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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 18 October 202644 issues · 114 checks

This review found 44 issues worth fixing on adder.com, 14 of them high impact, across 114 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
5.1 s2.5 sApr 25Oct 103.0 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
Apr 25, 20264.5 s
May 2, 20264.6 s
May 9, 20264.7 s
May 16, 20264.7 s
May 23, 20264.8 s
May 30, 20264.7 s
Jun 6, 20264.7 s
Jun 13, 20264.6 s
Jun 20, 20264.6 s
Jun 27, 20264.5 s
Jul 4, 20264.6 s
Jul 11, 20264.5 s
Jul 18, 20264.1 s
Jul 25, 20263.7 s
Aug 1, 20262.9 s
Aug 8, 20262.9 s
Aug 15, 20262.8 s
Aug 22, 20262.8 s
Aug 29, 20262.8 s
Sep 5, 20262.9 s
Sep 12, 20263.8 s
Sep 19, 20263.9 s
Sep 26, 20263.9 s
Oct 3, 20263.8 s
Oct 10, 20263.0 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
158 ms83 msApr 25Oct 1092 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
Apr 25, 2026136 ms
May 2, 2026137 ms
May 9, 2026139 ms
May 16, 2026140 ms
May 23, 2026149 ms
May 30, 2026146 ms
Jun 6, 2026138 ms
Jun 13, 2026146 ms
Jun 20, 2026146 ms
Jun 27, 2026137 ms
Jul 4, 2026141 ms
Jul 11, 2026122 ms
Jul 18, 2026107 ms
Jul 25, 2026109 ms
Aug 1, 202697 ms
Aug 8, 202694 ms
Aug 15, 202695 ms
Aug 22, 202692 ms
Aug 29, 202694 ms
Sep 5, 202697 ms
Sep 12, 2026117 ms
Sep 19, 2026110 ms
Sep 26, 2026108 ms
Oct 3, 2026103 ms
Oct 10, 202692 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 adder.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. adder.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. adder.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. adder.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. adder.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. adder.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. adder.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. adder.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. adder.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

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

Speed

9 to fix62
  • Render-blocking requests

    1.4 s

    8 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.4 s.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    900 ms · 563 KiB

    About 563 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 900 ms faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 62

    62/100

    Your mobile performance score is 62 (desktop: 62). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • 6 third-party services on the page

    6 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Vimeo and Cookiebot and others), adding 3.3 MB and 568 ms of main-thread time.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 418 ms

    418 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 418 ms of main-thread work and 510 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

    300 ms · 133 KiB

    About 133 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • Vimeo adds 95 ms

    95 ms

    Vimeo costs a phone 95 ms of main-thread work and 2.6 MB 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.

  • 2,870 HTML elements

    The page has 2,870 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Main-thread work: 2.1 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 10 long tasks on the main thread

    10 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 198 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    69 KiB

    4 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (69 KiB).

  • Improve image delivery

    34 KiB

    5 images could be 34 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    10 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 10 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • 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.

  • Minify JavaScript

    2 KiB

    2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

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  • Server response: 5 ms

    5 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 5 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

11 to fix33
  • 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 LCP: 4.3 s

    4.3 s

    Real visitors wait 4.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.34

    0.34

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.34 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 3.3 s

    3.3 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 3.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.9 s

    1.9 s

    Real visitors wait 1.9 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 9.3 s

    9.3 s

    Your largest element takes 9.3 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: 14.7 s

    14.7 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 14.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 5.4 s

    5.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 322 ms

    322 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 322 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.1 s

    2.1 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.1 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 4 images without width and height

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

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  • Real-user INP: 103 ms

    103 ms

    Real visitors wait 103 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 29% faster for real visitors

    -29%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-10, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 136 ms to 92 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 26% faster for real visitors

    -26%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-10, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 4.5 s to 3.0 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

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 4.7 MB in 78 requests

    4.7 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.7 MB in 78 requests on a phone: other files 2.3 MB (24), scripts 1.2 MB (15) and images 711 KiB (27). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.33 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.33 g of CO₂e: 160.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • 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

9 to fixGoogle 7988
  • 8 buttons without a name

    8 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • 7 text elements with low contrast

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

  • 6 tap targets too small

    6 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)

    Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 1 image without alt text

    1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (4 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 7 links without text

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

  • ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (2 elements)

    ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Elements marked as presentational should be consistently ignored (2 elements)

    Elements marked as presentational should be consistently ignored: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings skip levels

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

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  • 47 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 57 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 10 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

6 to fixGoogle 7780
  • 2 H1 headlines

    There are 2 <h1> headlines (“Instant Connectivity and Real-Time Control from T…” and “Latest News”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • Meta description is long (164 characters)

    Your meta description is 164 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • Structured data has 1 problem

    Structured data found (Organization) but with 1 problem, for example “Organization: sameAs is not an absolute URL ("https://www.linkedin.com/company/adder-technology/, h…”.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • 19 links with vague text

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

  • 3 links crawlers can't follow

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

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

    No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.

  • 185 internal links, 8 external

    The homepage links to 185 pages on adder.com and 8 external pages.

4 checks passed
  • Title: 36 characters

    Your title is a healthy 36 characters: “The IP KVM People | Adder Technology”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.adder.com/en.

  • 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.adder.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
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: 6 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,027 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

100
  • 1 page slow to respond

    /en/industries/healthcare took over 3 s to send its HTML from our server.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 71 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

4 to fixGoogle 5483
  • 9 small tap targets

    9 of 39 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 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.”).

  • 2 JavaScript errors while loading

    2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 ()”.

  • Browser-reported issues

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

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

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  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

1 to fix93
  • 1 broken external link

    1 link to other sites is dead, for example https://adderportal.adder.com/SignIn?ReturnUrl=%2Fhome%2F (404).

  • Short HSTS lifetime

    HSTS is set, but max-age is 30 days; one year is the recommended minimum.

  • 2 redirects before the homepage

    Opening https://adder.com goes through 2 redirects before the homepage loads.

  • No security.txt

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

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  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (adder.com).

  • Valid certificate (14 days left)

    The certificate from Certainly · Certainly Intermediate R1 verifies for adder.com and is valid for another 14 days.

  • Protected from clickjacking

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

  • Content-Security-Policy set

    A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://adder.com redirects to the secure version.

  • HTTP/2

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

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    adder.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

    adder.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 29 years old

    29 years

    adder.com was registered in Aug 1997 through SafeNames Ltd.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Aug 2034

    adder.com is registered until Aug 2034.

Content and conversion

3 to fix81
  • 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.

  • No phone number on the homepage

    A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.

  • 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 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 952 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 952 words of visible text.

5 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Learn More”.

  • 16 calls to action

    The homepage has 16 calls to action, for example “Request Support”, “Contact Us” and “Where to Buy”.

  • 2 short forms

    2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 14 testimonial or review blocks, 1 customer or partner logo and 1 trust badge.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

Email authentication

95
  • Email authentication score: 95/100

    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: reject

    DMARC tells receivers to reject 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 mx include:customers.clickdimensions.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.atlassian.net include:e…”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “s1” and “s2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

  • 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). A consent tool (Cookiebot) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 2 cookies set on arrival

    2

    Opening the homepage sets 2 cookies, 2 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 9 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 9 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: Cookiebot

    A consent management tool (Cookiebot) loads with the page.

Upkeep, stack and company

No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.

Stack

CMS
Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Tag Manager

Company

Founded
1984
Headquarters
Cambridge

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