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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 31 October 202625 issues · 72 checks

This review found 25 issues worth fixing on interbrand.com, 7 of them high impact, across 72 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 19.8 MB in 53 requests. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

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  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
3.1 s2.3 sMay 9Oct 242.8 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.8 s
May 16, 20262.9 s
May 23, 20262.8 s
May 30, 20262.8 s
Jun 6, 20262.9 s
Jun 13, 20262.9 s
Jun 20, 20262.9 s
Jun 27, 20263.0 s
Jul 4, 20262.9 s
Jul 11, 20262.8 s
Jul 18, 20262.6 s
Jul 25, 20262.6 s
Aug 1, 20262.6 s
Aug 8, 20262.5 s
Aug 15, 20262.5 s
Aug 22, 20262.4 s
Aug 29, 20262.4 s
Sep 5, 20262.4 s
Sep 12, 20262.4 s
Sep 19, 20262.5 s
Sep 26, 20262.5 s
Oct 3, 20262.6 s
Oct 10, 20262.9 s
Oct 17, 20262.8 s
Oct 24, 20262.8 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
134 ms105 msMay 9Oct 24127 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026123 ms
May 16, 2026126 ms
May 23, 2026126 ms
May 30, 2026128 ms
Jun 6, 2026131 ms
Jun 13, 2026126 ms
Jun 20, 2026123 ms
Jun 27, 2026121 ms
Jul 4, 2026115 ms
Jul 11, 2026116 ms
Jul 18, 2026115 ms
Jul 25, 2026119 ms
Aug 1, 2026120 ms
Aug 8, 2026119 ms
Aug 15, 2026115 ms
Aug 22, 2026108 ms
Aug 29, 2026111 ms
Sep 5, 2026109 ms
Sep 12, 2026120 ms
Sep 19, 2026122 ms
Sep 26, 2026120 ms
Oct 3, 2026124 ms
Oct 10, 2026120 ms
Oct 17, 2026124 ms
Oct 24, 2026127 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 interbrand.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

Speed

6 to fix62
  • 3 third-party services on the page

    3 third-party services load with your homepage (Optanon, bc0a.com and cloudfront.net), adding 18.9 MB and 135 ms of main-thread time.

  • cloudfront.net adds 0 ms

    0 ms

    cloudfront.net costs a phone 0 ms of main-thread work and 18.7 MB 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.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    750 ms · 715 KiB

    About 715 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    750 ms · 576 KiB

    9 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (576 KiB).

  • Mobile performance score: 62

    62/100

    Your mobile performance score is 62. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Render-blocking requests

    900 ms

    5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 900 ms.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    150 ms · 46 KiB

    About 46 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • 3 long tasks on the main thread

    3 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 107 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    22 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 22 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.

2 checks passed
  • Main-thread work: 1.4 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 576 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 3 ms

    3 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 3 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

8 to fix33
  • 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 CLS: 0.26

    0.26

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.26 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 6.8 s

    6.8 s

    Your largest element takes 6.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing …”.

  • Time to Interactive: 7.8 s

    7.8 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 7.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Real-user LCP: 3.4 s

    3.4 s

    Real visitors wait 3.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.246

    0.246

    The layout shifts by 0.246 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • Speed Index: 3.6 s

    3.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 3.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.8 s

    1.8 s

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +1%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 123 ms to 127 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 2.8 s to 2.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

4 checks passed
  • Real-user INP: 162 ms

    162 ms

    Real visitors wait 162 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.5 s

    1.5 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 730 ms

    730 ms

    Real visitors wait 730 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 56 ms

    56 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 56 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 19.8 MB in 53 requests

    19.8 MB

    Your homepage downloads 19.8 MB in 53 requests on a phone: media 18.2 MB (9), scripts 705 KiB (20) and images 495 KiB (5). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 5.6 g of CO₂ per visit

    5.60 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 5.60 g of CO₂e: 672.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

3 checks passed
  • 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

2 to fixGoogle 10098
  • 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.

  • ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (1 element)

    ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 7 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 45 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 47 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 2 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

Google 100100
  • 11 internal links, 4 external

    The homepage links to 11 pages on interbrand.com and 4 external pages.

8 checks passed
  • Meta description: 119 characters

    Your meta description is 119 characters: “Interbrand creates iconic work in Brand Strategy, Experience Design, and Brand Valuation for the leading global brands.”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Interbrand: Making Iconic Moves”.

  • Title: 65 characters

    Your title is a healthy 65 characters: “Interbrand | Leading Global Brand Consultancy | Strategy & Design”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, 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://interbrand.com/sitemap_index.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: 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 (342 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://interbrand.com/llms.txt (3 KiB, 29 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

2 to fix88
  • 1 linked page hidden from search

    https://interbrand.com/accessibility is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.

  • 2 pages without a meta description

    https://interbrand.com/privacy-notice and https://interbrand.com/accessibility have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 1 page with very little text

    https://interbrand.com/privacy-notice 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.

  • 9 internal pages checked

    We fetched 9 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.

5 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 9 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.

  • Every page has a title

    All 9 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

2 to fixGoogle 9687
  • 2 small tap targets

    2 of 7 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.

1 checks passed
  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

4 to fix40
  • 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 analytics detected

    No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.

  • No direct contact details

    No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.

  • No form on the homepage

    There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.

  • 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 357 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 357 words of visible text.

1 checks passed
  • 1 call to action

    The homepage has 1 call to action, for example “CONTACT”.

Privacy and tracking

  • 2 cookies set on arrival

    2

    Opening the homepage sets 2 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 5 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 5 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

2 checks passed
  • Consent tool: OneTrust

    A consent management tool (OneTrust) loads with the page.

  • No known trackers before consent

    No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).

Security, domain, email and software versions

The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at interbrand.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

CMS
WordPress
Framework
Next.js
Hosting
Cloudflare

Hiring

Hiring
18 open roles
Teams
Strategy (6), Design (5), Client Management (1), Growth (1)
Job board
greenhouse

Company

Employees
1,250
Founded
1974
Headquarters
Fifth Avenue

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