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colind.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202627 issues · 88 checks
This review found 27 issues worth fixing on colind.com, 8 of them high impact, across 88 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. 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
82BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.4 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 30, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 86 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 77 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 77 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 77 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 77 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 77 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 72 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 71 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
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
colind.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Improve image delivery
1.6 s · 509 KiB3 images could be 509 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.6 s faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.5 s · 281 KiBAbout 281 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.5 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
1.7 s15 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.7 s.
Mobile performance score: 67
67/100Your mobile performance score is 67. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Google Tag Manager adds 146 ms
146 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 146 ms of main-thread work and 296 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.
5 third-party services on the page
5 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Pardot and cdn-cookieyes.com and others), adding 475 KiB and 210 ms of main-thread time.
2 long tasks on the main thread
2 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 101 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
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.
Minify JavaScript
2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 0.6 s
A phone's processor spends 0.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 275 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 4 ms
4 msYour server sent the HTML in 4 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
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: 10.0 s
10.0 sYour largest element takes 10.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 10.0 s
10.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 10.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest content (LCP) got 27% slower for real visitors
+27%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.9 s to 2.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user FCP: 2.8 s
2.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.5 s
5.5 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.5 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.6 s
2.6 sThe first text or image appears after 2.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
2 images without width and height
2 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
4 checks passed
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Tap response (INP) got 18% faster for real visitors
-18%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 87 ms to 71 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 53 ms
53 msScripts block the page for only 53 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
About 0.4 g of CO₂ per visit
0.41 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.41 g of CO₂e: 49.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Page weight: 1.5 MB in 53 requests
1.5 MBYour homepage downloads 1.5 MB in 53 requests on a phone: images 572 KiB (13), scripts 569 KiB (17) and fonts 185 KiB (2). That is a lean page.
Accessibility
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.
Users should be able to zoom and scale the text up to 500% (1 element)
Users should be able to zoom and scale the text up to 500%: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h4 and h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 23 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
4 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 7 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 4 passed and 3 failed. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is short (26 characters)
Your title is only 26 characters: “Home - Columbus Industries”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
Meta description is long (252 characters)
Your meta description is 252 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
4 links with vague text
4 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
1 link crawlers can't follow
1 link has no real href, so search engines can't follow it.
86 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 86 pages on colind.com and 9 external pages.
6 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Columbus Industries Partners to Protect What Matters Most”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.columbusindustries.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 http://www.columbusindustries.com/sitemap_index.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
1 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.
Other pages
1 page without an H1
/contact-us has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
2 pages slow to respond
/solutions/hand-dryers and /solutions/restoration took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 31 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
3 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 3 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 3 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
2 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
No Content-Security-Policy
No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
1 link through redirect chains
1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://www.columbusindustries.com/products/1-furnace-filters/.
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.
7 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (columbusindustries.com).
Valid certificate (65 days left)
The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for colind.com and is valid for another 65 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://colind.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 39 links work
All 39 links checked from your homepage (33 internal, 6 external) answered without errors; 28 did not answer within 5 s.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
columbusindustries.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
columbusindustries.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 26 years old
26 yearscolumbusindustries.com was registered in Jul 2000 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Jul 2027
columbusindustries.com is registered until Jul 2027.
Content and conversion
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 social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust 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 348 words of copy
The homepage carries about 348 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
6 calls to action
The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Learn more”, “TALK TO AN EXPERT” and “LEARN MORE”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (7 fields 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: 1 phone link and 0 email links.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be colind.com is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.
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: 60/100
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.
1 checks passed
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 a mx ip4:184.170.228.33 ip4:71.66.16.219 ip4:20.25.213.26 ip4:71.66.16.222 ip4:71.66.16.216 ip4:201.174.118.19 i…”.
Privacy and tracking
2 cookies set on arrival
2Opening the homepage sets 2 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
1 other company contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 1 host run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
2 checks passed
Consent tool: CookieYes
A consent management tool (CookieYes) loads with the page.
No known trackers before consent
No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).
Upkeep, stack and company
- 1 plugin is behind its latest release.megamenu 3.10.8 → 3.10.9
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress 7.1.4
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
Hiring
- Hiring
- 49 open roles
- Job board
- icims
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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