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gstarcad.net website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 21 October 202647 issues · 107 checks
This review found 47 issues worth fixing on gstarcad.net, 18 of them high impact, across 107 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
65DClosest competitors among SaaS websites
Compare side by sideShow as table
| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 3.8 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 3.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 3.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 136 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 136 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 135 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 136 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 135 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 135 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 133 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 133 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 133 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 131 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 220 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 259 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
Use efficient cache lifetimes
4.4 s · 3.0 MB94 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (3.0 MB).
Reduce unused CSS
2.7 s · 604 KiBAbout 604 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.7 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
3.1 s6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 3.1 s.
Google Tag Manager adds 1.7 s
1.7 sGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 1.7 s of main-thread work and 1.3 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.
Mobile performance score: 31
31/100Your mobile performance score is 31 (desktop: 62). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 4.1 s
A phone's processor spends 4.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.5 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, Facebook and Clarity and others), adding 1.7 MB and 2.3 s of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
350 ms · 1.1 MB10 images could be 1.1 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 350 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
450 ms · 990 KiBAbout 990 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Facebook adds 487 ms
487 msFacebook costs a phone 487 ms of main-thread work and 318 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.
18 long tasks on the main thread
18 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 466 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Document request latency
44 KiBThe HTML itself could arrive sooner: redirects, a slow server response or missing compression delay everything after it.
Legacy JavaScript
24 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 24 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Minify JavaScript
22 KiB22 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 62 but mobile only 31. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.
Minify CSS
10 KiB10 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 231 ms
231 msYour server sent the HTML in 231 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
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.
Real-user FCP: 3.2 s
3.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 3.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 10.9 s
10.9 sYour largest element takes 10.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “GstarRender”.
Time to Interactive: 34.3 s
34.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 34.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 12.1 s
12.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 12.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.6 s
1.6 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.6 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 4.2 s
4.2 sThe first text or image appears after 4.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user LCP: 3.5 s
3.5 sReal visitors wait 3.5 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 261 ms
261 msReal visitors wait 261 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 76% slower for real visitors
+76%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 136 ms to 259 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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.
13 images without width and height
13 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
3 checks passed
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Largest content (LCP) got 21% faster for real visitors
-21%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 4.0 s to 3.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.002
0.002The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.002, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.3 MB in 239 requests
5.3 MBYour homepage downloads 5.3 MB in 239 requests on a phone: scripts 2.8 MB (107), images 1.9 MB (62) and stylesheets 483 KiB (15). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
6 images far larger than shown
840 KiB6 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example houseplan-icon29.png at 1,920 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 840 KiB.
6 images in older formats
6 images (1.1 MB) 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.
About 1.5 g of CO₂ per visit
1.50 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.50 g of CO₂e: 180.3 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
9 text elements with low contrast
9 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.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (14 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 14 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.
Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)
Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
7 form fields without a label
7 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h5 and h2 → h5), 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. (4 elements).
1 checks passed
28 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 32 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 28 passed and 4 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No canonical URL
No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.
Meta description is long (210 characters)
Your meta description is 210 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.
9 links with vague text
9 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
6 links crawlers can't follow
6 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
65 internal links, 35 external
The homepage links to 65 pages on gstarcad.net and 35 external pages.
4 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “CAD Software”.
Title: 64 characters
Your title is a healthy 64 characters: “CAD Software - 2D/3D CAD design and drafting software - GstarCAD”.
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.gstarcad.net/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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 (825 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 33 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
6 JavaScript errors while loading
6 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED”.
6 distorted images
6 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
20 of 21 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
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.
HTTP/1.1 only
The server only offers HTTP/1.1, so browsers open several connections and load files more slowly. Most hosts and CDNs turn on HTTP/2 with a setting.
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.
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.
4 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (gstarcad.net).
Valid certificate (153 days left)
The certificate from GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign Atlas R46 DV TLS CA 2026 Q3 verifies for gstarcad.net and is valid for another 153 days.
http:// redirects to https
http://gstarcad.net redirects to the secure version.
All 54 links work
All 54 links checked from your homepage (34 internal, 20 external) answered without errors; 7 did not answer within 5 s.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
gstarcad.net 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
gstarcad.net'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 18 years old
18 yearsgstarcad.net was registered in Jun 2008 through Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Jun 2027
gstarcad.net is registered until Jun 2027.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 6 customer or partner logos. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
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.
About 665 words of copy
The homepage carries about 665 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Learn More” and “Download”.
26 calls to action
The homepage has 26 calls to action, for example “Download”, “Buy” and “Learn More”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Email authentication
No SPF record
gstarcad.net 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.
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be gstarcad.net is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.
Email authentication score: 35/100
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.
1 checks passed
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “k2” and “mail”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Microsoft Clarity (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.
14 cookies set on arrival
14Opening the homepage sets 14 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.
22 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 22 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Upkeep, stack and company
- The footer still says © 2013.
- It loads jQuery 1.12.3, older than 3.5 (which fixed known security holes).
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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