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5plus8.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202620 issues · 88 checks
This review found 20 issues worth fixing on 5plus8.com, 5 of them high impact, across 88 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 4.2 MB in 38 requests. 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
88BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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Speed
Improve image delivery
3.4 MB4 images could be 3.4 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Mobile performance score: 76
76/100Your mobile performance score is 76. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
450 ms · 185 KiBAbout 185 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
300 ms4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 300 ms.
4 third-party services on the page
4 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, lfeeder.com and Adobe TypeKit and others), adding 385 KiB and 151 ms of main-thread time.
3 long tasks on the main thread
3 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 106 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Use efficient cache lifetimes
31 KiB9 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (31 KiB).
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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 1.0 s
A phone's processor spends 1.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 438 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 6 ms
6 msYour server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 4.6 s
4.6 sYour largest element takes 4.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “A brand consultant without all the nonsense.”.
First Contentful Paint: 3.0 s
3.0 sThe first text or image appears after 3.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Time to Interactive: 4.9 s
4.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 4.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 3.8 s
3.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 3.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
12 images without width and height
12 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
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.
2 checks passed
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.067
0.067The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.067, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 50 ms
50 msScripts block the page for only 50 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.2 MB in 38 requests
4.2 MBYour homepage downloads 4.2 MB in 38 requests on a phone: images 3.6 MB (10), scripts 422 KiB (12) and fonts 175 KiB (7). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
2 images far larger than shown
245 KiB2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example becks-patio-new.jpg at 1,536 px wide, shown at 342 px. Resized copies would save about 245 KiB.
2 images in older formats
2 images (424 KiB) are JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (51 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 1.2 g of CO₂ per visit
1.19 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.19 g of CO₂e: 142.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
29 text elements with low contrast
29 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (21 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 21 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
No main landmark
The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
4 form fields without a label
4 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 14 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
41 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 45 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 41 passed and 4 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
13 internal links, 11 external
The homepage links to 13 pages on 5plus8.com and 11 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 153 characters
Your meta description is 153 characters: “5+8 (5plus8) is a Houston brand agency. Samsung, Lyft, Becks Prime, United Way. Brand strategy, identity, campaigns, we…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “A brand consultant without all the nonsense.”.
Title: 58 characters
Your title is a healthy 58 characters: “5+8 | Houston Brand Agency: Branding, Design and Campaigns”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://5plus8.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: FAQPage, Organization, ProfessionalService and WebSite.
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://5plus8.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
4 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: 5 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description; contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (820 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (1 KiB, 0 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
9 internal pages checked
We fetched 9 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 9 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 9 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 9 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
2 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
No Content-Security-Policy
No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
No clickjacking protection
Neither X-Frame-Options nor a CSP frame-ancestors policy is set, so any site can embed yours in a frame.
No Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
6 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (5plus8.com).
Valid certificate (76 days left)
The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for 5plus8.com and is valid for another 76 days.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://5plus8.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 19 links work
All 19 links checked from your homepage (10 internal, 9 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
5plus8.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.
DNSSEC is off
5plus8.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.
2 checks passed
Domain is 13 years old
13 years5plus8.com was registered in Dec 2012 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Dec 2030
5plus8.com is registered until Dec 2030.
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.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 1 testimonial or review block. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
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 748 words of copy
The homepage carries about 748 words of visible text.
7 checks passed
2 calls to action
The homepage has 2 calls to action, for example “Contact”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (6 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 5 email links.
Opening hours shown
Your opening hours are on the homepage.
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, and sends you reports.
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:_spf-usg2.ppe-hosted.com include:secureserver.net include:_spf.google.com ~all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google” and “k2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics and 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.
5 cookies set on arrival
5Opening the homepage sets 5 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
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.
7 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 7 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
- Tailwind CSS
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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