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engsys.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 3 November 202637 issues · 98 checks
This review found 37 issues worth fixing on engsys.com, 12 of them high impact, across 98 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
75CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
Compare side by sideOne score from every part of this review. How it works
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
2.3 s · 8.0 MB50 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (8.0 MB).
Improve image delivery
3.4 s · 4.9 MB12 images could be 4.9 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.4 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
1.6 s5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.6 s.
Mobile performance score: 60
60/100Your mobile performance score is 60. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused CSS
750 ms · 95 KiBAbout 95 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 467 ms
467 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 467 ms of main-thread work and 301 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.
Font display
350 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 350 ms).
8 long tasks on the main thread
8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 295 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Main-thread work: 2.7 s
A phone's processor spends 2.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 516 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
3 third-party services on the page
3 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, JSDelivr CDN and Google Analytics), adding 324 KiB and 488 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
139 KiBAbout 139 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Minify CSS
16 KiB16 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
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.
Minify JavaScript
4 KiB4 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 27 ms
27 msYour server sent the HTML in 27 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 9.2 s
9.2 sYour largest element takes 9.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 10.8 s
10.8 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 10.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 479 ms
479 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 479 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.3 s
2.3 sThe first text or image appears after 2.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
10 images without width and height
10 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.
2 checks passed
Speed Index: 3.1 s
3.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 3.1 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 14.9 MB in 55 requests
14.9 MBYour homepage downloads 14.9 MB in 55 requests on a phone: images 11.0 MB (38), media 3.0 MB (1) and fonts 491 KiB (7). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
8 images far larger than shown
822 KiB8 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example _dsc0648-2-w-banner2-copy.jpg at 800 px wide, shown at 171 px. Resized copies would save about 822 KiB.
29 images in older formats
29 images (7.3 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.
6 images below the first screen load straight away
6 images further down the page (947 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 4.2 g of CO₂ per visit
4.22 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 4.22 g of CO₂e: 506.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
2 buttons without a name
2 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
ARIA commands must have an accessible name (2 elements)
ARIA commands must have an accessible name: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
1 text element with low contrast
1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
41 images without alt text
41 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 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 form fields without a label
2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
1 checks passed
43 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 49 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 43 passed and 6 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (86 characters)
Your title is 86 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Engineering Systems Inc. | Forensic Engineering Consultants | Engineering Systems Inc.”.
Structured data has 1 problem
Structured data found (LocalBusiness, Organization, ProfessionalService and Service) but with 1 problem, for example “Service: no offers (price) block”.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
No XML sitemap
No XML sitemap at https://engsys.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
No robots.txt
There is no robots.txt at engsys.com/robots.txt, the first file search crawlers ask for.
2 links with vague text
2 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
199 internal links, 4 external
The homepage links to 199 pages on engsys.com and 4 external pages.
3 checks passed
Meta description: 146 characters
Your meta description is 146 characters: “ESi provides forensic engineering, scientific investigation, and technical consulting to solve complex challenges with …”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Technical expertise you can trust”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.engsys.com/.
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: 6 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,052 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
6 small tap targets
6 of 26 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
No HSTS header
No Strict-Transport-Security header, so browsers may still try plain http first on a return visit.
No Content-Security-Policy
No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
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 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.
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.
4 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (engsys.com).
Valid certificate (106 days left)
The certificate from DigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1 verifies for engsys.com and is valid for another 106 days.
http:// redirects to https
http://engsys.com redirects to the secure version.
All 44 links work
All 44 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 4 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
engsys.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
engsys.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 24 years old
24 yearsengsys.com was registered in Apr 2002 through Cloudflare, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Nov 2033
engsys.com is registered until Nov 2033.
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 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 318 words of copy
The homepage carries about 318 words of visible text.
8 checks passed
3 calls to action
The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Learn More” and “Contact us today”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 1 testimonial or review block and 1 trust badge.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 0 email links.
Opening hours shown
Your opening hours are on the homepage.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
LocalBusiness structured data
Your homepage describes the business with LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants can read its address, hours and phone reliably.
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 ip4:12.7.181.240/29 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.atlassian.net include:_spf.psm.knowbe4.com …”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”, “k2” and “s1”), 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.
4 cookies set on arrival
4Opening the homepage sets 4 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.
3 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 3 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Upkeep, stack and company
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- Framework
- Tailwind CSS
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Azure
Hiring
- Hiring
- 40 open roles
- Job board
- adp
- Careers page
- engsys.com/people/careers (opens in a new tab)
Company
- Employees
- 805
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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