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counsol.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 October 202621 issues · 96 checks
This review found 21 issues worth fixing on counsol.com, 4 of them high impact, across 96 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
91AClosest competitors among SaaS websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 2, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 268 ms |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 264 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 262 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 261 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 261 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 262 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 263 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 264 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 263 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 263 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 266 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 269 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 269 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 268 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 266 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 268 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 270 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 270 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 270 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 264 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 262 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 261 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 260 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 261 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 261 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
counsol.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
2.3 s · 555 KiB34 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (555 KiB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
900 ms · 119 KiBAbout 119 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 900 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 66
66/100Your mobile performance score is 66 (desktop: 98). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
950 ms5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 950 ms.
Improve image delivery
450 ms · 110 KiB11 images could be 110 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused CSS
450 ms · 77 KiBAbout 77 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
3 third-party services on the page
3 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and capterra.com), adding 165 KiB and 162 ms of main-thread time.
Minify CSS
150 ms · 8 KiB8 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
2 long tasks on the main thread
2 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 110 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Document request latency
14 KiBThe HTML itself could arrive sooner: redirects, a slow server response or missing compression delay everything after it.
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 98 but mobile only 66. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.
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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 0.4 s
A phone's processor spends 0.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 177 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 29 ms
29 msYour server sent the HTML in 29 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 6.4 s
6.4 sYour largest element takes 6.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Personalized. Efficient. Complete. Online practice manageme…”.
First Contentful Paint: 3.4 s
3.4 sThe first text or image appears after 3.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.9 s
5.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 6.5 s
6.5 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 6.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 268 ms to 261 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
9 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: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors wait 1.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 116 ms
116 msReal visitors wait 116 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 0.9 s
0.9 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 490 ms
490 msReal visitors wait 490 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 15% faster for real visitors
-15%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.3 s to 1.1 s 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: 57 ms
57 msScripts block the page for only 57 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
1 image in older formats
1 image (42 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 0.2 g of CO₂ per visit
0.21 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.21 g of CO₂e: 24.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
Page weight: 743 KiB in 39 requests
743 KiBYour homepage downloads 743 KiB in 39 requests on a phone: images 363 KiB (30), scripts 272 KiB (4) and stylesheets 84 KiB (2). That is a lean page.
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
All page content should be contained by landmarks (9 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 9 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 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 27 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
22 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 24 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 22 passed and 2 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No XML sitemap
No XML sitemap at https://counsol.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
1 link with vague text
1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.
30 internal links, 6 external
The homepage links to 30 pages on counsol.com and 6 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 147 characters
Your meta description is 147 characters: “Personalized. Efficient. Complete. Online practice management exactly the way you want it. For Counselors, Therapists, …”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Personalized. Efficient. Complete.Online practice management exactly the way you want it.”.
Title: 43 characters
Your title is a healthy 43 characters: “Practice Management Software for Counselors”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://counsol.com/.
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.
AI search readiness
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.
Opted out of AI training for 1 crawler
robots.txt blocks ClaudeBot, which collect pages to train models. That's a legitimate choice and doesn't by itself stop the site appearing in AI answers, which the crawlers above handle.
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 (405 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
2 linked pages hidden from search
/site/legal/terms and /site/legal/privacy are marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If they are meant to be found, remove the noindex.
3 pages without a meta description
/blog, /site/legal/terms and /site/legal/privacy have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page without an H1
/blog has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
2 pages with very little text
/site/access/login and /tour have under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
12 internal pages checked
We fetched 12 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
4 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 12 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has a title
All 12 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
13 of 14 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
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.
7 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (counsol.com).
Valid certificate (84 days left)
The certificate from DigiCert Inc · Thawte TLS RSA CA G1 verifies for counsol.com and is valid for another 84 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://counsol.com redirects to the secure version.
All 19 links work
All 19 links checked from your homepage (13 internal, 6 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
Domain expires in 56 days
counsol.com is registered until Dec 2026. Make sure auto-renew is on and the card on file is current.
DNSSEC is off
counsol.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 14 years old
14 yearscounsol.com was registered in Dec 2011 through NameCheap, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only thawte.com, digicert.com and symantec.com to issue certificates for counsol.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Content and conversion
Phone number is not tap-to-call
Your phone number appears as text but isn't a tel: link, so phone visitors can't tap to call.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
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 372 words of copy
The homepage carries about 372 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: “Learn More” and “Try Us Free”.
9 calls to action
The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “Pricing”, “Contact” and “Free Trial”.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 4 testimonial or review blocks, 2 customer or partner logos and 4 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics.
Email authentication
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 ip4:169.55.3.128/28 ip4:169.61.190.16/28 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:servers.mcsv.net -all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1” and “k1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
2 trackers load before any consent
2Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (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.
3 cookies set on arrival
3Opening the homepage sets 3 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.
4 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 4 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
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