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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 20 October 202618 issues · 95 checks
This review found 18 issues worth fixing on acst.com, 3 of them high impact, across 95 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
93AClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 188 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 195 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 201 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 203 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 204 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 200 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 193 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 194 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 193 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 191 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 174 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 172 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 160 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 148 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 149 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 149 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 143 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 140 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
Speed
nitrocdn.com adds 0 ms
0 msnitrocdn.com costs a phone 0 ms of main-thread work and 356 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
163 KiBAbout 163 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
2 third-party services on the page
2 third-party services load with your homepage (ketchcdn.com and nitrocdn.com), adding 357 KiB and 0 ms of main-thread time.
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.
3 checks passed
Mobile performance score: 99
99/100Your mobile performance score is 99 (desktop: 99). 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, 57 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 21 ms
21 msYour server sent the HTML in 21 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
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.
Real-user TTFB: 973 ms
973 msReal visitors wait 973 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+1%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.2 s to 2.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user LCP: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors wait 1.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 117 ms
117 msReal visitors wait 117 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: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) got 26% faster for real visitors
-26%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 188 ms to 140 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest Contentful Paint: 1.8 s
1.8 sYour largest element renders in 1.8 s on a phone, inside Google's 2.5 s “good” threshold. The largest element is the text “Less time managing systems. More time leading people.”.
First Contentful Paint: 1.1 s
1.1 sThe first text or image appears after 1.1 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.015
0.015The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.015, good is under 0.1).
Speed Index: 1.1 s
1.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 1.1 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.
Total Blocking Time: 0 ms
0 msScripts block the page for only 0 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Time to Interactive: 1.8 s
1.8 sThe page is fully interactive after 1.8 s.
Images and page weight
About 0.2 g of CO₂ per visit
0.21 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.21 g of CO₂e: 25.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
4 checks passed
Page weight: 752 KiB in 45 requests
752 KiBYour homepage downloads 752 KiB in 45 requests on a phone: other files 337 KiB (32), stylesheets 161 KiB (3) and fonts 114 KiB (4). That is a lean page.
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
1 text element with low contrast
1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)
Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Document should not have more than one banner landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one banner landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
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.
Links look like plain text
2 links inside paragraphs rely on colour alone to stand out.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3, h2 → h5 and h2 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 21 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
42 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 47 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 42 passed and 5 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Structured data has 1 problem
Structured data found (BreadcrumbList, ImageObject and WebSite) but with 1 problem, for example “ld+json block 2 is not valid JSON (Unexpected non-whitespace character after JSON at position 1)”.
1 link crawlers can't follow
1 link has no real href, so search engines can't follow it.
67 internal links, 10 external
The homepage links to 67 pages on acst.com and 10 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 157 characters
Your meta description is 157 characters: “Equip your staff & change lives with the best-selling church ministry solutions & related services for churches, denomi…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Less time managing systems. More time leading people.”.
Title: 65 characters
Your title is a healthy 65 characters: “ACS Technologies: ChMS, Giving, Accounting, & More For Any Church”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.acstechnologies.com/.
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.acstechnologies.com/global_sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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.
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.
1 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.
Other pages
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
2 small tap targets
2 of 9 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
1 low-resolution image
1 image is served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.
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
http:// does not redirect
http://acst.com does not redirect to https, so some visitors land on the insecure version.
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.
2 redirects before the homepage
Opening https://acst.com goes through 2 redirects before the homepage loads.
1 link through redirect chains
1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://help.acst.com/?resourceId=privacy.policy.
No Referrer-Policy
No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.
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.
4 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (acstechnologies.com).
Valid certificate (50 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YR1 verifies for acst.com and is valid for another 50 days.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 38 links work
All 38 links checked from your homepage (29 internal, 9 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
acstechnologies.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
acstechnologies.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 25 years old
25 yearsacstechnologies.com was registered in Aug 2001 through Gandi SAS. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Aug 2027
acstechnologies.com is registered until Aug 2027.
Content and conversion
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
Only about 122 words
The homepage has only about 122 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
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.
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “REQUEST A DEMO”.
14 calls to action
The homepage has 14 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Contact Us” and “Request A Demo”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 0 email links.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 100/100
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: reject
DMARC tells receivers to reject 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:_spf.acst_com._d.easydmarc.pro include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “selector1” and “selector2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
4 cookies set on arrival
4Opening the homepage sets 4 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
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.
2 checks passed
Consent tool: Ketch
A consent management tool (Ketch) loads with the page.
No known trackers before consent
No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).
Upkeep, stack and company
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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