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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 20 October 202631 issues · 93 checks
This review found 31 issues worth fixing on admin.ch, 9 of them high impact, across 93 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
85BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 971 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 912 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 894 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 889 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 882 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 797 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 799 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 801 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 798 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 969 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 953 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 939 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 921 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 803 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 797 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 777 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 116 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 110 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 101 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 95 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 91 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 99 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 107 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 108 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
admin.ch does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
6.8 s · 1.5 MB13 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.5 MB).
Improve image delivery
6.7 s · 1.4 MB9 images could be 1.4 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 6.7 s faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.4 s · 479 KiBAbout 479 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.4 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 65
65/100Your mobile performance score is 65 (desktop: 43). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
2 third-party services on the page
2 third-party services load with your homepage (ch.ch and imgix), adding 1.6 MB and 115 ms of main-thread time.
imgix adds 0 ms
0 msimgix costs a phone 0 ms of main-thread work and 1.5 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.
5 long tasks on the main thread
5 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 152 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Render-blocking requests
150 ms1 file blocks the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining it could save about 150 ms.
Reduce unused CSS
44 KiBAbout 44 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 1.1 s
A phone's processor spends 1.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 497 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 29 ms
29 msYour server sent the HTML in 29 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.
Largest Contentful Paint: 16.3 s
16.3 sYour largest element takes 16.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 16.3 s
16.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors wait 1.2 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Speed Index: 4.9 s
4.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 4.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.137
0.137The layout shifts by 0.137 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
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
-4%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 116 ms to 108 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user LCP: 2.2 s
2.2 sReal visitors wait 2.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 141 ms
141 msReal visitors wait 141 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.04
0.04For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.04 (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.
Largest content (LCP) got 28% faster for real visitors
-28%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.2 s to 0.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 1.5 s
1.5 sThe first text or image appears after 1.5 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Total Blocking Time: 128 ms
128 msScripts block the page for only 128 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.0 MB in 27 requests
3.0 MBYour homepage downloads 3.0 MB in 27 requests on a phone: images 1.5 MB (11), scripts 865 KiB (10) and fonts 575 KiB (2). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
6 images below the first screen load straight away
6 images further down the page (306 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit
0.86 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.86 g of CO₂e: 103.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
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.
Frames without titles
1 frame has no title, so screen-reader users cannot tell what it contains.
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.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 11 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
49 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 49 passed and 5 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
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.
Meta description is long (186 characters)
Your meta description is 186 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
20 internal links, 12 external
The homepage links to 20 pages on admin.ch and 12 external pages.
4 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Welcome to the official website of the Swiss government”.
Title: 55 characters
Your title is a healthy 55 characters: “Welcome to the official website of the Swiss government”.
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.admin.ch/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.
Some text only appears after JavaScript runs
51%The HTML your server sends has 507 of the 998 words a browser shows. AI crawlers don't run JavaScript, so they miss the rest.
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
3 pages without a meta description
/en/newnsb/L-ZK1ZTP5vvE, /de/newnsb/zX9oNK8tuI-Z and /en/newnsb have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 18 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 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.
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
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
11 of 12 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
2 redirects before the homepage
Opening https://admin.ch goes through 2 redirects before the homepage loads.
No Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
9 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (admin.ch).
Valid certificate (85 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for admin.ch and is valid for another 85 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.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://admin.ch redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 29 links work
All 29 links checked from your homepage (19 internal, 10 external) answered without errors.
security.txt published
A security.txt file tells researchers how to report a problem with your site.
Domain and trust
1 checks passed
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only letsencrypt.org, swisssign.com, awstrust.com and comodoca.com to issue certificates for admin.ch, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
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.
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 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 998 words of copy
The homepage carries about 998 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Subscribe to news Open link in new tab”.
4 calls to action
The homepage has 4 calls to action, for example “Subscribe to news” and “Contact”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Matomo.
Email authentication
SPF does not block other senders (no all)
Your SPF record doesn't end in -all or ~all, so it doesn't stop other servers sending as you: “v=spf1 redirect=_spfgroupa.admin.ch”.
No DKIM key on the usual selectors
We found no DKIM key on the selectors the big email providers use. If you send through one of them, turning on DKIM signing improves delivery.
Email authentication score: 65/100
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.
1 checks passed
DMARC policy: quarantine
DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.
Privacy and tracking
2 cookies set on arrival
2Opening the homepage sets 2 cookies (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.
2 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 2 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
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
Stack
- Framework
- Nuxt
- Analytics
- Matomo
Company
- Founded
- 1848
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