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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 20 October 202634 issues · 106 checks

This review found 34 issues worth fixing on cmilc.com, 10 of them high impact, across 106 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
1.7 s956 msMay 2Oct 171.2 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 2, 20261.4 s
May 9, 20261.4 s
May 16, 20261.5 s
May 23, 20261.4 s
May 30, 20261.6 s
Jun 6, 20261.5 s
Jun 13, 20261.4 s
Jun 20, 20261.6 s
Jun 27, 20261.2 s
Jul 4, 20261.3 s
Jul 11, 20261.2 s
Jul 18, 20261.1 s
Jul 25, 20261.2 s
Aug 1, 20261.0 s
Aug 8, 20261.1 s
Aug 15, 20261.1 s
Aug 22, 20261.2 s
Aug 29, 20261.3 s
Sep 5, 20261.4 s
Sep 12, 20261.3 s
Sep 19, 20261.4 s
Sep 26, 20261.3 s
Oct 3, 20261.3 s
Oct 10, 20261.4 s
Oct 17, 20261.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
90 ms55 msMay 16Oct 1777 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 202677 ms
May 30, 202686 ms
Jun 6, 202679 ms
Jun 13, 202679 ms
Jun 20, 202674 ms
Jun 27, 202670 ms
Jul 11, 202659 ms
Jul 18, 202659 ms
Jul 25, 202665 ms
Aug 1, 202673 ms
Aug 29, 202681 ms
Sep 5, 202681 ms
Sep 12, 202681 ms
Sep 19, 202682 ms
Sep 26, 202681 ms
Oct 3, 202680 ms
Oct 10, 202681 ms
Oct 17, 202677 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 cmilc.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. cmilc.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. cmilc.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. cmilc.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. cmilc.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. cmilc.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. cmilc.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. cmilc.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. cmilc.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

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

Speed

11 to fix44
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    3.4 s · 507 KiB

    About 507 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.4 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    2.5 s

    4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.5 s.

  • Mobile performance score: 44

    44/100

    Your mobile performance score is 44 (desktop: 59). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Improve image delivery

    300 ms · 2.9 MB

    18 images could be 2.9 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, website-files.com and Google Optimize and others), adding 15.8 MB and 831 ms of main-thread time.

  • website-files.com adds 203 ms

    203 ms

    website-files.com costs a phone 203 ms of main-thread work and 15.2 MB 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

    900 ms · 115 KiB

    9 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (115 KiB).

  • Legacy JavaScript

    300 ms · 15 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 15 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • 11 long tasks on the main thread

    11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 312 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 260 ms

    260 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 260 ms of main-thread work and 310 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.

  • Main-thread work: 2.6 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Font display

    100 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    25 KiB

    About 25 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • 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.

  • Minify CSS

    5 KiB

    5 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 2 ms

    2 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 2 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 15.1 s

    15.1 s

    Your 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 element shown below.

  • Time to Interactive: 15.5 s

    15.5 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 15.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 4.4 s

    4.4 s

    The first text or image appears after 4.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 735 ms

    735 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 735 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 5.6 s

    5.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • 3 images without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -3%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 77 ms to 77 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

8 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: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors wait 1.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 77 ms

    77 ms

    Real visitors wait 77 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: 0.9 s

    0.9 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 0.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 302 ms

    302 ms

    Real visitors wait 302 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 11% faster for real visitors

    -11%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.4 s to 1.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 16.5 MB in 123 requests

    16.5 MB

    Your homepage downloads 16.5 MB in 123 requests on a phone: images 15.1 MB (51), scripts 1.2 MB (29) and fonts 171 KiB (13). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 4.7 g of CO₂ per visit

    4.68 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 4.68 g of CO₂e: 561.1 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 use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • 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 9392
  • 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.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (34 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 34 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 (2 elements)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Document should not have more than one banner landmark (1 element)

    Document should not have more than one banner landmark: 1 element on the page fails 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.

  • 6 form fields without a label

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

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h1 → h3, h2 → h4 and h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 66 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 35 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 41 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 35 passed and 6 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

5 to fixGoogle 9279
  • Title is long (82 characters)

    Your title is 82 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “CMI - Sheet Piling and Aluminum Fabrication for Commercial & Residential Solutions”.

  • No structured data

    No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.

  • Meta description is long (179 characters)

    Your meta description is 179 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • 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.

  • 156 internal links, 8 external

    The homepage links to 156 pages on cmilc.com and 8 external pages.

4 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Sustainable Solutions”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

  • 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.cmilc.com/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.

2 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.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (984 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

100
  • 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

2 to fixGoogle 9678
  • 1 broken image

    1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=148009706&tm=gtm002&Ver=2&mid=e01c73f7-866e-46f5-8e17-534eea1279a0&bo=1&sid=f7360b40cc3a11f185c763ea92892f86&vid=f7363f70cc3a11f181df4977830fda85&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=9.

  • 3 JavaScript errors while loading

    3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “[Weglot] Cannot load Weglot because the project has been deleted”.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    15 of 15 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

100
  • No X-Content-Type-Options

    X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff is missing, so browsers may guess file types.

  • 1 link through redirect chains

    1 link go through two or more redirects, for example http://youtube.com/cmilctv.

  • 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.

8 checks passed
  • Served over HTTPS

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

  • Valid certificate (56 days left)

    The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for cmilc.com and is valid for another 56 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://cmilc.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.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    cmilc.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

    cmilc.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 23 years old

    23 years

    cmilc.com was registered in Mar 2003 through DNC Holdings, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Mar 2027

    cmilc.com is registered until Mar 2027.

Content and conversion

1 to fix92
  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 6 trust badges. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • 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 654 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 654 words of visible text.

5 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “CONTACT US”.

  • 9 calls to action

    The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Learn More” and “Learn more”.

  • 6 short forms

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

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 3 phone links and 0 email links.

Email authentication

90
  • Email authentication score: 90/100

    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.

3 checks passed
  • DMARC policy: quarantine

    DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.

  • 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 include:amazonses.com -all”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1” and “selector2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 6 trackers load before any consent

    6

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Ads and Microsoft Clarity and 1 more (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.

  • 8 cookies set on arrival

    8

    Opening the homepage sets 8 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.

  • 32 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 32 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 © 2024.

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CMS
Webflow
Analytics
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager

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