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arkadium.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 October 202636 issues · 98 checks
This review found 36 issues worth fixing on arkadium.com, 15 of them high impact, across 98 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
70CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| May 2, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.8 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 198 ms |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 198 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 198 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 199 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 201 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 204 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 205 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 207 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 207 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 205 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 208 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 210 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 212 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 211 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 209 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 207 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 205 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 206 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 210 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 215 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 221 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 225 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 227 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 228 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 227 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
1.5 s
3.0 s
4.5 s
5.9 s
7.4 s
8.9 s
10.4 s
11.9 s
arkadium.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.3 s · 1.5 MBAbout 1.5 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.3 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
1.8 s67 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.8 s.
Mobile performance score: 33
33/100Your mobile performance score is 33 (desktop: 60). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 7.1 s
A phone's processor spends 7.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.2 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 Tag Manager, Google CDN and Facebook and others), adding 2.6 MB and 1.3 s of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
700 ms · 829 KiB46 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (829 KiB).
Improve image delivery
915 KiB36 images could be 915 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Google Tag Manager adds 515 ms
515 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 515 ms of main-thread work and 868 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 CDN adds 330 ms
330 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 330 ms of main-thread work and 733 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.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 274 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
cloudfront.net adds 46 ms
46 mscloudfront.net costs a phone 46 ms of main-thread work and 297 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.
Legacy JavaScript
200 ms · 44 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 44 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 200 ms faster on a phone.
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 60 but mobile only 33. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.
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.
Largest Contentful Paint: 18.9 s
18.9 sYour largest element takes 18.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Only on Arkadium”.
Time to Interactive: 36.5 s
36.5 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 36.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 12.1 s
12.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 12.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 5.7 s
5.7 sThe first text or image appears after 5.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.1 s
1.1 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.1 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user INP: 217 ms
217 msReal visitors wait 217 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 15% slower for real visitors
+15%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 198 ms to 227 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 10% slower for real visitors
+10%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.6 s to 1.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
5 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 1.6 s
1.6 sReal visitors wait 1.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.09
0.09For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.09 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 463 ms
463 msReal visitors wait 463 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.005
0.005The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.005, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 8.4 MB in 350 requests
8.4 MBYour homepage downloads 8.4 MB in 350 requests on a phone: images 3.6 MB (125), scripts 3.4 MB (77) and other files 1.1 MB (72). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 2.4 g of CO₂ per visit
2.38 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.38 g of CO₂e: 286.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
Documents must have <title> element to aid in navigation (1 element)
Documents must have <title> element to aid in navigation: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
<html> element must have a lang attribute (1 element)
<html> element must have a lang attribute: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
No main landmark
The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.
Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)
Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
11 text elements with low contrast
11 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Positive tabindex
2 elements have a tabindex above 0, which scrambles the keyboard order.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 68 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
6 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 11 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 6 passed and 5 failed. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Structured data has 8 problems
Structured data found (Organization and WebSite) but with 8 problems, for example “Organization: image is not an absolute URL ("<https://www.arkadium.com/#logo>")”.
83 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 83 pages on arkadium.com and 9 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 154 characters
Your meta description is 154 characters: “Play 200+ free online games at Arkadium with no downloads or sign-ups. Enjoy Mahjong, solitaire, crosswords, word games…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Play Free Online Games at Arkadium: No Downloads Needed”.
Title: 45 characters
Your title is a healthy 45 characters: “Arkadium | 200+ Free Online Games to Play Now”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.arkadium.com/.
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.arkadium.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details; description would complete it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (33 KiB, 312 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 56 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
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.”).
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Minified React error #418; visit https://react.dev/errors/418?args[]=HTML&args[]= for the full message or use the non-m…”.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
9 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (arkadium.com).
Valid certificate (76 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YR2 verifies for arkadium.com and is valid for another 76 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://arkadium.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 49 links work
All 49 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 9 external) answered without errors.
security.txt published
A security.txt file tells researchers how to report a problem with your site.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
arkadium.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
arkadium.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 26 years old
26 yearsarkadium.com was registered in Aug 2000 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Aug 2027
arkadium.com is registered until Aug 2027.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
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.
Only about 17 words
The homepage has only about 17 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
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.
3 checks passed
1 call to action
The homepage has 1 call to action, for example “Shop”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, Microsoft Clarity and Hotjar.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be arkadium.com is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.
Email authentication score: 75/100
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
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:mail.zendesk.com include:amazonses.com include:_spf.wishpond.net ip4:…”.
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 cookies set on arrival
5Opening the homepage sets 5 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.
3 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 3 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
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- Framework
- Next.js
- Hosting
- Azure
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