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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 24 October 202633 issues · 105 checks

This review found 33 issues worth fixing on fmls.com, 10 of them high impact, across 105 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. 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
1.7 s1.6 sMay 2Oct 171.6 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 2, 20261.6 s
May 9, 20261.6 s
May 16, 20261.7 s
May 23, 20261.7 s
May 30, 20261.7 s
Jun 6, 20261.7 s
Jun 13, 20261.7 s
Jun 20, 20261.6 s
Jun 27, 20261.7 s
Jul 4, 20261.7 s
Jul 11, 20261.7 s
Jul 18, 20261.7 s
Jul 25, 20261.7 s
Aug 1, 20261.7 s
Aug 8, 20261.7 s
Aug 15, 20261.6 s
Aug 22, 20261.6 s
Aug 29, 20261.6 s
Sep 5, 20261.6 s
Sep 12, 20261.7 s
Sep 19, 20261.7 s
Sep 26, 20261.7 s
Oct 3, 20261.6 s
Oct 10, 20261.6 s
Oct 17, 20261.6 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
80 ms79 msMay 2Oct 1779 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 2, 202680 ms
May 9, 202679 ms
May 16, 202680 ms
May 23, 202680 ms
May 30, 202680 ms
Jun 6, 202680 ms
Jun 13, 202680 ms
Jun 20, 202679 ms
Jun 27, 202679 ms
Jul 4, 202679 ms
Jul 11, 202680 ms
Jul 18, 202680 ms
Jul 25, 202680 ms
Aug 1, 202680 ms
Aug 8, 202679 ms
Aug 15, 202679 ms
Aug 22, 202679 ms
Aug 29, 202679 ms
Sep 5, 202679 ms
Sep 12, 202679 ms
Sep 19, 202679 ms
Sep 26, 202679 ms
Oct 3, 202679 ms
Oct 10, 202679 ms
Oct 17, 202679 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

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Speed

5 to fix62
  • Improve image delivery

    3.3 s · 1.8 MB

    24 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 3.3 s faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.5 s · 249 KiB

    About 249 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.5 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 62

    62/100

    Your mobile performance score is 62 (desktop: 70). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Render-blocking requests

    750 ms

    18 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 750 ms.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 45 KiB

    About 45 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 third-party services on the page

    6 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, PageSense and zohocdn.com and others), adding 472 KiB and 216 ms of main-thread time.

  • 8 long tasks on the main thread

    8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 231 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Font display

    50 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).

  • 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

    2 KiB

    2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

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  • Main-thread work: 1.9 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 541 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 4 ms

    4 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 4 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

4 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 12.7 s

    12.7 s

    Your largest element takes 12.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Georgia Real Estate Starts Here”.

  • Time to Interactive: 12.7 s

    12.7 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 12.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.8 s

    3.8 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 5.6 s

    5.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -1%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 80 ms to 79 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -3%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.6 s to 1.6 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

8 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: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Real visitors wait 1.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 79 ms

    79 ms

    Real visitors wait 79 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.01

    0.01

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 440 ms

    440 ms

    Real visitors wait 440 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 108 ms

    108 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 108 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.035

    0.035

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.035, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

3 to fix68
  • Page weight: 3.3 MB in 78 requests

    3.3 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.3 MB in 78 requests on a phone: images 2.5 MB (29), scripts 525 KiB (17) and fonts 226 KiB (8). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 13 images in older formats

    13 images (890 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.

  • 8 images below the first screen load straight away

    8 images further down the page (449 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.95 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.95 g of CO₂e: 113.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

1 checks passed
  • Images are sized for phones

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

Accessibility

6 to fixGoogle 8091
  • 10 text elements with low contrast

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

  • Links look like plain text

    2 links inside paragraphs rely on colour alone to stand out.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (11 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 11 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.

  • Zoom is disabled

    The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.

  • 15 links without text

    15 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 28 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 39 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 46 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 39 passed and 7 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 8588
  • No meta description

    No meta description, so Google writes its own snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 12 links with vague text

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

  • Open Graph partly set

    Open Graph is missing og:description, so shared links fall back to guesses.

  • 31 internal links, 89 external

    The homepage links to 31 pages on fmls.com and 89 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Georgia Real Estate Starts Here”.

  • Title: 38 characters

    Your title is a healthy 38 characters: “Georgia Real Estate Starts Here - FMLS”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://firstmls.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, ImageObject, Organization, WebPage and WebSite.

  • 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://firstmls.com/sitemap_index.xml.

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.

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: 4 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (905 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

3 to fix83
  • 3 linked pages hidden from search

    /photographer, /intel and /our-staff-2 are marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If they are meant to be found, remove the noindex.

  • 13 pages without a meta description

    /lockbox-reciprocity, /brokers, /photographer, /mls-partnerships, /support and /courses and 7 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 1 page without an H1

    /fmls-brochure-download has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 1 page with very little text

    /fmls-brochure-download has 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.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 16 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

4 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.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • Every page has a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

2 to fixGoogle 10078
  • 1 broken image

    1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://firstmls.com/.

  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()”.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    64 of 70 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

4 to fix64
  • 1 broken link to your own pages

    1 link from your homepage to your own site is broken, for example https://firstmls.com/join/ (404).

  • 1 broken external link

    1 link to other sites is dead, for example https://fmlsstore.com/collections/custom-rider (404).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 1 link through redirect chains

    1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://login.fmls.com/samlsp?redirectUrl=https://www.fmls.com/150.

  • 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.

3 checks passed
  • Served over HTTPS

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

  • Valid certificate (51 days left)

    The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for fmls.com and is valid for another 51 days.

  • HTTP/2 and HTTP/3

    The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    firstmls.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

    firstmls.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 17 years old

    17 years

    firstmls.com was registered in Oct 2008 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Oct 2027

    firstmls.com is registered until Oct 2027.

Content and conversion

2 to fix86
  • 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: 2 trust badges. 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 828 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 828 words of visible text.

5 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Learn More”.

  • 6 calls to action

    The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Join FMLS”, “Contact” and “Learn More”.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 4 phone links and 0 email links.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.

Email authentication

1 to fix75
  • DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

    DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be fmls.com is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.

  • Email authentication score: 75/100

    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.

2 checks passed
  • SPF with a strict ending (-all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:1dx2m8p36.spf.checkpoint-spf.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”, “s1” and “s2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 2 trackers load before any consent

    2

    Before 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.

  • 9 cookies set on arrival

    9

    Opening the homepage sets 9 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.

  • 8 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 8 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Upkeep, stack and company

  • It runs WordPress 3.7.1; the current release is 7.1.3.

Stack

CMS
WordPress 3.7.1
Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Analytics

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