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cardio.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 3 November 202638 issues · 101 checks
This review found 38 issues worth fixing on cardio.com, 10 of them high impact, across 101 checks. The most urgent: 33,140 HTML elements. 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
79CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| 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 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 88 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 89 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 92 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 100 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 134 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 135 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 133 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 136 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
Speed
33,140 HTML elements
The page has 33,140 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.4 s · 583 KiBAbout 583 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.4 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
1.5 s10 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.5 s.
Mobile performance score: 39
39/100Your mobile performance score is 39. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 5.4 s
A phone's processor spends 5.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.1 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, FontAwesome CDN and Accessibe Accessibility Overlay and others), adding 2.4 MB and 1.6 s of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
650 ms · 331 KiB8 images could be 331 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 650 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
800 ms · 119 KiB3 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (119 KiB).
18 long tasks on the main thread
18 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 728 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Google CDN adds 526 ms
526 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 526 ms of main-thread work and 764 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.
FontAwesome CDN adds 509 ms
509 msFontAwesome CDN costs a phone 509 ms of main-thread work and 299 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 · 198 KiBAbout 198 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.
rater8.com adds 203 ms
203 msrater8.com costs a phone 203 ms of main-thread work and 837 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.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Minify JavaScript
14 KiB14 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 3 ms
3 msYour server sent the HTML in 3 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 15.1 s
15.1 sYour largest element takes 15.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Confident heart doctor smiling in a bright, modern Cardiova…”.
Time to Interactive: 18.7 s
18.7 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 18.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.3 s
1.3 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.3 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Speed Index: 7.9 s
7.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 52% slower for real visitors
+52%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 88 ms to 136 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 2.6 s
2.6 sThe first text or image appears after 2.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) got 11% slower for real visitors
+11%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.7 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
7 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors wait 1.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 173 ms
173 msReal visitors wait 173 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.
Real-user FCP: 1.6 s
1.6 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 657 ms
657 msReal visitors wait 657 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.7 MB in 68 requests
3.7 MBYour homepage downloads 3.7 MB in 68 requests on a phone: scripts 1.2 MB (14), images 1.1 MB (18) and other files 870 KiB (9). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
8 images in older formats
8 images (602 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.
2 images far larger than shown
12 KiB2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example 2023-CIS-1119.jpg at 1,024 px wide, shown at 330 px. Resized copies would save about 12 KiB.
6 images below the first screen load straight away
6 images further down the page (284 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit
1.05 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.05 g of CO₂e: 125.5 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 (4 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
5 links without text
5 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has 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 10 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
42 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 44 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 42 passed and 2 failed. 1 more 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.
1 link with vague text
1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.
128 internal links, 33 external
The homepage links to 128 pages on cardio.com and 33 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 132 characters
Your meta description is 132 characters: “CIS is your premier cardiology provider, offering a full range of cardiovascular care, from prevention to diagnostics a…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Four Decades of Advancement and Innovation”.
Title: 63 characters
Your title is a healthy 63 characters: “Cardiovascular Institute of the South | Louisiana Heart Doctors”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.cardio.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, Organization, WebPage and WebSite.
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.cardio.com/sitemap_index.xml.
AI search readiness
4 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: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (591 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (6 KiB, 58 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 49 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
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
11 of 13 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
http:// does not redirect
http://cardio.com does not redirect to https, so some visitors land on the insecure version.
No HSTS header
No Strict-Transport-Security header, so browsers may still try plain http first on a return visit.
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.
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.
4 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (cardio.com).
Valid certificate (45 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for cardio.com and is valid for another 45 days.
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 53 links work
All 53 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 13 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
cardio.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
cardio.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 yearscardio.com was registered in Jun 1995 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until May 2027
cardio.com is registered until May 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.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 2 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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.
About 513 words of copy
The homepage carries about 513 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
3 calls to action
The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Join Our Team” and “Learn More”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be cardio.com is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.
No DKIM key on the usual selectors
We found no DKIM key on the selectors the big email providers use. If you send through one of them, turning on DKIM signing improves delivery.
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.
1 checks passed
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:usb._netblocks.mimecast.com include:_spf.ultipro.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com +mx a:smtp.cardi…”.
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.
12 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 12 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
- It loads jQuery 3.2.1, older than 3.5 (which fixed known security holes).
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress
- Framework
- jQuery
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
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