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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 1 November 202643 issues · 112 checks

This review found 43 issues worth fixing on fti.de, 19 of them high impact, across 112 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
3.6 s2.0 sMay 9Oct 243.2 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.2 s
May 16, 20262.2 s
May 23, 20262.3 s
May 30, 20262.4 s
Jun 6, 20262.7 s
Jun 13, 20263.1 s
Jun 20, 20263.3 s
Jun 27, 20263.4 s
Jul 4, 20263.4 s
Jul 11, 20263.4 s
Jul 18, 20263.4 s
Jul 25, 20263.4 s
Aug 1, 20263.3 s
Aug 8, 20263.2 s
Aug 15, 20263.1 s
Aug 22, 20263.1 s
Aug 29, 20263.1 s
Sep 5, 20263.2 s
Sep 12, 20263.3 s
Sep 19, 20263.3 s
Sep 26, 20263.3 s
Oct 3, 20263.2 s
Oct 10, 20263.2 s
Oct 17, 20263.2 s
Oct 24, 20263.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
163 ms119 msMay 9Oct 24142 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026148 ms
May 16, 2026150 ms
May 23, 2026147 ms
May 30, 2026147 ms
Jun 6, 2026153 ms
Jun 13, 2026156 ms
Jun 20, 2026158 ms
Jun 27, 2026155 ms
Jul 4, 2026154 ms
Jul 11, 2026152 ms
Jul 18, 2026148 ms
Jul 25, 2026148 ms
Aug 1, 2026141 ms
Aug 8, 2026132 ms
Aug 15, 2026128 ms
Aug 22, 2026126 ms
Aug 29, 2026124 ms
Sep 5, 2026125 ms
Sep 12, 2026128 ms
Sep 19, 2026130 ms
Sep 26, 2026138 ms
Oct 3, 2026140 ms
Oct 10, 2026141 ms
Oct 17, 2026140 ms
Oct 24, 2026142 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 fti.de (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. fti.de at 0.6 s0.6 s
  2. fti.de at 1.2 s1.2 s
  3. fti.de at 1.7 s1.7 s
  4. fti.de at 2.3 s2.3 s
  5. fti.de at 2.9 s2.9 s
  6. fti.de at 3.5 s3.5 s
  7. fti.de at 4.0 s4.0 s
  8. fti.de at 4.6 s4.6 s

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

Speed

11 to fix51
  • Improve image delivery

    1.8 s · 968 KiB

    4 images could be 968 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.8 s faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    1.6 s · 983 KiB

    40 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (983 KiB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.5 s

    7 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.5 s.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 1.2 s of main-thread work and 1.0 MB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Main-thread work: 4.3 s

    A phone's processor spends 4.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Optanon and DemandBase and others), adding 1.3 MB and 1.7 s of main-thread time.

  • Mobile performance score: 51

    51/100

    Your mobile performance score is 51. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    750 ms · 169 KiB

    About 169 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.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    665 KiB

    About 665 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • 18 long tasks on the main thread

    18 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 387 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Optanon adds 352 ms

    352 ms

    Optanon costs a phone 352 ms of main-thread work and 215 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.

  • Minify CSS

    150 ms · 7 KiB

    7 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • Font display

    100 ms

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

  • Legacy JavaScript

    19 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 19 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: 19 ms

    19 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 19 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

10 to fix100
  • 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.

  • Time to Interactive: 21.6 s

    21.6 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 21.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 5.4 s

    5.4 s

    Your largest element takes 5.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Hero image”.

  • Total Blocking Time: 1.1 s

    1.1 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 1.1 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 46% slower for real visitors

    +46%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.2 s to 3.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Real-user FCP: 1.8 s

    1.8 s

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

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors wait 1.2 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Speed Index: 5.1 s

    5.1 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.2 s

    2.2 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 5 images without width and height

    5 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -5%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 148 ms to 142 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

4 checks passed
  • Real-user LCP: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    Real visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 92 ms

    92 ms

    Real visitors wait 92 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.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.034

    0.034

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.034, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix75
  • Page weight: 3.7 MB in 91 requests

    3.7 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.7 MB in 91 requests on a phone: scripts 1.7 MB (30), images 1.7 MB (19) and stylesheets 191 KiB (5). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image far larger than shown

    236 KiB

    1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example germany-hp-hero-still.jpg at 1,920 px wide, shown at 408 px. Resized copies would save about 236 KiB.

