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apem.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 31 October 202645 issues · 110 checks
This review found 45 issues worth fixing on apem.com, 13 of them high impact, across 110 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
77CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 3.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 139 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 144 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 132 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 135 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 135 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 133 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 143 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 149 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 131 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
1.0 s
1.9 s
2.9 s
3.9 s
4.8 s
5.8 s
6.8 s
7.7 s
apem.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Main-thread work: 7.1 s
A phone's processor spends 7.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google CDN, Hubspot and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 2.9 MB and 1.9 s of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.3 MBAbout 1.3 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Google CDN adds 886 ms
886 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 886 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.
Mobile performance score: 64
64/100Your mobile performance score is 64. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
851 KiB110 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (851 KiB).
Render-blocking requests
700 ms3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 700 ms.
Hubspot adds 389 ms
389 msHubspot costs a phone 389 ms of main-thread work and 732 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 270 ms
270 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 270 ms of main-thread work and 269 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.
2,497 HTML elements
The page has 2,497 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 245 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 45 KiBAbout 45 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Font display
100 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).
Improve image delivery
56 KiB1 image could be 56 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Legacy JavaScript
24 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 24 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
1 checks passed
Server response: 51 ms
51 msYour server sent the HTML in 51 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.
Time to Interactive: 28.4 s
28.4 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 28.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.8 s
1.8 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.8 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Speed Index: 8.2 s
8.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Real-user LCP: 3.0 s
3.0 sReal visitors wait 3.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Largest content (LCP) got 34% slower for real visitors
+34%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.3 s to 3.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user FCP: 2.5 s
2.5 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.8 s
1.8 sReal visitors wait 1.8 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-7%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 139 ms to 131 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
5 checks passed
Real-user INP: 133 ms
133 msReal visitors wait 133 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.03
0.03For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.03 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
First Contentful Paint: 1.4 s
1.4 sThe first text or image appears after 1.4 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Largest Contentful Paint: 2.0 s
2.0 sYour largest element renders in 2.0 s on a phone, inside Google's 2.5 s “good” threshold. The largest element is the image “NEW! MORE CONTROL IN LESS SPACE”.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.012
0.012The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.012, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.4 MB in 189 requests
5.4 MBYour homepage downloads 5.4 MB in 189 requests on a phone: scripts 3.8 MB (117), other files 724 KiB (19) and images 390 KiB (34). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (31 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 1.5 g of CO₂ per visit
1.54 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.54 g of CO₂e: 184.3 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
6 buttons without a name
6 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
6 tap targets too small
6 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
Orphan list items
Some list items are not inside a list.
4 text elements with low contrast
4 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Interactive controls must not be nested (1 element)
Interactive controls must not be nested: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (11 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 11 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
5 links without text
5 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
4 form fields without a label
4 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
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.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 20 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
43 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 52 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 43 passed and 9 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Meta description is long (218 characters)
Your meta description is 218 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
8 links crawlers can't follow
8 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
4 links with vague text
4 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
152 internal links, 4 external
The homepage links to 152 pages on apem.com and 4 external pages.
7 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Dream up your wildest HMI. We can make it happen.”.
Title: 62 characters
Your title is a healthy 62 characters: “APEM | Human-machine interface (HMI) solutions | Global Leader”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.apem.com/en-us.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
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.apem.com/en/sitemaps/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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.
3 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, description and contact details; sameAs (social profiles) would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (729 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
4 pages share a title
/en-us, /, /fr and /de all use the title “APEM | Human-machine interface (HMI) solutions | Global Leader”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.
1 page without a meta description
/products has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
3 pages share a meta description
/, /fr and /de use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
3 links to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 3 pages by a URL that isn't their canonical one, for example /, whose canonical is /en-us. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
1 page without an H1
/products has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 93 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
3 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
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
18 small tap targets
18 of 45 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
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 “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'about:blank' from origin 'https://www.apem.com' has been blocked by CORS policy: Cross ori…”.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
8 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (apem.com).
Valid certificate (159 days left)
The certificate from DigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1 verifies for apem.com and is valid for another 159 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://apem.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 44 links work
All 44 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 4 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
apem.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
apem.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 31 years old
31 yearsapem.com was registered in Oct 1995 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Oct 2030
apem.com is registered until Oct 2030.
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.
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 form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
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 696 words of copy
The homepage carries about 696 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “LEARN MORE”.
13 calls to action
The homepage has 13 calls to action, for example “Hi, GuestLogin / Sign Up”, “Contact Us” and “Where to buy”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Email authentication
No SPF record
apem.com has no SPF record, so mail servers can't tell which servers may send email as you. Your mail lands in spam more often, and anyone can send mail pretending to be you.
Email authentication score: 60/100
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.
2 checks passed
DMARC policy: reject
DMARC tells receivers to reject mail that fails authentication.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”, “selector2” and “mail”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
2 trackers load before any consent
2Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager and HubSpot (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.
15 cookies set on arrival
15Opening the homepage sets 15 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
28 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 28 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
Stack
- Framework
- Next.js
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Akamai
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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