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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202637 issues · 100 checks
This review found 37 issues worth fixing on bucksense.com, 11 of them high impact, across 100 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
75CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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How it loaded on a phone
0.5 s
1.0 s
1.4 s
1.9 s
2.4 s
2.9 s
3.4 s
3.8 s
bucksense.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
3.6 s · 761 KiBAbout 761 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.
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 1.6 MB and 988 ms of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 51
51/100Your mobile performance score is 51. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
600 ms2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 600 ms.
Google Tag Manager adds 489 ms
489 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 489 ms of main-thread work and 625 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.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 67 KiBAbout 67 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Google CDN adds 288 ms
288 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 288 ms of main-thread work and 755 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.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
218 KiB6 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (218 KiB).
10 long tasks on the main thread
10 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 161 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Improve image delivery
34 KiB2 images could be 34 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Legacy JavaScript
13 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 13 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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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Main-thread work: 2.0 s
A phone's processor spends 2.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.2 s of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 1 ms
1 msYour server sent the HTML in 1 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
First Contentful Paint: 6.5 s
6.5 sThe first text or image appears after 6.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Time to Interactive: 16.4 s
16.4 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 6.5 s
6.5 sYour largest element takes 6.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “As your brand partner, Bucksense helps you bring your digit…”.
Speed Index: 7.3 s
7.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 379 ms
379 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 379 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
16 images without width and height
16 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
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.9 MB in 55 requests
2.9 MBYour homepage downloads 2.9 MB in 55 requests on a phone: scripts 1.6 MB (19), other files 682 KiB (10) and images 414 KiB (15). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (21 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.8 g of CO₂ per visit
0.83 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.83 g of CO₂e: 99.2 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 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
Unlabelled dropdowns
1 dropdown has no label.
6 tap targets too small
6 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
2 text elements with low contrast
2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Malformed lists
Some lists contain elements other than list items, which screen readers announce wrongly.
22 images without alt text
22 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
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.
7 form fields without a label
7 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
2 links without text
2 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
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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47 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 55 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 8 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
13 H1 headlines
There are 13 <h1> headlines (“Redefining digital success”, “1” and “2”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
No canonical URL
No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.
Meta description is long (182 characters)
Your meta description is 182 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
7 links crawlers can't follow
7 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
2 links with vague text
2 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
67 internal links, 10 external
The homepage links to 67 pages on bucksense.com and 10 external pages.
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Title: 42 characters
Your title is a healthy 42 characters: “In-house marketing, done right | Bucksense”.
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.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://bucksense.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No Organization structured data
There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.
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.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (928 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
16 pages share a title
/, /innovations/branding, /innovations/acquisition, /innovations/retargeting, /innovations/publishers and /platform/media-formats and 10 others all use the title “In-house marketing, done right | Bucksense”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.
15 pages share a meta description
/innovations/branding, /innovations/acquisition, /innovations/retargeting, /innovations/publishers, /platform/media-formats and /platform/optimization-tools and 9 others use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 21 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.
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
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Mixed content”).
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Tap targets are thumb-sized
18 of 21 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
1 insecure resource on an https page
1 resource load over plain http on your https page (for example http://www.gstatic.com/partners/badge/images/2021/PartnerBadgeClickable.svg); browsers block or warn about them.
No HSTS header
No Strict-Transport-Security header, so browsers may still try plain http first on a return visit.
No X-Content-Type-Options
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff is missing, so browsers may guess file types.
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 (bucksense.com).
Valid certificate (60 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for bucksense.com and is valid for another 60 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.
http:// redirects to https
http://bucksense.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 31 links work
All 31 links checked from your homepage (22 internal, 9 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
bucksense.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.
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Domain is 20 years old
20 yearsbucksense.com was registered in Jan 2006 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only sectigo.com and letsencrypt.org to issue certificates for bucksense.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until Jan 2029
bucksense.com is registered until Jan 2029.
Content and conversion
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 866 words of copy
The homepage carries about 866 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 >” and “LEARN MORE”.
9 calls to action
The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “Learn More”, “Contact us” and “Contact Us”.
1 short form
A short form (7 fields at most) is right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 2 customer or partner logos and 2 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, HubSpot and LinkedIn Insight.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 85/100
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.
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:amazonses.com include:_spf.google.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com ~all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “selector1” and “k2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Meta Pixel (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.
11 cookies set on arrival
11Opening the homepage sets 11 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.
14 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 14 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Upkeep, stack and company
- It loads jQuery 1.10.2, older than 3.5 (which fixed known security holes).
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Akamai Cloud
Company
- Headquarters
- New York
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