You are very welcome! Site speed is just one small part of SEO optimization… there is so much more to SEO and most of it has absolutely nothing to do with the theme you choose. All too often I see bloggers go down a site speed rabbit hole and not focusing enough on the other aspects of SEO. And, as I said before, UX is more than just speed. The problem with speed is it’s something that can be easily ‘measured’ which is why people get obsessed with it, whereas other aspects of UX and SEO are not so easily measured, which is why they can often get neglected – even if they are just as important, if not more so!

Good question! There are a few reasons. Firstly, from what I understand, Feast is quite inflexible, so there are a lot of restrictions on what you can and can’t do. So a good example of this would be I have a person in my membership program who couldn’t even create a simple tripwire page because Feast wouldn’t let her create any kind of landing page. Contrast that with R316, which is super flexible and better still, they have a funnel add-on with all the ready made landing pages you could wish for! Secondly, as far as I understand, Feast is very much geared to ‘speed at all costs’ as if speed is the only UX concern. Whereas there is quite a body of evidence to show that readers also care quite a lot about aesthetics… and quite a lot of evidence to show that above a certain level, speed gains deliver very little additional benefit. R316 themes are reasonably fast (though not as fast as Feast), but much more beautiful and professional looking IMHO. Finally – and this one was really a clincher for me – all Feast sites look very similar. I do not want my site to look virtually identical to hundreds of other food blogs! R316 offers so many opportunities to customize your blog that you can truly make it your own, and some of the newer themes look like the kind of thing you could only normally get if you paid top dollar for a bespoke theme. So 100% if I was starting a new food blog today I’d go with R316. Hope that helps!

Hi Tommy, great to hear you’ve been finding my articles helpful! I totally understand about themes – it can be really tricky to choose. The great thing about Restored 316 themes is that they are super flexible and with tons of customization options… so even something like the Limoncella theme could look great as a travel blog. And that ‘feminine’ style can be made to look ‘neutral’ or ‘masculine’ with some very small changes. That said, Lauren at R316 has created a theme specifically for Travel bloggers in mind – called Journey https://shop.restored316designs.com/product/journey-theme-kadence/ Hope that helps!

Aw, that’s so great to hear! And thank you for using my link 😀 Enjoy theme shopping! Wishing you every success with your new blog. Eb 🙂

Thanks so much for using my link! If you have deleted the pages, then there’s nothing you need to do. They will drop out of Google automatically.