AI Search Engines Ignore Slow Websites

AI search engines don't rank slow websites low. They skip them entirely.

When ChatGPT or Perplexity crawls your site and it takes too long, they get a 499 timeout. Your page doesn't exist to them.

Here's what to check:

1. Test your site at PageSpeed Insights. Mobile score below 50? AI crawlers are timing out.
2. Compress your images. Uncompressed images are the #1 speed killer.
3. Check your hosting. $5/month shared hosting can't handle crawler traffic.

You can have the best content on the internet. If your site is slow, AI will never know it exists.