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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 29 October 202639 issues · 91 checks
This review found 39 issues worth fixing on ccv.edu, 15 of them high impact, across 91 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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 | 1.3 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.6 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 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 108 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 105 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 105 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 129 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
Speed
Render-blocking requests
4.3 s24 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 4.3 s.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.9 s · 539 KiBAbout 539 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.9 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 30
30/100Your mobile performance score is 30. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 6.2 s
A phone's processor spends 6.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.9 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, Facebook and technolutions.net and others), adding 1.2 MB and 2.1 s of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
250 ms · 949 KiB15 images could be 949 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 250 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused CSS
900 ms · 110 KiBAbout 110 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 900 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 879 ms
879 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 879 ms of main-thread work and 361 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 479 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Facebook adds 418 ms
418 msFacebook costs a phone 418 ms of main-thread work and 214 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.
technolutions.net adds 337 ms
337 mstechnolutions.net costs a phone 337 ms of main-thread work and 228 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.
TikTok adds 269 ms
269 msTikTok costs a phone 269 ms of main-thread work and 151 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
50 ms · 195 KiB6 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (195 KiB).
Minify CSS
150 ms · 6 KiB6 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
21 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 21 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.
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: 14.8 s
14.8 sYour largest element takes 14.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “One College. Many Paths.”.
Time to Interactive: 15.9 s
15.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 15.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 2.0 s
2.0 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 2.0 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 5.0 s
5.0 sThe first text or image appears after 5.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.0 s
8.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 23% slower for real visitors
+23%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 108 ms to 131 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 50% slower for real visitors
+50%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.3 s to 2.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
8 images without width and height
8 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
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: 2.1 s
2.1 sReal visitors wait 2.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 141 ms
141 msReal visitors wait 141 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.02
0.02For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.02 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 636 ms
636 msReal visitors wait 636 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.015
0.015The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.015, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.5 MB in 98 requests
3.5 MBYour homepage downloads 3.5 MB in 98 requests on a phone: images 1.5 MB (27), scripts 1.3 MB (27) and fonts 383 KiB (7). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
11 images below the first screen load straight away
11 images further down the page (1.0 MB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
1 image far larger than shown
159 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example Photo-58-1-scaled.avif at 2,560 px wide, shown at 334 px. Resized copies would save about 159 KiB.
About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit
0.99 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.99 g of CO₂e: 118.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
6 buttons without a name
6 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
4 tap targets too small
4 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
3 text elements with low contrast
3 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Hidden but focusable
1 element hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
1 image without alt text
1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (14 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 14 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate 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.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
1 checks passed
45 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: 45 passed and 7 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
61 internal links, 26 external
The homepage links to 61 pages on ccv.edu and 26 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 131 characters
Your meta description is 131 characters: “Community College of Vermont offers affordable, accessible, and flexible degree and certificate programs online and acr…”.
Title: 60 characters
Your title is a healthy 60 characters: “Community College of Vermont | Affordable & Flexible College”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://ccv.edu/.
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://ccv.edu/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 (589 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://ccv.edu/llms.txt (5 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 47 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.”).
5 JavaScript errors while loading
5 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “_tpt.loadFontFace is not a function”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
16 of 19 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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 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 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 423 words of copy
The homepage carries about 423 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Get Started Today”.
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “Course Schedule”, “Apply to CCV” and “Request More Information”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 7 testimonial or review blocks and 1 trust badge.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage.
Privacy and tracking
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and TikTok 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 (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.
20 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 20 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at ccv.edu, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
- The footer still says © 2025.
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- WP Engine
Company
- Employees
- 549
- Founded
- 1970
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