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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202630 issues · 97 checks

This review found 30 issues worth fixing on avidengineer.com, 13 of them high impact, across 97 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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

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Speed

9 to fix38
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    3.6 s · 555 KiB

    About 555 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.6 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.9 s

    5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.9 s.

  • Google CDN adds 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Google CDN costs a phone 1.0 s of main-thread work and 1.1 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.

  • Mobile performance score: 38

    38/100

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

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google CDN, website-files.com and Other Google APIs/SDKs and others), adding 1.9 MB and 1.5 s of main-thread time.

  • Main-thread work: 3.7 s

    A phone's processor spends 3.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • website-files.com adds 234 ms

    234 ms

    website-files.com costs a phone 234 ms of main-thread work and 580 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 260 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • 1,729 HTML elements

    The page has 1,729 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Improve image delivery

    239 KiB

    3 images could be 239 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Font display

    100 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    11 KiB

    About 11 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    7 KiB

    3 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (7 KiB).

  • 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: 4 ms

    4 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 4 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix45
  • First Contentful Paint: 7.4 s

    7.4 s

    The first text or image appears after 7.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 7.4 s

    7.4 s

    Your largest element takes 7.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “SOLUTIONS LTD.”.

  • Time to Interactive: 17.6 s

    17.6 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 17.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 7.7 s

    7.7 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 7.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 909 ms

    909 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 909 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 21 images without width and height

    21 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • Not enough real-visitor data yet

    Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.

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  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix75
  • Page weight: 4.0 MB in 60 requests

    4.0 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.0 MB in 60 requests on a phone: other files 1.8 MB (8), scripts 1.2 MB (14) and images 494 KiB (23). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 2 images far larger than shown

    89 KiB

    2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example 6764207cb2aaf8049624f791_pillers_logomain.png at 325 px wide, shown at 50 px. Resized copies would save about 89 KiB.

  • 2 images in older formats

    2 images (108 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 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.13 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.13 g of CO₂e: 135.8 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.

Accessibility

3 to fixGoogle 9796
  • 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.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (68 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 68 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 2 form fields without a label

    2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 55 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 47 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 49 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 2 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 10095
  • Meta description is long (205 characters)

    Your meta description is 205 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • 50 internal links, 1 external

    The homepage links to 50 pages on avidengineer.com and 1 external page.

7 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Quality Engineered Solutions LTD.”.

  • Title: 44 characters

    Your title is a healthy 44 characters: “Quality Engineering Solutions | QES – Canada”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.qes.ca/.

  • 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.qes.ca/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
  • 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.

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  • 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: 6 of 6 facts

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

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,161 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 10 pages without an H1

    /explore/services/ventilation-engineering, /explore/services/refrigeration-systems-design, /explore/services/utilities-process-piping-engineering, /explore/services/field-technical-services, /explore/services/construction-services and /explore/services/planning and 4 others have 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 22 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • 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.

  • 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

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 4 JavaScript errors while loading

    4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to find a valid digest in the 'integrity' attribute for resource 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@flowbase-co/boos…”.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    6 of 6 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

2 to fix79
  • 1 broken link to your own pages

    1 link from your homepage to your own site is broken, for example https://www.qes.ca/explore/services/software-solutions (network).

  • No Content-Security-Policy

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

  • No clickjacking protection

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

  • No X-Content-Type-Options

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

  • 2 redirects before the homepage

    Opening https://avidengineer.com goes through 2 redirects before the homepage loads.

  • 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 (qes.ca).

  • Valid certificate (84 days left)

    The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for avidengineer.com and is valid for another 84 days.

  • HSTS enabled

    Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://avidengineer.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.

Domain and trust

1 to fix
  • Domain expires in 64 days

    qes.ca is registered until Jan 2027. Make sure auto-renew is on and the card on file is current.

  • No CAA record

    qes.ca 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

    qes.ca'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.

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  • Domain is 23 years old

    23 years

    qes.ca was registered in Jan 2003 through Webnames.ca Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

Content and conversion

3 to fix75
  • 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 analytics detected

    No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.

  • 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.

  • About 843 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 843 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: “CONTACT US”.

  • 4 calls to action

    The homepage has 4 calls to action, for example “Contact Us” and “Get In Touch”.

  • 1 short form

    A short form (7 fields at most) is right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 3 phone links and 1 email link.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.

Email authentication

1 to fix50
  • No SPF record

    avidengineer.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.

  • Domain receives no email

    avidengineer.com has no MX record, so it receives no email. SPF -all and DMARC reject still matter: they stop others sending mail as you.

  • Email authentication score: 50/100

    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: quarantine

    DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.

  • DKIM signing found

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

Privacy and tracking

  • 1 cookie set on arrival

    1

    Opening the homepage sets 1 cookie (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.

  • 11 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 11 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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  • 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

  • The footer still says © 1999.

Stack

CMS
Webflow
Hosting
Webflow

Company

Headquarters
Broomfield

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