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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 20 October 202635 issues · 95 checks

This review found 35 issues worth fixing on a-core.com, 11 of them high impact, across 95 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
4.3 s2.5 sMay 9Oct 173.8 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20263.2 s
May 16, 20263.2 s
May 23, 20263.2 s
May 30, 20263.3 s
Jun 6, 20263.3 s
Jun 13, 20263.0 s
Jun 20, 20263.1 s
Jun 27, 20263.1 s
Jul 4, 20263.3 s
Jul 11, 20263.6 s
Jul 18, 20264.1 s
Jul 25, 20262.8 s
Aug 1, 20262.7 s
Aug 8, 20262.7 s
Aug 15, 20262.8 s
Aug 22, 20262.9 s
Aug 29, 20262.9 s
Sep 5, 20263.0 s
Sep 12, 20263.0 s
Sep 19, 20263.4 s
Sep 26, 20263.8 s
Oct 3, 20263.8 s
Oct 10, 20263.7 s
Oct 17, 20263.8 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
133 ms89 msMay 16Oct 1795 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 202696 ms
May 23, 2026124 ms
May 30, 2026109 ms
Jun 6, 2026104 ms
Jun 13, 2026104 ms
Jun 20, 2026104 ms
Jun 27, 2026112 ms
Jul 25, 2026128 ms
Aug 1, 2026118 ms
Aug 8, 2026121 ms
Aug 15, 2026120 ms
Aug 22, 2026119 ms
Aug 29, 2026120 ms
Sep 5, 2026116 ms
Sep 12, 2026104 ms
Sep 19, 202695 ms
Sep 26, 202694 ms
Oct 3, 202694 ms
Oct 10, 202695 ms
Oct 17, 202695 ms

Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.

One score from every part of this review. How it works

Full-page screenshot of a-core.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. a-core.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. a-core.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. a-core.com at 1.2 s1.2 s
  4. a-core.com at 1.6 s1.6 s
  5. a-core.com at 2.0 s2.0 s
  6. a-core.com at 2.4 s2.4 s
  7. a-core.com at 2.8 s2.8 s
  8. a-core.com at 3.2 s3.2 s

a-core.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.

Speed

8 to fix55
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    2.9 s · 515 KiB

    About 515 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.9 s faster on a phone.

  • Improve image delivery

    5.8 MB

    15 images could be 5.8 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Mobile performance score: 55

    55/100

    Your mobile performance score is 55 (desktop: 48). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Render-blocking requests

    900 ms

    3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 900 ms.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    450 ms · 70 KiB

    13 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (70 KiB).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    450 ms · 34 KiB

    About 34 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 264 ms

    264 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 264 ms of main-thread work and 337 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Vimeo adds 38 ms

    38 ms

    Vimeo costs a phone 38 ms of main-thread work and 533 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Vimeo and Google CDN and others), adding 970 KiB and 319 ms of main-thread time.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    150 ms · 10 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 10 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • 8 long tasks on the main thread

    8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 131 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • 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.

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  • Main-thread work: 1.9 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 889 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

Core Web Vitals

9 to fix67
  • Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 36.0 s

    36.0 s

    Your largest element takes 36.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.

  • Time to Interactive: 36.6 s

    36.6 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 36.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 6.8 s

    6.8 s

    The first text or image appears after 6.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 9.1 s

    9.1 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 9.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user LCP: 3.8 s

    3.8 s

    Real visitors wait 3.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user FCP: 2.7 s

    2.7 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 2.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 962 ms

    962 ms

    Real visitors wait 962 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • 13 images without width and height

    13 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 16% slower for real visitors

    +16%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.2 s to 3.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user INP: 95 ms

    95 ms

    Real visitors wait 95 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Tap response (INP) got 14% faster for real visitors

    -14%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 96 ms to 95 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Total Blocking Time: 163 ms

    163 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 163 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

4 to fix33
  • Page weight: 8.3 MB in 76 requests

    8.3 MB

    Your homepage downloads 8.3 MB in 76 requests on a phone: images 7.1 MB (22), scripts 1,017 KiB (16) and fonts 64 KiB (2). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 6 images far larger than shown

    543 KiB

    6 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example be4abac4d_image007.png at 1,024 px wide, shown at 101 px. Resized copies would save about 543 KiB.

  • 8 images in older formats

    8 images (746 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.

  • 7 images below the first screen load straight away

    7 images further down the page (492 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 2.3 g of CO₂ per visit

    2.35 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.35 g of CO₂e: 281.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

Accessibility

4 to fixGoogle 8692
  • 1 button without a name

    1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • 10 text elements with low contrast

    10 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • Heading levels should only increase by one (1 element)

    Heading levels should only increase by one: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

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  • 35 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 39 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 35 passed and 4 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 10088
  • Title is short (27 characters)

    Your title is only 27 characters: “A-Core Concrete Specialists”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.

  • Meta description is long (219 characters)

    Your meta description is 219 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • 26 internal links, 0 external

    The homepage links to 26 pages on a-core.com and 0 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “A-Core Concrete Specialists”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://a-core.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Organization 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://a-core.com/functions/generateSitemap.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)

    Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.

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  • 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.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (530 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes /llms.txt (2 KiB, 28 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 18 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • 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

3 to fixGoogle 5488
  • 2 third-party cookies

    2 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.

  • Deprecated browser APIs

    The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).

  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 ()”.

  • Browser-reported issues

    Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    19 of 20 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

1 to fix94
  • No Content-Security-Policy

    No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • No security.txt

    There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.

7 checks passed
  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (a-core.com).

  • Valid certificate (32 days left)

    The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for a-core.com and is valid for another 32 days.

  • Protected from clickjacking

    X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.

  • HSTS enabled

    Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://a-core.com redirects to the secure version.

  • HTTP/2 and HTTP/3

    The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.

  • All 26 links work

    All 26 links checked from your homepage (26 internal, 0 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    a-core.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

    a-core.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.

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  • Domain is 28 years old

    28 years

    a-core.com was registered in Jan 1998 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Jan 2035

    a-core.com is registered until Jan 2035.

Content and conversion

2 to fix70
  • No social proof

    No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.

  • No direct contact details

    No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.

  • No form on the homepage

    There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.

  • 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 882 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 882 words of visible text.

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “REQUEST A QUOTE” and “APPLY NOW”.

  • 3 calls to action

    The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Quote Thank You” and “Quote Test”.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Analytics.

Email authentication

90
  • Email authentication score: 90/100

    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.

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  • DMARC policy: quarantine

    DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication.

  • SPF with a strict ending (-all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:scanscope.net -all”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”, “k2” and “s1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

    Before 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

    5

    Opening the homepage sets 5 cookies, 2 of them by other companies (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.

  • 15 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 15 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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