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codeblock.studio website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 9 November 202636 issues · 98 checks
This review found 36 issues worth fixing on codeblock.studio, 11 of them high impact, across 98 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
73CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
3.7 s · 647 KiBAbout 647 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.7 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
2.6 s11 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.6 s.
Mobile performance score: 49
49/100Your mobile performance score is 49. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
150 ms · 13.4 MB7 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (13.4 MB).
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, website-files.com and Clarity and others), adding 15.2 MB and 1.2 s of main-thread time.
website-files.com adds 364 ms
364 mswebsite-files.com costs a phone 364 ms of main-thread work and 14.2 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.
Google Tag Manager adds 607 ms
607 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 607 ms of main-thread work and 807 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: 2.9 s
A phone's processor spends 2.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
11 long tasks on the main thread
11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 195 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 27 KiBAbout 27 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 15 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 15 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
70 KiB4 images could be 70 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Minify JavaScript
7 KiB7 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: 7 ms
7 msYour server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 14.1 s
14.1 sYour largest element takes 14.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 14.2 s
14.2 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 14.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 4.7 s
4.7 sThe first text or image appears after 4.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 6.8 s
6.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 417 ms
417 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 417 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
9 images without width and height
9 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
1 checks passed
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.049
0.049The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.049, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 18.4 MB in 80 requests
18.4 MBYour homepage downloads 18.4 MB in 80 requests on a phone: media 16.3 MB (5), scripts 1.2 MB (19) and other files 374 KiB (24). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
6624ea07d7c146d72463727e_green-line-mobile-p-500.png 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).
1 image in older formats
1 image (36 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 5.2 g of CO₂ per visit
5.21 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 5.21 g of CO₂e: 625.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes (2 elements)
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)
Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails 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.
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
4 links without text
4 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 115 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
41 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 47 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 41 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
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.
Structured data has 3 problems
Structured data found (Organization) but with 3 problems, for example “Organization: sameAs is not an absolute URL ("#")”.
No XML sitemap
No XML sitemap at https://www.codeblock.studio/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
No robots.txt
There is no robots.txt at codeblock.studio/robots.txt, the first file search crawlers ask for.
9 internal links, 19 external
The homepage links to 9 pages on codeblock.studio and 19 external pages.
4 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Designing & developing beyond the ordinary”.
Title: 39 characters
Your title is a healthy 39 characters: “CodeBlock - EdTech, SaaS & Merch Studio”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.codeblock.studio/.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
AI search readiness
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.
3 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
There is no robots.txt, so nothing stops the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity from reading the site and cite it in answers.
Organization data: 5 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description; contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (485 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
2 linked pages are broken
Your homepage links to /legal/terms-conditions and /legal/privacy-policy, which answer with an error. Visitors hit a dead end and search engines drop them.
1 page without an H1
/case-studies.html has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
3 internal pages checked
We fetched 3 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
5 checks passed
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 1 page 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 1 page that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Cannot read properties of null (reading 'style')”.
2 distorted images
2 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
2 broken links to your own pages
2 links from your homepage to your own site are broken, for example https://www.codeblock.studio/legal/terms-conditions (404).
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.
1 link through redirect chains
1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://instagram.com/codeblock.studio.
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.
5 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (codeblock.studio).
Valid certificate (80 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YR2 verifies for codeblock.studio and is valid for another 80 days.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://codeblock.studio redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
codeblock.studio'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 2 years old
2 yearscodeblock.studio was registered in Jun 2024 through NameCheap, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only sectigo.com, globalsign.com, letsencrypt.org and pki.goog to issue certificates for codeblock.studio, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until Jun 2027
codeblock.studio is registered until Jun 2027.
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 phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
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 form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
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 407 words of copy
The homepage carries about 407 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Book a call”.
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “Contact us”, “Start Project” and “Book a call”.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 3 customer or partner logos, 1 trust badge and “50+ brands”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be codeblock.studio is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.
Email authentication score: 70/100
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.
2 checks passed
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 a mx include:_spf.google.com ~all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “mail”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
4 trackers load before any consent
4Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity (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.
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.
22 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 22 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.
Stack
- CMS
- Webflow
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Hosting
- Vercel
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