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acilearning.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 19 October 202642 issues · 90 checks
This review found 42 issues worth fixing on acilearning.com, 18 of them high impact, across 90 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
70CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| May 2, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | 222 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 232 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 217 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 204 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 205 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 184 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 176 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 152 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 175 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 175 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 170 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 172 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 177 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 220 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 204 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
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
acilearning.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
5.7 s · 1.3 MB46 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.3 MB).
Improve image delivery
4.0 s · 715 KiB4 images could be 715 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 4.0 s faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.9 s · 850 KiBAbout 850 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.
Mobile performance score: 32
32/100Your mobile performance score is 32 (desktop: 61). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 5.8 s
A phone's processor spends 5.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and Intercom and others), adding 1.4 MB and 2.0 s of main-thread time.
Google Tag Manager adds 785 ms
785 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 785 ms of main-thread work and 531 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
465 KiBAbout 465 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Facebook adds 423 ms
423 msFacebook costs a phone 423 ms of main-thread work and 251 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.
Legacy JavaScript
300 ms · 20 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 20 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 290 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Intercom adds 256 ms
256 msIntercom costs a phone 256 ms of main-thread work and 290 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.
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 61 but mobile only 32. 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: 111 ms
111 msYour server sent the HTML in 111 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 18.2 s
18.2 sYour largest element takes 18.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Turn learning into career-ready IT skills”.
Time to Interactive: 24.3 s
24.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 24.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 2.1 s
2.1 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 2.1 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 4.7 s
4.7 sThe first text or image appears after 4.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 6.8 s
6.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
24 images without width and height
24 images 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 2026-10-10, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 222 ms to 204 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+1%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-10, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.4 s to 2.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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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: 2.3 s
2.3 sReal visitors wait 2.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 185 ms
185 msReal visitors wait 185 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.8 s
1.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 669 ms
669 msReal visitors wait 669 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.4 MB in 128 requests
3.4 MBYour homepage downloads 3.4 MB in 128 requests on a phone: scripts 1.9 MB (46), images 824 KiB (28) and HTML 499 KiB (5). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
3 images in older formats
3 images (736 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.
3 images below the first screen load straight away
3 images further down the page (500 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
2 images far larger than shown
86 KiB2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example end_user_aci_learning_training_cf2af5500b.png at 1,023 px wide, shown at 318 px. Resized copies would save about 86 KiB.
About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit
0.96 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.96 g of CO₂e: 115.4 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
Hidden but focusable
11 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
6 text elements with low contrast
6 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
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.
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.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (15 elements).
1 checks passed
47 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 4 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No page title
Your page has no <title>, so Google has to invent the blue link in search results.
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No canonical URL
No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.
Only 0 internal links
The homepage links to only 0 pages on your own site, so visitors and crawlers find few routes into the rest of it.
No favicon declared
No favicon is declared in the HTML, so browser tabs and Google's mobile results may show a generic icon.
4 checks passed
Meta description: 160 characters
Your meta description is 160 characters: “Get hands-on cybersecurity training and IT courses built for real results. Train your team or learn on your own to buil…”.
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://www.acilearning.com/sitemap-index.xml.
AI search readiness
Most text only appears after JavaScript runs
0%A phone browser shows 861 words, but the HTML your server sends has only 0. GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot read that HTML without running JavaScript, so they see an almost empty page. Server-side rendering or pre-rendering fixes it.
No Organization structured data
There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.
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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.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (5 KiB, 0 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=343131512&tm=gtm002&Ver=2&mid=cd4991dd-25eb-4c02-9f01-72b4a8d2766c&bo=1&sid=a1da9960cb7b11f198015fe87ca4ab6c&vid=a1dadd90cb7b11f1a45db3e46475db6f&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=9.
3 small tap targets
3 of 14 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Error: <svg> attribute height: Expected length, "auto".”.
1 checks passed
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 Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
Deprecated X-XSS-Protection
X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.
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 (acilearning.com).
Valid certificate (62 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for acilearning.com and is valid for another 62 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://acilearning.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
acilearning.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.
3 checks passed
Domain is 6 years old
6 yearsacilearning.com was registered in Jan 2020 through Amazon Registrar, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only letsencrypt.org, sectigo.com, amazon.com and amazonaws.com to issue certificates for acilearning.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until Jan 2029
acilearning.com is registered until Jan 2029.
Content and conversion
No calls to action
We found no call-to-action buttons or links (such as “Book a demo” or “Get a quote”) anywhere on the homepage.
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 analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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 861 words of copy
The homepage carries about 861 words of visible text.
1 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Start Today”.
Email authentication
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, and sends you reports.
SPF with a strict ending (-all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:_spf1.acilearning.com include:_spf2.acilearning.com include:_spf3.acilearning.com include:mail.zendesk.c…”.
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
10 trackers load before any consent
10Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and LinkedIn Insight and 5 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
16 cookies set on arrival
16Opening the homepage sets 16 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
49 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 49 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner
A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- Gatsby
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Netlify
Hiring
- Hiring
- 6 open roles
- Teams
- Tech Academy Admissions (2), CorpGov Sales (1), Sales (1), Success - Career Mentors (1)
- Job board
- greenhouse
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