  • 1 image in older formats

    1 image (397 KiB) is 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 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.06 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.06 g of CO₂e: 127.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

1 checks passed
  • Images load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

Accessibility

10 to fixGoogle 7185
  • 2 buttons without a name

    2 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • 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.

  • Orphan list items

    Some list items are not inside a list.

  • 9 tap targets too small

    9 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • <html> element must have a lang attribute (1 element)

    <html> element must have a lang attribute: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • Malformed lists

    Some lists contain elements other than list items, which screen readers announce wrongly.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (75 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 75 elements on the page fail 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.

  • No page language

    The <html> element has no lang attribute, so screen readers may read the page in the wrong voice and accent.

  • Headings should not be empty (1 element)

    Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings skip levels

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

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

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

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 16 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 41 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 41 passed and 10 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 10087
  • Meta description is long (570 characters)

    Your meta description is 570 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • Structured data has 1 problem

    Structured data found (BreadcrumbList, Organization, Person and ProfessionalService) but with 1 problem, for example “WebSite: missing name”.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • No favicon declared

    No favicon is declared in the HTML, so browser tabs and Google's mobile results may show a generic icon.

  • 108 internal links, 8 external

    The homepage links to 108 pages on fti.de and 8 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “In Deutschland und weltweit”.

  • Title: 38 characters

    Your title is a healthy 38 characters: “Germany | Deutschland | FTI Consulting”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.fticonsulting.com/de-de/germany.

  • 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.fticonsulting.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
4 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 (1,239 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes /llms.txt (57 KiB, 0 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 77 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

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 3 small tap targets

    3 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

1 to fix94
  • 1 broken external link

    1 link to other sites is dead, for example https://preferencecenter.fticonsulting.com/ (404).

  • 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.

7 checks passed
  • Served over HTTPS

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

  • Valid certificate (145 days left)

    The certificate from DigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1 verifies for fti.de and is valid for another 145 days.

  • Protected from clickjacking

    X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.

  • Content-Security-Policy set

    A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • HSTS enabled

    Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://fti.de redirects to the secure version.

  • HTTP/2

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

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    fticonsulting.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

    fticonsulting.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 28 years old

    28 years

    fticonsulting.com was registered in Apr 1998 through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Apr 2027

    fticonsulting.com is registered until Apr 2027.

Content and conversion

2 to fix67
  • 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.

  • No opening hours

    The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.

  • Phone number is not tap-to-call

    Your phone number appears as text but isn't a tel: link, so phone visitors can't tap to call.

  • 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 1,101 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,101 words of visible text.

4 checks passed
  • 2 calls to action

    The homepage has 2 calls to action, for example “Contact”.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage.

  • 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

2 to fix0
  • No DMARC policy

    fti.de has no DMARC record, so nothing tells receivers what to do with mail that fails SPF or DKIM. Gmail and Yahoo require DMARC from bulk senders.

  • No SPF record

    fti.de has no SPF record, so mail servers can't tell which servers may send email as you. Your mail lands in spam more often, and anyone can send mail pretending to be you.

  • No DKIM key on the usual selectors

    We found no DKIM key on the selectors the big email providers use. If you send through one of them, turning on DKIM signing improves delivery.

  • Domain receives no email

    fti.de has no MX record, so it receives no email. SPF -all and DMARC reject still matter: they stop others sending mail as you.

  • Email authentication score: 0/100

    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.

Privacy and tracking

  • 1 tracker load before any consent

    1

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager (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.

  • 6 cookies set on arrival

    6

    Opening the homepage sets 6 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 6 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 6 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • 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.

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Google Tag Manager
Hosting
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