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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 20 October 202648 issues · 118 checks

This review found 48 issues worth fixing on abta.org, 16 of them high impact, across 118 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
3.1 s1.6 sMay 2Oct 171.8 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 2, 20262.8 s
May 9, 20262.9 s
May 16, 20262.9 s
May 23, 20262.8 s
May 30, 20262.8 s
Jun 6, 20262.7 s
Jun 13, 20262.7 s
Jun 20, 20262.7 s
Jun 27, 20262.8 s
Jul 4, 20262.8 s
Jul 11, 20262.9 s
Jul 18, 20262.9 s
Jul 25, 20262.8 s
Aug 1, 20262.8 s
Aug 8, 20262.7 s
Aug 15, 20262.7 s
Aug 22, 20262.7 s
Aug 29, 20262.7 s
Sep 5, 20262.7 s
Sep 12, 20262.5 s
Sep 19, 20262.2 s
Sep 26, 20262.0 s
Oct 3, 20261.8 s
Oct 10, 20261.8 s
Oct 17, 20261.8 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
153 ms119 msMay 2Oct 17131 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 2, 2026144 ms
May 9, 2026136 ms
May 16, 2026133 ms
May 23, 2026129 ms
May 30, 2026127 ms
Jun 6, 2026131 ms
Jun 13, 2026129 ms
Jun 20, 2026134 ms
Jun 27, 2026133 ms
Jul 4, 2026128 ms
Jul 11, 2026125 ms
Jul 18, 2026123 ms
Jul 25, 2026129 ms
Aug 1, 2026138 ms
Aug 8, 2026149 ms
Aug 15, 2026146 ms
Aug 22, 2026145 ms
Aug 29, 2026142 ms
Sep 5, 2026137 ms
Sep 12, 2026137 ms
Sep 19, 2026135 ms
Sep 26, 2026135 ms
Oct 3, 2026125 ms
Oct 10, 2026129 ms
Oct 17, 2026131 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

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Speed

15 to fix26
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    6.8 s · 3.1 MB

    About 3.1 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 6.8 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    3.8 s

    73 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 3.8 s.

  • classy.org adds 1.8 s

    1.8 s

    classy.org costs a phone 1.8 s of main-thread work and 1.2 MB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Google CDN adds 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Google CDN costs a phone 1.2 s of main-thread work and 1.8 MB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 1.2 s of main-thread work and 1.1 MB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Main-thread work: 12.9 s

    A phone's processor spends 12.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 7.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Mobile performance score: 26

    26/100

    Your mobile performance score is 26 (desktop: 55). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (classy.org, Google Tag Manager and Google CDN and others), adding 5.8 MB and 5.6 s of main-thread time.

  • Improve image delivery

    850 ms · 1.1 MB

    13 images could be 1.1 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 850 ms faster on a phone.

  • YouTube adds 666 ms

    666 ms

    YouTube costs a phone 666 ms of main-thread work and 992 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.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    480 ms · 242 KiB

    About 242 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 480 ms faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    643 KiB

    14 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (643 KiB).

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 602 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Stripe adds 285 ms

    285 ms

    Stripe costs a phone 285 ms of main-thread work and 287 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.

  • 2,025 HTML elements

    The page has 2,025 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Minify CSS

    180 ms · 12 KiB

    12 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    150 ms · 28 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 28 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Phones get a much slower page than desktops

    Desktop scores 55 but mobile only 26. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.

  • 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.

  • Forced reflow

    Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 7 ms

    7 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 23.9 s

    23.9 s

    Your largest element takes 23.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Sign up for our bi-monthly email to get the latest news on …”.

  • Time to Interactive: 52.4 s

    52.4 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 52.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 14.6 s

    14.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 14.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 3.5 s

    3.5 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 3.5 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 5.8 s

    5.8 s

    The first text or image appears after 5.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 1 image without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -7%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 144 ms to 131 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

8 checks passed
  • Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).

