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dic-global.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 2 November 202648 issues · 106 checks
This review found 48 issues worth fixing on dic-global.com, 18 of them high impact, across 106 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
71CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
Compare side by sideShow as table
| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.1 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 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.4 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 123 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 124 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 131 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 122 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
dic-global.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
3.8 s · 19.5 MB54 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (19.5 MB).
Improve image delivery
2.1 s · 1.8 MB19 images could be 1.8 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.1 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
1.0 s2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.0 s.
Mobile performance score: 62
62/100Your mobile performance score is 62. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
750 ms · 213 KiBAbout 213 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, datasign.co and Tumblr and others), adding 715 KiB and 629 ms of main-thread time.
Google Tag Manager adds 348 ms
348 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 348 ms of main-thread work and 182 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: 2.3 s
A phone's processor spends 2.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 981 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
datasign.co adds 138 ms
138 msdatasign.co costs a phone 138 ms of main-thread work and 393 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.
8 long tasks on the main thread
8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 184 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 28 KiBAbout 28 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.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
10 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 10 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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: 2 ms
2 msYour server sent the HTML in 2 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: 12.0 s
12.0 sYour largest element takes 12.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Recommended Content NEW Technology The Future of Semiconduc…”.
Time to Interactive: 12.4 s
12.4 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 12.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.23
0.23For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.23 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Largest content (LCP) got 20% slower for real visitors
+20%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.1 s to 1.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user TTFB: 988 ms
988 msReal visitors wait 988 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 416 ms
416 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 416 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
20 images without width and height
20 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Speed Index: 3.8 s
3.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 3.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s
2.0 sThe first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+1%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 123 ms to 122 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
3 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.3 s
2.3 sReal visitors wait 2.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user FCP: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 20.1 MB in 90 requests
20.1 MBYour homepage downloads 20.1 MB in 90 requests on a phone: media 16.9 MB (2), images 2.3 MB (42) and scripts 612 KiB (29). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
16 images far larger than shown
1.2 MB16 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example thum_html42.webp at 1,800 px wide, shown at 351 px. Resized copies would save about 1.2 MB.
11 images in older formats
11 images (1.1 MB) 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.
12 images below the first screen load straight away
12 images further down the page (1.1 MB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 5.7 g of CO₂ per visit
5.71 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 5.71 g of CO₂e: 685.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
Certain ARIA roles must be contained by particular parents (7 elements)
Certain ARIA roles must be contained by particular parents: 7 elements on the page fail this check, rated critical by axe-core.
Invalid ARIA attributes
6 elements use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (1 element)
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.
Orphan list items
Some list items are not inside a list.
5 text elements with low contrast
5 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Frames without titles
1 frame has no title, so screen-reader users cannot tell what it contains.
Malformed lists
Some lists contain elements other than list items, which screen readers announce wrongly.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (5 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 5 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
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.
5 links without text
5 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 23 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
43 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 53 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 43 passed and 10 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
Title is short (24 characters)
Your title is only 24 characters: “DIC Corporation - Global”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No canonical URL
No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.
Meta description is long (203 characters)
Your meta description is 203 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
No XML sitemap
No XML sitemap at https://www.dic-global.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
1 link crawlers can't follow
1 link has no real href, so search engines can't follow it.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.
213 internal links, 5 external
The homepage links to 213 pages on dic-global.com and 5 external pages.
2 checks passed
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.
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 (1,089 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 132 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
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).
6 JavaScript errors while loading
6 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Loading the script 'https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: …”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Content security policy”).
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
26 of 27 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
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://twitter.com/share?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&hashtags=DIC,ColorAndComfort.
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.
6 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (dic-global.com).
Valid certificate (83 days left)
The certificate from Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04 verifies for dic-global.com and is valid for another 83 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/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 (40 internal, 5 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
dic-global.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
dic-global.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 16 years old
16 yearsdic-global.com was registered in Sep 2010 through PSI-Japan, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Sep 2028
dic-global.com is registered until Sep 2028.
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.
Only about 226 words
The homepage has only about 226 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
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.
4 checks passed
3 calls to action
The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Contact us” and “Contact”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 1 email link.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 85/100
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 in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 ip4:159.211.248.250 ip4:210.162.170.17 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.qualtrics.com ~all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”), 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 Comscore 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.
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.
16 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 16 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Hosting
- CloudFront
Company
- Employees
- 20,411
- Founded
- 1908
- Headquarters
- Tokyo
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