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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 29 October 202646 issues · 109 checks

This review found 46 issues worth fixing on cef.com, 18 of them high impact, across 109 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
2.4 s1.8 sMay 9Oct 242.2 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20261.9 s
May 16, 20261.9 s
May 23, 20261.9 s
May 30, 20261.9 s
Jun 6, 20261.9 s
Jun 13, 20261.9 s
Jun 20, 20261.9 s
Jun 27, 20261.9 s
Jul 4, 20261.9 s
Jul 11, 20261.9 s
Jul 18, 20261.9 s
Jul 25, 20262.0 s
Aug 1, 20262.0 s
Aug 8, 20262.0 s
Aug 15, 20262.0 s
Aug 22, 20262.0 s
Aug 29, 20262.1 s
Sep 5, 20262.1 s
Sep 12, 20262.2 s
Sep 19, 20262.2 s
Sep 26, 20262.2 s
Oct 3, 20262.3 s
Oct 10, 20262.4 s
Oct 17, 20262.4 s
Oct 24, 20262.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
167 ms132 msMay 9Oct 24161 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026136 ms
May 16, 2026138 ms
May 23, 2026139 ms
May 30, 2026141 ms
Jun 6, 2026143 ms
Jun 13, 2026145 ms
Jun 20, 2026147 ms
Jun 27, 2026149 ms
Jul 4, 2026149 ms
Jul 11, 2026149 ms
Jul 18, 2026148 ms
Jul 25, 2026148 ms
Aug 1, 2026149 ms
Aug 8, 2026150 ms
Aug 15, 2026151 ms
Aug 22, 2026151 ms
Aug 29, 2026148 ms
Sep 5, 2026149 ms
Sep 12, 2026152 ms
Sep 19, 2026155 ms
Sep 26, 2026160 ms
Oct 3, 2026161 ms
Oct 10, 2026163 ms
Oct 17, 2026162 ms
Oct 24, 2026161 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

Full-page screenshot of cef.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. cef.com at 1.2 s1.2 s
  2. cef.com at 2.4 s2.4 s
  3. cef.com at 3.6 s3.6 s
  4. cef.com at 4.8 s4.8 s
  5. cef.com at 6.0 s6.0 s
  6. cef.com at 7.2 s7.2 s
  7. cef.com at 8.4 s8.4 s
  8. cef.com at 9.5 s9.5 s

cef.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.

Speed

13 to fix10
  • Render-blocking requests

    3.3 s

    6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 3.3 s.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    1.5 s · 671 KiB

    30 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (671 KiB).

  • Mobile performance score: 10

    10/100

    Your mobile performance score is 10. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 5.2 s

    A phone's processor spends 5.2 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, cookiebot.eu and Facebook and others), adding 1.5 MB and 2.2 s of main-thread time.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    770 ms · 374 KiB

    About 374 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 770 ms faster on a phone.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 661 ms

    661 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 661 ms of main-thread work and 533 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 619 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • cookiebot.eu adds 578 ms

    578 ms

    cookiebot.eu costs a phone 578 ms of main-thread work and 32 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

    460 ms · 63 KiB

    About 63 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 460 ms faster on a phone.

  • Font display

    500 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 500 ms).

  • Facebook adds 337 ms

    337 ms

    Facebook costs a phone 337 ms of main-thread work and 230 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 134 ms

    134 ms

    FontAwesome CDN costs a phone 134 ms of main-thread work and 490 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

    21 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 21 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Improve image delivery

    6 KiB

    1 image could be 6 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • 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: 111 ms

    111 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 111 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

8 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 8.2 s

    8.2 s

    Your largest element takes 8.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Itinerarios profesionales”.

  • Time to Interactive: 19.3 s

    19.3 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 19.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.918

    0.918

    The layout shifts by 0.918 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • Total Blocking Time: 1.8 s

    1.8 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 1.8 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 7.2 s

    7.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 7.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.6 s

    3.6 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 21% slower for real visitors

    +21%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.9 s to 2.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • 2 images without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) got 18% slower for real visitors

    +18%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 136 ms to 161 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • 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: 1.9 s

    1.9 s

    Real visitors wait 1.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 171 ms

    171 ms

    Real visitors wait 171 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.3 s

    1.3 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 704 ms

    704 ms

    Real visitors wait 704 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

Images and page weight

2 to fix81
  • Page weight: 2.1 MB in 107 requests

    2.1 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.1 MB in 107 requests on a phone: scripts 1.7 MB (34), fonts 216 KiB (4) and images 91 KiB (23). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    Welcome 5.jpg.webp is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).

  • About 0.6 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.60 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.60 g of CO₂e: 72.2 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

6 to fixGoogle 8591
  • Unlabelled dropdowns

    4 dropdowns have no label.

  • 1 text element with low contrast

    1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • 1 image without alt text

    1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • 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.

  • 1 link without text

    1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.

