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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 19 October 202624 issues · 100 checks

This review found 24 issues worth fixing on cpllearning.com, 9 of them high impact, across 100 checks. The most urgent: mobile performance score: 48. 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
1.4 s1.1 sApr 25Oct 101.2 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
Apr 25, 20261.3 s
May 2, 20261.3 s
May 9, 20261.3 s
May 16, 20261.2 s
May 23, 20261.2 s
May 30, 20261.2 s
Jun 6, 20261.1 s
Jun 13, 20261.1 s
Jun 20, 20261.1 s
Jun 27, 20261.1 s
Jul 4, 20261.2 s
Jul 11, 20261.2 s
Jul 18, 20261.3 s
Jul 25, 20261.3 s
Aug 1, 20261.3 s
Aug 8, 20261.2 s
Aug 15, 20261.2 s
Aug 22, 20261.2 s
Aug 29, 20261.2 s
Sep 5, 20261.2 s
Sep 12, 20261.2 s
Sep 19, 20261.2 s
Sep 26, 20261.2 s
Oct 3, 20261.2 s
Oct 10, 20261.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
134 ms114 msApr 25Oct 10116 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
Apr 25, 2026123 ms
May 2, 2026122 ms
May 9, 2026122 ms
May 16, 2026124 ms
May 23, 2026123 ms
May 30, 2026123 ms
Jun 6, 2026123 ms
Jun 13, 2026124 ms
Jun 20, 2026125 ms
Jun 27, 2026127 ms
Jul 4, 2026125 ms
Jul 11, 2026126 ms
Jul 18, 2026127 ms
Jul 25, 2026130 ms
Aug 1, 2026132 ms
Aug 8, 2026132 ms
Aug 15, 2026130 ms
Aug 22, 2026125 ms
Aug 29, 2026123 ms
Sep 5, 2026121 ms
Sep 12, 2026120 ms
Sep 19, 2026121 ms
Sep 26, 2026118 ms
Oct 3, 2026116 ms
Oct 10, 2026116 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 cpllearning.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. cpllearning.com at 0.9 s0.9 s
  2. cpllearning.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  3. cpllearning.com at 2.8 s2.8 s
  4. cpllearning.com at 3.7 s3.7 s
  5. cpllearning.com at 4.7 s4.7 s
  6. cpllearning.com at 5.6 s5.6 s
  7. cpllearning.com at 6.6 s6.6 s
  8. cpllearning.com at 7.5 s7.5 s

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

Speed

8 to fix48
  • Mobile performance score: 48

    48/100

    Your mobile performance score is 48 (desktop: 57). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 7.9 s

    A phone's processor spends 7.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 5.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    600 ms · 666 KiB

    About 666 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.

  • Improve image delivery

    800 ms · 290 KiB

    8 images could be 290 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 800 ms faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    450 ms · 378 KiB

    37 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (378 KiB).

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Intercom, VWO and Optanon and others), adding 1.3 MB and 689 ms of main-thread time.

  • Intercom adds 214 ms

    214 ms

    Intercom costs a phone 214 ms of main-thread work and 293 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.

  • VWO adds 164 ms

    164 ms

    VWO costs a phone 164 ms of main-thread work and 416 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.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    150 ms · 76 KiB

    About 76 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.

  • 14 long tasks on the main thread

    14 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 215 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Render-blocking requests

    150 ms

    4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 150 ms.

  • Font display

    100 ms

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

  • Minify JavaScript

    24 KiB

    24 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    19 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 19 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    8 KiB

    8 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.

  • 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

5 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 7.3 s

    7.3 s

    Your largest element takes 7.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Time to Interactive: 16.3 s

    16.3 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 16.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 11.0 s

    11.0 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 11.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 692 ms

    692 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 692 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.1 s

    2.1 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.1 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -5%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-10, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 123 ms to 116 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -8%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-10, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.3 s to 1.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • 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: 120 ms

    120 ms

    Real visitors wait 120 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: 418 ms

    418 ms

    Real visitors wait 418 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.004

    0.004

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.004, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix81
  • Page weight: 2.3 MB in 102 requests

    2.3 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.3 MB in 102 requests on a phone: scripts 1.4 MB (33), images 464 KiB (28) and other files 329 KiB (29). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    cpl-course-header-edited-v2-800x700-1.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).

  • 3 images in older formats

    3 images (307 KiB) are 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

    0.65 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.65 g of CO₂e: 78.3 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 are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

3 to fixGoogle 9194
  • 7 text elements with low contrast

    7 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • Interactive controls must not be nested (3 elements)

    Interactive controls must not be nested: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 1 image without alt text

    1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).

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  • 44 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: 44 passed and 3 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 8594
  • Structured data has 2 problems

    Structured data found (BreadcrumbList, Organization and WebSite) but with 2 problems, for example “WebSite: missing name”.

  • 6 links with vague text

    6 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.

  • 57 internal links, 10 external

    The homepage links to 57 pages on cpllearning.com and 10 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 144 characters

    Your meta description is 144 characters: “Find the online hospitality and retail training you need with CPL Learning. Everything you need all in one place and de…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Hospitality and retail training Trusted by Top Employers”.

  • Title: 52 characters

    Your title is a healthy 52 characters: “Hospitality & Retail Training Courses | CPL Learning”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.cpllearning.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 and points crawlers to your sitemap.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.cpllearning.com/xml-sitemap/.

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 url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details; name and description would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (923 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 1 page without an H1

    /online-courses/hotel-collection 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 36 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

1 to fixGoogle 9293
  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

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

  • 1 low-resolution image

    1 image is served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    11 of 12 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

1 to fix94
  • No Content-Security-Policy

    No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • No Permissions-Policy

    No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.

  • 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.

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  • Served over HTTPS

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

  • Valid certificate (75 days left)

    The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for cpllearning.com and is valid for another 75 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://cpllearning.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 45 links work

    All 45 links checked from your homepage (37 internal, 8 external) answered without errors; 1 did not answer within 5 s.

Domain and trust

1 to fix
  • Domain expires in 32 days

    cpllearning.com is registered until Nov 2026. Make sure auto-renew is on and the card on file is current.

  • No CAA record

    cpllearning.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

    cpllearning.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.

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  • Domain is 16 years old

    16 years

    cpllearning.com was registered in Nov 2009 through Tucows Domains Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

Content and conversion

100
  • 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 800 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 800 words of visible text.

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Get started with a free demo” and “Start your course”.

  • 8 calls to action

    The homepage has 8 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Request Demo” and “Get started with a free demo”.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 20 testimonial or review blocks and 26 customer or partner logos.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 0 email links.

Email authentication

100
  • Email authentication score: 100/100

    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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  • DMARC policy: reject

    DMARC tells receivers to reject 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 mx a ip4:109.228.36.78 ip4:137.117.201.118 ip4:40.68.250.165 ip4:51.11.51.187 include:spf.protection.outlook.com…”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “s1” and “s2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

  • 4 trackers load before any consent

    4

    Before 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). A consent tool (OneTrust) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 17 cookies set on arrival

    17

    Opening the homepage sets 17 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 21 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 21 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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  • Consent tool: OneTrust

    A consent management tool (OneTrust) loads with the page.

Upkeep, stack and company

No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.

Stack

Framework
Bootstrap
Analytics
Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity

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