?
Time to cook @austernotus.bsky.social and @garethwall.bsky.social.
Welcome to join the discussion and get roasted as well.

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/nestersk
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjqC...
'Page performance' roasts today? Time to cook @austernotus and @GarethWall!
YouTube video by Nesters Kovalkovs
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December 18, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Page performance livestreams for my Season 1 content are well underway.

Streaming every day this week.

Roasts, educational streams with more technical deep dive, Q&As, and more.

Feel free to join.

Recording from yesterday's livestream:
www.youtube.com/live/gPqByIR...
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December 18, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Walk the talk.

I spent almost an hour getting my newsletter sign up page to a perfect 100 Lighthouse score on mobile.

No functionality sacrificed.

Yes, it will sometimes return 99.
Yes, the page is just the form.

However, it was hovering over high 80s/low 90s for too long.

I got the job done.
December 13, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Why you've been struggling to get a perfect Google Lighthouse score

Let's continue with breaking down the PageSpeed Insights. This time - how exactly is the Lighthouse performance score calculated?

I bet at least some of you have lost sleep over it.
It might have felt like playing a slot machine.
December 12, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Why PageSpeed Insights (PSI) doesn't serve you well

But, first - let's address what PageSpeed Insights is.
It's a free web performance analysis tool by Google.

The goal? Provide a report on how a webpage performs in terms of speed and user experience.
December 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Last week I introduced my new content model for the foreseeable future - Seasons.
I expect it to be my primary content focus for the next year.

Let’s address the actual content plan for Season 1, which is focused on ‘page performance’.

The topics I plan to cover in this Season: 👇
December 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM
How to get your next 100 followers. A thread. 👇
December 9, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Getting content ready for Season 1 is a challenge. 😅

But my bet is that it gets easier over time, hence, I am also sacrificing a less popular topic for the introductory season.

It's coming, though! 💪
December 9, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Reposted by Nesters Kovalkovs
go.bsky.app/VBXf2SB

If anyone wants to join, feel free to write a comment!
#indiehacker #buildinpublic
December 5, 2024 at 7:06 AM
The first victim in Season 1.

Anyone who wants to have their page performance roasted, sign up in the comments.
Go ahead and roast me, I c-c-can take it 🥲
December 5, 2024 at 12:36 PM
When was the last time you cared about how fast your site loads?

Everything goes in cycles, and I feel like page speed left the public consciousness behind somewhere around 2022.
December 5, 2024 at 10:22 AM
My wife was more anxious about me getting roasted by Levels publicly than I was.
wife: how was your day

me: i got roasted on the internet

wife: ok i’m going to bed
December 4, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Today I'm introducing my new content model - Seasons.

A short period of time (usually spanning couple weeks), where content will be almost exclusively dedicated to a single topic.

A thread on what Seasons are below ⬇️
December 4, 2024 at 9:11 PM
LIVE now - discussion on job board SEO in couple minutes with @krystianzun.com
You can watch the embed on Bluesky or go to one of the links to engage in chat.

Tomorrow we're going for another round of SEO research for @krystianzun.com's XR job board.

Tune in at 2:30 PM CET / 8:30 AM ET live on Twitch and YT.

www.twitch.tv/nestersk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw3Y...

Don't be shy to drop a follow and subscribe.
Another SEO discussion for a job board with Krystian Zun
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November 28, 2024 at 1:47 PM
SEO is only as good as your understanding of your potential customer.
November 27, 2024 at 11:43 PM

Tomorrow we're going for another round of SEO research for @krystianzun.com's XR job board.

Tune in at 2:30 PM CET / 8:30 AM ET live on Twitch and YT.

www.twitch.tv/nestersk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw3Y...

Don't be shy to drop a follow and subscribe.
Another SEO discussion for a job board with Krystian Zun
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November 27, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Interesting. I bet this will change over time, but I'll take it for now.
Great marketing strategy to provide a free ego boost to your users, though. 😅
November 27, 2024 at 3:22 PM
This has been a huge frustration with X.
There are notable implications, when you can't guarantee reach to your followers:

- the sense of connection or community is partially diminished (you just don't hear from each other often enough)
It would be nice if every follower sees my posts. Something that doesn't happen on X. I have 180K+ followers there and many tell me they haven't seen a post of mine for years.
November 27, 2024 at 6:01 AM
That didn't take long.
November 25, 2024 at 1:12 AM
RemoteOK is being penalized by Google for bad user experience.

During one of my livestreams, discussing my @levels.io block on X, I discovered that it is failing Core Web Vitals Assessment on mobile.

This means RemoteOK likely has lower rankings on Google mobile search due to poor user experience.
November 24, 2024 at 10:07 AM
One of my bucket list items for the next 3-4 months is launching an SEO course in Roblox.

The point is to do something different.

A gamified experience to learn.
Something, that you can do together with others.
Something, that is accessible to a younger audience. Perhaps, you play with your kids.
November 23, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Are you guys aware how the 'BlueSky logo emoji' looks like on Windows?

It's disturbing me.
November 22, 2024 at 12:08 PM
It was either this poll with 30 votes or someone at X started using BlueSky and realized that having less numbers on the screen feels better.

You can now hide user engagement numbers from your timeline on X.

My bet is on the poll, though.
I made a poll on the other platform, and it seems people feel discouraged by seeing their impression numbers.

Good news - I don't need to worry about it here at all.
November 22, 2024 at 11:08 AM