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  • 46 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: 46 passed and 6 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

3 to fixGoogle 8583
  • No H1 headline

    There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.

  • Meta description is long (190 characters)

    Your meta description is 190 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • 19 links with vague text

    19 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.

  • 136 internal links, 15 external

    The homepage links to 136 pages on cef.com and 15 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Title: 45 characters

    Your title is a healthy 45 characters: “CEF.- | Masters, Cursos, Oposiciones y Libros”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.cef.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: School and WebPage.

  • 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.cef.es/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • 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 (1,570 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

2 to fix93
  • 2 pages share a meta description

    /noticias and /areas-formacion use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.

  • 2 links to non-canonical URLs

    Your homepage links to 2 pages by a URL that isn't their canonical one, for example /curso/curso-monografico-movilidad-extranjeria-nacionalidad, whose canonical is /curso/curso-movilidad-extranjeria-nacionalidad. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 67 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

6 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • 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

2 to fixGoogle 7782
  • 2 broken images

    2 images failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=17548766&tm=gtm002&Ver=2&mid=83718b13-ec30-4d5e-ba36-10616bf2e8ab&bo=1&sid=4fa53570d37211f1992e03c9b64aae80&vid=4fa55b70d37211f18db8f717dbb05fba&vids=1&msclkid=N&pid=e.

  • 1 third-party cookie

    1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.

  • Browser-reported issues

    Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).

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  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    63 of 63 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

3 to fix79
  • 2 broken external links

    2 links to other sites are dead, for example https://b2cef.b2clogin.com/b2cef.onmicrosoft.com/b2c_1a_ca_signup_signin/oauth2/v2.0/authorize?client_id=3d65fdd7-4c4c-490d-8c53-a4cc68a1fb34&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fopolab.cef.com%2Fauthentication%2Flogin-callback&response_type=id_token&scope=openid%20profile&response_mode=form_post&nonce=639053014445949600.NGY1ZWRkN2MtNDhlMC00Yzc5LTkxNjgtMWQ3NzE3YmM4MDZiNmY3ODQ4NTgtZDFhNC00ZDFlLWFiMzUtMDQ1MThhN2Q3MGM1&client_info=1&x-client-brkrver=IDWeb.3.3.1.0&state=CfDJ8B8h_sdh3JhAsozBWj87Iv5HvxBWrKei87nbQFbKfDI9K0Blb7nQg1Rw5uKNkvNadXwsz_kDo_5J6D2cS3H60PxFZrtow_cqUDu6lk4Rpfu5xU-c2msMyCIFfn5N0VY7O3IeFjf61Ndomh-YP78W17d6B1QVs0UznOFmxHfDCm6A4OkQMWeLDTQqlwlK6SCVxRiidbR3m4KEMLD_E2gkbxIhO57o7BQhIKegzkgiYSnMlJbXmvDLplGzNOAWlxwwWJzM-TkSVHEPR2VuOko_hIRSm3cxpPeAmUYRPpYps5ThTf68-VmjV_UaET5nRJd0vw&x-client-SKU=ID_NET8_0&x-client-ver=8.2.0.0 (404).

  • 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.

  • HTTP/1.1 only

    The server only offers HTTP/1.1, so browsers open several connections and load files more slowly. Most hosts and CDNs turn on HTTP/2 with a setting.

  • 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 (cef.com).

  • Valid certificate (28 days left)

    The certificate from DigiCert Inc · RapidSSL TLS RSA CA G1 verifies for cef.com and is valid for another 28 days.

  • Protected from clickjacking

    X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://cef.com redirects to the secure version.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    cef.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

    cef.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 28 years old

    28 years

    cef.com was registered in Sep 1998 through Arsys Internet, S.L. dba NICLINE.COM. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Sep 2027

    cef.com is registered until Sep 2027.

Content and conversion

4 to fix63
  • 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 calls to action

    We found no call-to-action buttons or links (such as “Book a demo” or “Get a quote”) anywhere on the homepage.

  • 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.

  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: a star rating. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • 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 1,923 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,923 words of visible text.

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  • 2 short forms

    2 short forms (5 fields at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

  • Direct contact links

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

  • Phone number on the homepage

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

Email authentication

2 to fix40
  • No DMARC policy

    cef.com has no DMARC record, so nothing tells receivers what to do with mail that fails SPF or DKIM. Gmail and Yahoo require DMARC from bulk senders.

  • 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: 40/100

    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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  • 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 -all ”.

Privacy and tracking

  • 8 trackers load before any consent

    8

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, LinkedIn Insight and Meta Pixel and 3 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Cookiebot) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 15 cookies set on arrival

    15

    Opening the homepage sets 15 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 33 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 33 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: Cookiebot

    A consent management tool (Cookiebot) loads with the page.

Upkeep, stack and company

  • The footer still says © 2025.

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Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
AireNetworks

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