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generational.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 29 October 202619 issues · 77 checks
This review found 19 issues worth fixing on generational.com, 5 of them high impact, across 77 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 4.0 MB. Google's speed test didn't respond, so speed is not measured here; your full playbook measures it. 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
Not scored yet: Google's speed test didn't run in this review. Re-run the review to get a score.
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 122 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 125 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 120 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 604 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 289 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 149 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 135 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 121 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
Speed
Not measured in this review.
Core Web Vitals
Real-user FCP: 2.0 s
2.0 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors wait 1.5 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+4%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 122 ms to 121 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 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.5 s to 2.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
4 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on your site (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 2.2 s
2.2 sReal visitors wait 2.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 121 ms
121 msReal visitors wait 121 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.06
0.06For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.06 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.0 MB
4.0 MBYour homepage downloads 4.0 MB on a phone, 657 KiB of it images (16%). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
3 images in older formats
3 images (557 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.
4 images below the first screen load straight away
4 images further down the page (585 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit
1.14 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.14 g of CO₂e: 136.6 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
Frames without titles
3 frames have no title, so screen-reader users cannot tell what they contain.
2 text elements with low contrast
2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
4 images without alt text
4 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.
6 form fields without a label
6 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
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, h3 → h5 and h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
51 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 58 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 51 passed and 7 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
5 H1 headlines
There are 5 <h1> headlines (“A leading, full-service M&A advisory firm for pri…”, “20000+” and “95000+”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
59 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 59 pages on generational.com and 9 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 121 characters
Your meta description is 121 characters: “Looking for M&A advisory? Our experts provide comprehensive guidance and support for successful mergers and acquisition…”.
Title: 42 characters
Your title is a healthy 42 characters: “Generational Group - M&A Advisory Services”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.generational.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, ImageObject, Organization, WebPage and WebSite.
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.generational.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: 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 (1,305 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
8 pages without a meta description
/alliance, /about/brand-ambassadors, /about/giving-back, /strategic-alliances, /pcg and /services/growth-consulting/overview and 2 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page without an H1
/conference-highlights has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 44 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
5 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.
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
4 JavaScript errors while loading
4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “google is not defined”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
7 of 8 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
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 180 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
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.
6 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (generational.com).
Valid certificate (42 days left)
The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for generational.com and is valid for another 42 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
http:// redirects to https
http://generational.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 49 links work
All 49 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 9 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
generational.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
generational.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 yearsgenerational.com was registered in Sep 1998 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Sep 2032
generational.com is registered until Sep 2032.
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.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 14 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
About 963 words of copy
The homepage carries about 963 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
6 calls to action
The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Buy a Business”, “Register” and “Contact”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Hotjar, HubSpot and Cloudflare Web Analytics.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 0 email links.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
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 include:spf1.generational.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf.exclaimer.net include:us._netblocks…”.
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
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and HubSpot and 2 mores (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.
15 cookies set on arrival
15Opening the homepage sets 15 cookies, 2 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
57 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 57 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
- It runs WordPress 3.7.1; the current release is 7.1.4.
- 1 plugin is behind its latest release.contact-form-7 6.1.7 → 6.2.3
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress 3.7.1
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager | Hotjar
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
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