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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 19 October 202640 issues · 104 checks

This review found 40 issues worth fixing on aeries.com, 19 of them high impact, across 104 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
5.9 s2.5 sAug 29Oct 105.5 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
Aug 29, 20262.9 s
Sep 5, 20263.4 s
Sep 12, 20264.3 s
Sep 19, 20265.0 s
Sep 26, 20265.1 s
Oct 3, 20265.4 s
Oct 10, 20265.5 s

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

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Speed

12 to fix38
  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    3.1 s · 3.0 MB

    148 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (3.0 MB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    4.0 s

    40 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 4.0 s.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    1.5 s · 288 KiB

    About 288 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.5 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 38

    38/100

    Your mobile performance score is 38 (desktop: 60). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 7.5 s

    A phone's processor spends 7.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.9 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    150 ms · 1.8 MB

    About 1.8 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Accessibe Accessibility Overlay, Google Tag Manager and Google CDN and others), adding 587 KiB and 956 ms of main-thread time.

  • 14 long tasks on the main thread

    14 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 718 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Minify JavaScript

    150 ms · 319 KiB

    319 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Accessibe Accessibility Overlay adds 278 ms

    278 ms

    Accessibe Accessibility Overlay costs a phone 278 ms of main-thread work and 243 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.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 257 ms

    257 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 257 ms of main-thread work and 193 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.

  • 2,138 HTML elements

    The page has 2,138 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    200 ms · 82 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 82 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 200 ms faster on a phone.

  • Font display

    150 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 150 ms).

  • Improve image delivery

    121 KiB

    1 image could be 121 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • 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.

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  • Server response: 119 ms

    119 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 119 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

10 to fix50
  • 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: 6.1 s

    6.1 s

    Real visitors wait 6.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user FCP: 3.8 s

    3.8 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 3.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 2.4 s

    2.4 s

    Real visitors wait 2.4 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Time to Interactive: 27.9 s

    27.9 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 27.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 13.3 s

    13.3 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 13.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 6.3 s

    6.3 s

    Your largest element takes 6.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Aeries Logo”.

  • First Contentful Paint: 4.9 s

    4.9 s

    The first text or image appears after 4.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 939 ms

    939 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 939 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 74% slower for real visitors

    +74%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-10, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.9 s to 5.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • 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: 14.8 MB in 201 requests

    14.8 MB

    Your homepage downloads 14.8 MB in 201 requests on a phone: images 11.5 MB (87), scripts 2.6 MB (42) and stylesheets 316 KiB (37). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 3 images in older formats

    3 images (331 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.

  • About 4.2 g of CO₂ per visit

    4.19 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 4.19 g of CO₂e: 502.5 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 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

7 to fixGoogle 8089
  • 3 tap targets too small

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

  • 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.

  • Links look like plain text

    1 link inside paragraphs relies on colour alone to stand out.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (24 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 24 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • No main landmark

    The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.

  • Zoom is disabled

    The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.

  • Headings should not be empty (1 element)

    Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h4, h3 → h6 and h3 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 174 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 37 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 45 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 37 passed and 8 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 9286
  • Meta description is long (162 characters)

    Your meta description is 162 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • Structured data has 1 problem

    Structured data found (Article, Organization, Person and SoftwareApplication) but with 1 problem, for example “SoftwareApplication: no offers (price) block”.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • 15 links with vague text

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

  • 85 internal links, 8 external

    The homepage links to 85 pages on aeries.com and 8 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Student Success, Powered by Actionable Data”.

  • Title: 44 characters

    Your title is a healthy 44 characters: “K-12 Student Information System | Aeries SIS”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://aeries.com/.

  • 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://aeries.com/sitemap_index.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: 5 of 6 facts

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

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,242 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes /llms.txt (11 KiB, 47 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 34 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 to fixGoogle 10078
  • 1 broken image

    1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://aeries.com/.

  • 4 small tap targets

    4 of 8 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

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

2 to fix80
  • 1 broken external link

    1 link to other sites is dead, for example https://support.aeries.com/support/solutions/14000072404 (404).

  • No Content-Security-Policy

    No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • HTTP/1.1 only

    The server only offers HTTP/1.1, so browsers open several connections and load files more slowly. Most hosts and CDNs turn on HTTP/2 with a setting.

  • No clickjacking protection

    Neither X-Frame-Options nor a CSP frame-ancestors policy is set, so any site can embed yours in a frame.

  • Short HSTS lifetime

    HSTS is set, but max-age is 363 days; one year is the recommended minimum.

  • No X-Content-Type-Options

    X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff is missing, so browsers may guess file types.

  • 1 link through redirect chains

    1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://support.aeries.com/support/discussions/14000022988.

  • 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.

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  • Served over HTTPS

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

  • Valid certificate (35 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for aeries.com and is valid for another 35 days.

  • http:// redirects to https

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

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    aeries.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

    aeries.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 28 years old

    28 years

    aeries.com was registered in Jul 1998 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Jul 2034

    aeries.com is registered until Jul 2034.

Content and conversion

2 to fix83
  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 1 testimonial or review block. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • 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 756 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 756 words of visible text.

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

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

  • 24 calls to action

    The homepage has 24 calls to action, for example “Learn More” and “Contact Us”.

  • 1 short form

    A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity and HubSpot.

Email authentication

100
  • 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.

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  • 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 a include:_spf.aeries.com include:spf.ess.barracudanetworks.com include:sendgrid.net include:fdspfus.freshemail.…”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”, “selector2” and “s1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

  • 5 trackers load before any consent

    5

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Microsoft Clarity (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.

  • 9 cookies set on arrival

    9

    Opening the homepage sets 9 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 25 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 25 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

  • 1 plugin is behind its latest release.ajax-search-lite 4.14.5 → 4.14.6

Stack

CMS
WordPress 7.1.3
Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Analytics | Microsoft Clarity

Company

Founded
1995

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