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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 31 October 202629 issues · 94 checks

This review found 29 issues worth fixing on cid.com, 8 of them high impact, across 94 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
3.1 s1.4 sMay 9Oct 242.2 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.9 s
May 16, 20262.7 s
May 23, 20262.8 s
May 30, 20262.4 s
Jun 6, 20261.9 s
Jun 13, 20261.7 s
Jun 20, 20261.6 s
Jun 27, 20261.6 s
Jul 4, 20261.7 s
Jul 11, 20261.8 s
Jul 18, 20262.0 s
Jul 25, 20261.9 s
Aug 1, 20262.1 s
Aug 8, 20262.2 s
Aug 15, 20262.1 s
Aug 22, 20262.5 s
Aug 29, 20262.5 s
Sep 5, 20262.6 s
Sep 12, 20262.6 s
Sep 19, 20262.7 s
Sep 26, 20262.7 s
Oct 3, 20262.5 s
Oct 10, 20262.8 s
Oct 17, 20262.3 s
Oct 24, 20262.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
197 ms106 msMay 9Oct 24135 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026138 ms
May 16, 2026131 ms
May 23, 2026138 ms
May 30, 2026143 ms
Jun 6, 2026135 ms
Jun 13, 2026124 ms
Jun 20, 2026120 ms
Jun 27, 2026127 ms
Jul 4, 2026144 ms
Jul 11, 2026154 ms
Jul 18, 2026157 ms
Jul 25, 2026121 ms
Aug 1, 2026116 ms
Aug 8, 2026118 ms
Aug 15, 2026156 ms
Aug 22, 2026180 ms
Aug 29, 2026181 ms
Sep 5, 2026186 ms
Sep 12, 2026139 ms
Sep 19, 2026163 ms
Sep 26, 2026163 ms
Oct 3, 2026148 ms
Oct 17, 2026133 ms
Oct 24, 2026135 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 cid.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. cid.com at 0.5 s0.5 s
  2. cid.com at 0.9 s0.9 s
  3. cid.com at 1.4 s1.4 s
  4. cid.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  5. cid.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  6. cid.com at 2.8 s2.8 s
  7. cid.com at 3.3 s3.3 s
  8. cid.com at 3.7 s3.7 s

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

Speed

5 to fix72
  • Mobile performance score: 72

    72/100

    Your mobile performance score is 72. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    690 ms · 123 KiB

    About 123 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 690 ms faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    450 ms

    3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 450 ms.

  • 2,562 HTML elements

    The page has 2,562 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Main-thread work: 2.0 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 357 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 2 third-party services on the page

    2 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics), adding 281 KiB and 231 ms of main-thread time.

  • Improve image delivery

    235 KiB

    3 images could be 235 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • 5 long tasks on the main thread

    5 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 104 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    16 KiB

    1 file is served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (16 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 fix50
  • Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 13.8 s

    13.8 s

    Your largest element takes 13.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “We use cookies for statistical purposes to better understan…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 13.9 s

    13.9 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 13.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Real-user LCP: 2.8 s

    2.8 s

    Real visitors wait 2.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors wait 1.0 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Speed Index: 4.5 s

    4.5 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 4.5 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    0%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 138 ms to 135 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user CLS: 0.02

    0.02

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.02 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 19% faster for real visitors

    -19%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.9 s to 2.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Total Blocking Time: 93 ms

    93 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 93 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.009

    0.009

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.009, good is under 0.1).

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.0 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

Images and page weight

1 to fix85
  • Page weight: 2.6 MB in 67 requests

    2.6 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.6 MB in 67 requests on a phone: images 1.6 MB (34), fonts 606 KiB (3) and scripts 355 KiB (17). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image in older formats

    1 image (35 KiB) is 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 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.74 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.74 g of CO₂e: 89.1 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.

  • 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 8590
  • 10 tap targets too small

    10 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • 6 text elements with low contrast

    6 text elements don'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.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (33 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 33 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.

  • 2 form fields without a label

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

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

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  • 39 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: 39 passed and 5 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 8598
  • 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.

  • 103 internal links, 6 external

    The homepage links to 103 pages on cid.com and 6 external pages.

8 checks passed
  • Meta description: 160 characters

    Your meta description is 160 characters: “We engineer solutions that make your business more powerful across the digital value chain. Our tech specialisms cover …”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “< A Better Way to Software > Digital Transformation > Modern Data Stacks & AI > Cloud-Native Software & Transformation …”.

  • Title: 30 characters

    Your title is a healthy 30 characters: “A better way to software | CID”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://cid.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, ImageObject, Organization, WebPage and WebSite.

  • 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://cid.com/sitemap-index.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: 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 (1,660 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 1 page without an H1

    /why-cid/our-advantage has 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 45 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

3 to fixGoogle 9285
  • 2 small tap targets

    2 of 10 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “vMapLocationData is not defined”.

  • 4 distorted images

    4 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.

1 checks passed
  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

100
  • Deprecated X-XSS-Protection

    X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.

  • No security.txt

    There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.

8 checks passed
  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (cid.com).

  • Valid certificate (53 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for cid.com and is valid for another 53 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.

  • HSTS enabled

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

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://cid.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.

  • All 44 links work

    All 44 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 4 external) answered without errors; 1 did not answer within 5 s.

Domain and trust

  • DNSSEC is off

    cid.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.

3 checks passed
  • Domain is 25 years old

    25 years

    cid.com was registered in May 2001 through InterNetX GmbH. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Certificate issuers are restricted

    CAA records allow only ssl.com, amazon.com, digicert.com and letsencrypt.org to issue certificates for cid.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.

  • Registered until May 2027

    cid.com is registered until May 2027.

Content and conversion

3 to fix67
  • 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: 8 customer or partner logos. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • 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 1,657 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,657 words of visible text.

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  • 4 calls to action

    The homepage has 4 calls to action, for example “Contact us” and “Learn more”.

  • 2 short forms

    2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

Email authentication

2 to fix40
  • No DMARC policy

    cid.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 ip4:88.205.125.0/24 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:25513617.spf03.hubspotemail.net -all”.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 4 trackers load before any consent

    4

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and LinkedIn Insight (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.

  • 4 cookies set on arrival

    4

    Opening the homepage sets 4 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.

  • 5 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 5 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Upkeep, stack and company

  • The footer still says © 2025.

Stack

CMS
WordPress
Framework
Tailwind CSS
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
WP Engine

Company

Headquarters
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