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amblersav.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202637 issues · 99 checks
This review found 37 issues worth fixing on amblersav.com, 9 of them high impact, across 99 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
82BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 102 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 103 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 100 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 99 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 99 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 111 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
0.5 s
1.1 s
1.6 s
2.2 s
2.7 s
3.3 s
3.8 s
4.4 s
amblersav.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.5 s9 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.5 s.
YouTube adds 1.1 s
1.1 sYouTube costs a phone 1.1 s of main-thread work and 2.9 MB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
550 ms · 9.4 MB76 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (9.4 MB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
850 ms · 1.7 MBAbout 1.7 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 850 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (YouTube, Google Tag Manager and userway.org and others), adding 3.6 MB and 1.4 s of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 54
54/100Your mobile performance score is 54. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused CSS
450 ms · 280 KiBAbout 280 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
438 KiB2 images could be 438 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Main-thread work: 3.6 s
A phone's processor spends 3.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.9 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Google Tag Manager adds 230 ms
230 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 230 ms of main-thread work and 319 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.
12 long tasks on the main thread
12 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 173 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
11 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 11 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Minify CSS
9 KiB9 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 41 ms
41 msYour server sent the HTML in 41 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: 14.9 s
14.9 sYour largest element takes 14.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Speed Index: 18.9 s
18.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 18.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 51.0 s
51.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 51.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user LCP: 2.8 s
2.8 sReal visitors wait 2.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user FCP: 1.9 s
1.9 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors wait 1.1 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.4 s
2.4 sThe first text or image appears after 2.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 348 ms
348 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 348 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
19 images without width and height
19 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+7%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 102 ms to 111 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 17% slower for real visitors
+17%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.9 s to 2.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
3 checks passed
Real-user INP: 107 ms
107 msReal visitors wait 107 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.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.045
0.045The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.045, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 13.0 MB in 132 requests
13.0 MBYour homepage downloads 13.0 MB in 132 requests on a phone: images 9.2 MB (61), scripts 3.0 MB (27) and stylesheets 267 KiB (16). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
8 images far larger than shown
2.8 MB8 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example Ambler-Savings-Bank-Mar-2025.png at 3,654 px wide, shown at 113 px. Resized copies would save about 2.8 MB.
1 image over 500 KB
Ambler-Savings-Bank-Mar-2025.png weighs 1.7 MB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
8 images in older formats
8 images (3.4 MB) 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.
8 images below the first screen load straight away
8 images further down the page (3.4 MB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 3.7 g of CO₂ per visit
3.67 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 3.67 g of CO₂e: 440.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
All page content should be contained by landmarks (9 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 9 elements on the page fail 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.
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (4 elements)
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Users should be able to zoom and scale the text up to 500% (1 element)
Users should be able to zoom and scale the text up to 500%: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 45 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 53 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 49 passed and 4 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
11 links with vague text
11 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
116 internal links, 17 external
The homepage links to 116 pages on amblersav.com and 17 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 131 characters
Your meta description is 131 characters: “Ambler Savings Bank offers personal and business banking and lending in Montgomery, Berks and surrounding counties in P…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Headline for the feature product/service will go here.”.
Title: 56 characters
Your title is a healthy 56 characters: “Ambler Savings Bank | Community Banking in PA Since 1874”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.amblersavingsbank.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, ImageObject, Organization, Place and WebPage.
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.amblersavingsbank.com/sitemap_index.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
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.
2 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.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (814 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 page without a meta description
/locations has 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 36 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
5 third-party cookies
5 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
35 of 35 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
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://nicolebridal.com/ (404).
Deprecated X-XSS-Protection
X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.
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 (amblersavingsbank.com).
Valid certificate (149 days left)
The certificate from GoDaddy.com · GoDaddy TLS Intermediate CA DV - R1v1 verifies for amblersav.com and is valid for another 149 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://amblersav.com redirects to the secure version.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
amblersavingsbank.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
amblersavingsbank.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 24 years old
24 yearsamblersavingsbank.com was registered in Nov 2001 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Nov 2035
amblersavingsbank.com is registered until Nov 2035.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 6 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
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 633 words of copy
The homepage carries about 633 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: “Contact Us” and “Learn More”.
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Learn More” and “Order Checks”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is 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: 90/100
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: quarantine
DMARC tells receivers to quarantine 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.protection.outlook.com include:spfref.jackhenry.com include:ensenta.com include:_spf-us.ppe-hosted.c…”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “k2”), 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). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
4 cookies set on arrival
4Opening the homepage sets 4 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (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.
15 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 15 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Upkeep, stack and company
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress 7.1.4
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Cocc Isp1 Cocc
Hiring
- Hiring
- 1 open role
- Job board
- paylocity
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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