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excaltech.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 19 October 202618 issues · 86 checks
This review found 18 issues worth fixing on excaltech.com, 4 of them high impact, across 86 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
Compare side by sideOne 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
excaltech.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.2 s · 409 KiBAbout 409 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.2 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 63
63/100Your mobile performance score is 63 (desktop: 69). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
7 third-party services on the page
7 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, cdn-cookieyes.com and Google CDN and others), adding 709 KiB and 686 ms of main-thread time.
Google Tag Manager adds 625 ms
625 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 625 ms of main-thread work and 648 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.
Render-blocking requests
350 ms5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 350 ms.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 44 KiBAbout 44 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
6 long tasks on the main thread
6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 262 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 11 KiB11 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
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.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
2 KiB1 file is served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (2 KiB).
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 1.5 s
A phone's processor spends 1.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 790 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 5 ms
5 msYour server sent the HTML in 5 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 7.1 s
7.1 sYour largest element takes 7.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “WORRY-FREE IT SUPPORT FOR MIDWEST AND FLORIDA BUSINESSES Wi…”.
Time to Interactive: 9.5 s
9.5 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 9.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.0 s
5.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.4 s
2.4 sThe first text or image appears after 2.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 308 ms
308 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 308 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
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.
1 checks passed
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
About 0.3 g of CO₂ per visit
0.34 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.34 g of CO₂e: 41.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
4 checks passed
Page weight: 1.2 MB in 56 requests
1.2 MBYour homepage downloads 1.2 MB in 56 requests on a phone: scripts 891 KiB (28), other files 91 KiB (14) and images 81 KiB (5). That is a lean page.
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
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
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 4 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
45 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 45 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 0 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
39 internal links, 6 external
The homepage links to 39 pages on excaltech.com and 6 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 129 characters
Your meta description is 129 characters: “Managed IT Services for Midwest & Florida SMBs. Secure, support, and simplify your IT with ExcalTech so your business c…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Worry-Free IT Support for Midwest and Florida Businesses”.
Title: 57 characters
Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “ExcalTech: Managed IT Services for Midwest & Florida SMBs”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.excaltech.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Article, ImageObject, Organization, Person and Place.
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.excaltech.com/sitemap_index.xml.
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
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Organization data: 5 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details; description would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (781 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 24 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
5 small tap targets
5 of 12 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
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.
Short HSTS lifetime
HSTS is set, but max-age is 0 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
1 link through redirect chains
1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://pay.excaltech.com/.
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 (excaltech.com).
Valid certificate (87 days left)
The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for excaltech.com and is valid for another 87 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
http:// redirects to https
http://excaltech.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 31 links work
All 31 links checked from your homepage (25 internal, 6 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
excaltech.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
excaltech.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 27 years old
27 yearsexcaltech.com was registered in Apr 1999 through TLDS L.L.C. d/b/a SRSPlus. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Apr 2027
excaltech.com is registered until Apr 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.
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 30 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
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 733 words of copy
The homepage carries about 733 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
5 calls to action
The homepage has 5 calls to action, for example “Request a Call” and “Contact Us”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 1 email link.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Email authentication
SPF does not block other senders (no all)
Your SPF record doesn't end in -all or ~all, so it doesn't stop other servers sending as you: “v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf.emailsignatures365.com include:spf.myconnectwise.net include:spf.…”.
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.
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DMARC policy: reject
DMARC tells receivers to reject mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1” and “hs1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (CookieYes) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
2 cookies set on arrival
2Opening the homepage sets 2 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
9 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 9 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: CookieYes
A consent management tool (CookieYes) loads with the page.
Upkeep, stack and company
- 1 plugin is behind its latest release.formidable 6.35 → 7.0
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress 7.1.3
- Framework
- React
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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