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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.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
73CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | 4.5 s |
| May 2, 2026 | 4.6 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 4.7 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 4.7 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 4.8 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 4.7 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 4.7 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 4.6 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 4.6 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 4.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 4.6 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 4.5 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 4.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 3.7 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 3.8 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.8 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 3.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | 136 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 137 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 139 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 140 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 149 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 107 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 92 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 92 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
adder.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.4 s8 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 KiBAbout 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
62/100Your 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 msGoogle 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 KiBAbout 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 msVimeo 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 KiB4 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (69 KiB).
Improve image delivery
34 KiB5 images could be 34 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Legacy JavaScript
10 KiBPolyfills 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 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 5 ms
5 msYour server sent the HTML in 5 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 LCP: 4.3 s
4.3 sReal visitors wait 4.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.34
0.34For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.34 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 3.3 s
3.3 sReal 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 sReal 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 sYour 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 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 14.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.4 s
5.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 322 ms
322 msScripts 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 sThe 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.
4 checks passed
Real-user INP: 103 ms
103 msReal 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
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.7 MB in 78 requests
4.7 MBYour 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 gBy 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.
3 checks passed
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
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.
1 checks passed
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
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
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
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
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.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
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.
6 checks passed
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.
2 checks passed
Domain is 29 years old
29 yearsadder.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
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
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.
3 checks passed
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
3Before 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
2Opening 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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