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3notch.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 18 October 202613 issues · 87 checks
This review found 13 issues worth fixing on 3notch.com, 4 of them high impact, across 87 checks. The most urgent: 30 text elements with low contrast. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
96AClosest competitors among reviewed websites
Compare side by sideOne score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
3notch.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Improve image delivery
1.2 MB6 images could be 1.2 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
4 third-party services on the page
4 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, dawn3host.com and usbrowserspeed.com and others), adding 200 KiB and 158 ms of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
150 ms1 file blocks the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining it could save about 150 ms.
2 long tasks on the main thread
2 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 96 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused JavaScript
89 KiBAbout 89 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
16 KiB3 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (16 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
16 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 16 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
3 checks passed
Mobile performance score: 100
100/100Your mobile performance score is 100 (desktop: 100). That is in Google's “good” band (90 and up).
Main-thread work: 0.4 s
A phone's processor spends 0.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 132 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 70 ms
70 msYour server sent the HTML in 70 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 4.1 s
4.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 4.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
5 checks passed
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001
0.001The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).
First Contentful Paint: 0.9 s
0.9 sThe first text or image appears after 0.9 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Largest Contentful Paint: 0.9 s
0.9 sYour largest element renders in 0.9 s on a phone, inside Google's 2.5 s “good” threshold. The largest element is the text “Guidance. Expertise. Partnership.”.
Speed Index: 1.3 s
1.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 1.3 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.
Total Blocking Time: 37 ms
37 msScripts block the page for only 37 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
1 image over 500 KB
image weighs 520 KiB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
Page weight: 2.1 MB in 18 requests
2.1 MBYour homepage downloads 2.1 MB in 18 requests on a phone: images 1.7 MB (7), scripts 200 KiB (6) and fonts 102 KiB (2). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
image is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).
5 images far larger than shown
231 KiB5 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example image at 1,280 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 231 KiB.
About 0.6 g of CO₂ per visit
0.58 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.58 g of CO₂e: 70.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
30 text elements with low contrast
30 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Interactive controls must not be nested (12 elements)
Interactive controls must not be nested: 12 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 33 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
34 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 36 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 34 passed and 2 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
1 link with vague text
1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.
79 internal links, 4 external
The homepage links to 79 pages on 3notch.com and 4 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 135 characters
Your meta description is 135 characters: “Three Notch Group delivers environmental consulting, civil engineering, geotechnical, and infrastructure services acros…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Guidance. Expertise. Partnership.”.
Title: 59 characters
Your title is a healthy 59 characters: “Three Notch Group | Environment & Infrastructure Consulting”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://3notch.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: LocalBusiness.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://3notch.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No llms.txt
There is no /llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
3 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Organization data: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details; logo and description would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (950 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
15 pages share a meta description
/about, /leadership, /public-entities, /private-enterprise, /petroleum-industry and /civil-site-development and 9 others use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 28 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Loading the script 'https://tag.demandbase.com/partnertag.min.js' violates the following Content Security Policy direct…”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Content security policy”).
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
15 of 15 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
8 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (3notch.com).
Valid certificate (77 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YR2 verifies for 3notch.com and is valid for another 77 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
Content-Security-Policy set
A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://3notch.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 34 links work
All 34 links checked from your homepage (30 internal, 4 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
3notch.com has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.
3 checks passed
Domain is 8 years old
8 years3notch.com was registered in May 2018 through Cloudflare, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
DNSSEC is on
3notch.com's DNS answers are signed (DNSSEC), so they can't be forged on the way to visitors.
Registered until May 2027
3notch.com is registered until May 2027.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
About 548 words of copy
The homepage carries about 548 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
3 calls to action
The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Contact”.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 1 customer or partner logo and 1 trust badge.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 1 email link.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
LocalBusiness structured data
Your homepage describes the business with LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants can read its address, hours and phone reliably.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 85/100
Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.
3 checks passed
DMARC policy: quarantine
DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication.
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 ip4:208.45.224.142 ip4:208.42.98.19 ip4:108.178.227.34 ip4:65.156.199.244 ip4:167.89.11.197 ip4:147.202.67.24 ip…”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1” and “selector2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
1 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
4 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 4 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Upkeep, stack and company
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- Framework
- Astro
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Hosting
- Vercel
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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