  • Real-user LCP: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Real visitors wait 1.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 131 ms

    131 ms

    Real visitors wait 131 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.03

    0.03

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.03 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 690 ms

    690 ms

    Real visitors wait 690 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 36% faster for real visitors

    -36%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.8 s to 1.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

4 to fix52
  • Page weight: 10.0 MB in 307 requests

    10.0 MB

    Your homepage downloads 10.0 MB in 307 requests on a phone: scripts 6.6 MB (134), images 1.3 MB (25) and other files 1.1 MB (49). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    MM-3-2024.png 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).

  • 12 images below the first screen load straight away

    12 images further down the page (849 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • 10 images in older formats

    10 images (527 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.

  • About 2.8 g of CO₂ per visit

    2.84 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.84 g of CO₂e: 341.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

1 checks passed
  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

9 to fixGoogle 8490
  • Invalid ARIA attributes

    1 element use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.

  • Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (1 element)

    Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • 4 text elements with low contrast

    4 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 (3 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Contentinfo landmark should not be contained in another landmark (2 elements)

    Contentinfo landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (2 elements)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Document should not have more than one contentinfo landmark (1 element)

    Document should not have more than one contentinfo landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 4 links without text

    4 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • 2 form fields without a label

    2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 18 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 50 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 59 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 9 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

5 to fixGoogle 8585
  • Meta description is long (438 characters)

    Your meta description is 438 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • Structured data has 1 problem

    Structured data found ((untyped), ImageObject, Organization and Person) but with 1 problem, for example “block has no @type”.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • 12 links with vague text

    12 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.

  • 4 links crawlers can't follow

    4 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.

  • 386 internal links, 21 external

    The homepage links to 386 pages on abta.org and 21 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Home”.

  • Title: 39 characters

    Your title is a healthy 39 characters: “Home - American Brain Tumor Association”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.abta.org/.

  • 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://www.abta.org/sitemap_index.xml.

AI search readiness

100
  • 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, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,350 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 88 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

2 to fixGoogle 7391
  • 15 small tap targets

    15 of 29 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 6 third-party cookies

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

  • Browser-reported issues

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

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

3 to fix79
  • 1 broken external link

    1 link to other sites is dead, for example http://www.twitter.com/theabta (520).

  • No HSTS header

    No Strict-Transport-Security header, so browsers may still try plain http first on a return visit.

  • 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 X-Content-Type-Options

    X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff is missing, so browsers may guess file types.

  • 1 link through redirect chains

    1 link go through two or more redirects, for example http://www.facebook.com/theabta.

  • No Referrer-Policy

    No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.

  • No security.txt

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

4 checks passed
  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (abta.org).

  • Valid certificate (34 days left)

    The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for abta.org and is valid for another 34 days.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://abta.org 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.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    abta.org 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

    abta.org'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 30 years old

    30 years

    abta.org was registered in Sep 1996 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Sep 2027

    abta.org is registered until Sep 2027.

Content and conversion

2 to fix88
  • Local business without LocalBusiness data

    Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.

  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 1 trust badge. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • No opening hours

    The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.

  • 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 454 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 454 words of visible text.

6 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Subscribe!”.

  • 10 calls to action

    The homepage has 10 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Register Now” and “Learn more about brain tumors”.

  • 3 short forms

    3 short forms (4 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 0 email links.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.

Email authentication

1 to fix70
  • DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

    DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be abta.org is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.

  • Email authentication score: 70/100

    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.

2 checks passed
  • SPF in place (~all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 mx include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:aspmx.pardot.com include:_spf.intacct.com include:relay.mailchanne…”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”, “selector2” and “k2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 4 trackers load before any consent

    4

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel (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.

  • 20 cookies set on arrival

    20

    Opening the homepage sets 20 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.

  • 33 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 33 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Upkeep, stack and company

  • The footer still says © 2013.
  • It runs WordPress 1.14.2; the current release is 7.1.3.
  • 3 plugins are behind their latest release.buy-now-button-for-woocommerce 1.0 → 1.0.1 · essential-addons-for-elementor-lite 6.8.5 → 6.8.6 · svg-support 2.5.9 → 2.6.1

Stack

CMS
WordPress 1.14.2
Framework
jQuery
E-commerce
WooCommerce
Analytics
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager

Company

Founded
1973
Headquarters
Chicago

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