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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 25 October 202632 issues · 99 checks

This review found 32 issues worth fixing on general-data.com, 7 of them high impact, across 99 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
2.2 s1.7 sMay 2Oct 172.1 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 2, 20261.8 s
May 9, 20262.0 s
May 16, 20261.9 s
May 23, 20262.1 s
May 30, 20262.1 s
Jun 6, 20262.1 s
Jun 13, 20262.2 s
Jun 20, 20262.0 s
Jun 27, 20262.0 s
Jul 4, 20262.0 s
Jul 11, 20262.0 s
Jul 18, 20262.1 s
Jul 25, 20262.0 s
Aug 1, 20262.0 s
Aug 8, 20262.0 s
Aug 15, 20262.0 s
Aug 22, 20262.1 s
Aug 29, 20262.1 s
Sep 5, 20262.1 s
Sep 12, 20262.0 s
Sep 19, 20262.0 s
Sep 26, 20262.1 s
Oct 3, 20262.0 s
Oct 10, 20262.0 s
Oct 17, 20262.1 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
128 ms77 msMay 2Oct 17122 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 2, 202683 ms
May 9, 2026104 ms
May 16, 2026104 ms
May 23, 2026111 ms
May 30, 2026112 ms
Jun 6, 202690 ms
Jun 13, 202699 ms
Jun 20, 2026101 ms
Jun 27, 2026122 ms
Jul 4, 2026110 ms
Jul 11, 2026110 ms
Jul 18, 2026111 ms
Jul 25, 202690 ms
Aug 1, 2026104 ms
Aug 8, 202695 ms
Aug 15, 202696 ms
Aug 22, 2026102 ms
Aug 29, 2026108 ms
Sep 5, 2026105 ms
Sep 12, 202697 ms
Sep 19, 202697 ms
Sep 26, 202695 ms
Oct 3, 2026103 ms
Oct 10, 2026119 ms
Oct 17, 2026122 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 general-data.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. general-data.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. general-data.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. general-data.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. general-data.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. general-data.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. general-data.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. general-data.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. general-data.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

general-data.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.

Speed

5 to fix73
  • Render-blocking requests

    3.8 s

    16 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 3.8 s.

  • Mobile performance score: 73

    73/100

    Your mobile performance score is 73 (desktop: 88). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    730 ms · 93 KiB

    About 93 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 730 ms faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    300 ms · 411 KiB

    About 411 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 325 ms

    325 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 325 ms of main-thread work and 558 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 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, cloudflare.com and AddToAny and others), adding 813 KiB and 377 ms of main-thread time.

  • Improve image delivery

    150 ms · 237 KiB

    6 images could be 237 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • 4 long tasks on the main thread

    4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 114 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Font display

    100 ms

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

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    21 KiB

    5 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (21 KiB).

  • 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.

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  • Main-thread work: 0.9 s

    A phone's processor spends 0.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 436 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 13 ms

    13 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 13 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

8 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: 14.3 s

    14.3 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 14.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.9 s

    3.9 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 4.7 s

    4.7 s

    Your largest element takes 4.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Smarter Technologies. Exceptional Results.”.

  • Tap response (INP) got 29% slower for real visitors

    +29%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 83 ms to 122 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Real-user FCP: 2.1 s

    2.1 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 2.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    Real visitors wait 1.4 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Speed Index: 3.9 s

    3.9 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 3.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    +9%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.8 s to 2.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.2 s

    2.2 s

    Real visitors wait 2.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 123 ms

    123 ms

    Real visitors wait 123 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.061

    0.061

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.061, good is under 0.1).

  • Total Blocking Time: 97 ms

    97 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 97 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

1 to fix85
  • Page weight: 2.3 MB in 74 requests

    2.3 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.3 MB in 74 requests on a phone: scripts 919 KiB (21), other files 602 KiB (15) and images 378 KiB (12). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.66 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.66 g of CO₂e: 79.3 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • 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

6 to fixGoogle 8892
  • 8 text elements with low contrast

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

  • 1 image without alt text

    1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark (2 elements)

    Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Document should not have more than one banner landmark (1 element)

    Document should not have more than one banner landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 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.

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  • 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

4 to fixGoogle 9281
  • Title is long (71 characters)

    Your title is 71 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Smarter Technologies. Exceptional Results. | General Data Company, Inc.”.

  • No structured data

    No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.

  • Meta description is long (222 characters)

    Your meta description is 222 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

    No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.

  • 88 internal links, 4 external

    The homepage links to 88 pages on general-data.com and 4 external pages.

4 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Smarter Technology. Exceptional Results.”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.general-data.com/.

  • robots.txt in place

    robots.txt is in place.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.general-data.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • 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 (427 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 3 pages without a meta description

    /about/careers, /contact and /support/get-support have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 43 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

6 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 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
  • 4 JavaScript errors while loading

    4 errors were 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

    14 of 16 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

1 to fix94
  • No Content-Security-Policy

    No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • 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.

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  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (general-data.com).

  • Valid certificate (31 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YR2 verifies for general-data.com and is valid for another 31 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:// redirects to https

    http://general-data.com redirects to the secure version.

  • HTTP/2

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

  • All 43 links work

    All 43 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 3 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    general-data.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

    general-data.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.

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  • Domain is 30 years old

    30 years

    general-data.com was registered in Aug 1996 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Aug 2028

    general-data.com is registered until Aug 2028.

Content and conversion

3 to fix81
  • 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: 1 customer or partner logo. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • A 8-field form

    Your longest form asks for 8 fields (6 required). Every extra field lowers completion.

  • No opening hours

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

  • 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 358 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 358 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 “CONTACT US”, “Learn more” and “LET'S GET STARTED >”.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 3 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

90
  • 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.

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  • 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 mx a ip4:162.249.104.251/32 ip4:162.249.104.250/32 ip4:68.66.200.201 include:spfa.cpmails.com include:spf.protec…”.

  • 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
  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, 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

    4

    Opening the homepage sets 4 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (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.

  • 14 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 14 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

CMS
Commerce 3
Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Pantheon;Fastly Hosted;Fastly Load Balancer;Amazon;A2 Hosting;Oracle Cloud;Microsoft;Microsoft Azure

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