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januarydigital.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 18 October 202625 issues · 73 checks
This review found 25 issues worth fixing on januarydigital.com, 7 of them high impact, across 73 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
73CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
Compare side by sideOne score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Render-blocking requests
2.3 s34 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.3 s.
Mobile performance score: 48
48/100Your mobile performance score is 48 (desktop: 98). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Reduce unused JavaScript
600 ms · 152 KiBAbout 152 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
500 ms · 108 KiB7 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (108 KiB).
8 long tasks on the main thread
8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 313 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Google Tag Manager adds 272 ms
272 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 272 ms of main-thread work and 287 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.
Main-thread work: 2.3 s
A phone's processor spends 2.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
5 third-party services on the page
5 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Hubspot and LinkedIn Ads and others), adding 423 KiB and 416 ms of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
207 KiB19 images could be 207 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Legacy JavaScript
24 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 24 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 98 but mobile only 48. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.
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: 6 ms
6 msYour server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 10.8 s
10.8 sYour largest element takes 10.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “The Marketing Leadership Company® We solve business challen…”.
Time to Interactive: 10.9 s
10.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 10.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 3.4 s
3.4 sThe first text or image appears after 3.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 6.6 s
6.6 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 577 ms
577 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 577 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
28 images without width and height
28 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
1 checks passed
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
2 images below the first screen load straight away
2 images further down the page (55 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.4 g of CO₂ per visit
0.40 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.40 g of CO₂e: 47.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
Page weight: 1.4 MB in 113 requests
1.4 MBYour homepage downloads 1.4 MB in 113 requests on a phone: scripts 670 KiB (35), images 497 KiB (30) and fonts 172 KiB (6). That is a lean page.
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
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.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h5 and h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 27 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 48 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 3 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Meta description is long (216 characters)
Your meta description is 216 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
77 internal links, 2 external
The homepage links to 77 pages on januarydigital.com and 2 external pages.
7 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “The Marketing Leadership Company®”.
Title: 50 characters
Your title is a healthy 50 characters: “January Digital: The Marketing Leadership Company™”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://januarydigital.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.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://januarydigital.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
No llms.txt
There is no https://januarydigital.com/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 (741 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 linked page is broken
Your homepage links to https://januarydigital.com/mikey-os, which answers with an error. Visitors hit a dead end and search engines drop it.
4 pages without a meta description
https://januarydigital.com/analytics, https://januarydigital.com/technology, https://januarydigital.com/privacy-policy and https://januarydigital.com/terms-of-use have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
5 pages without an H1
https://januarydigital.com/about, https://januarydigital.com/careers, https://januarydigital.com/contact-us, https://januarydigital.com/privacy-policy and https://januarydigital.com/terms-of-use have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
1 page with very little text
https://januarydigital.com/contact-us 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.
14 internal pages checked
We fetched 14 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
4 checks passed
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 13 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
2 small tap targets
2 of 9 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.
Content and conversion
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.
No phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
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.
Only about 217 words
The homepage has only about 217 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
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.
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Contact Us” and “Get In Touch”.
3 calls to action
The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Contact us”, “Get in Touch” and “Get in touch”.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 9 testimonial or review blocks, 1 customer or partner logo and 1 trust badge.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Cloudflare Web Analytics.
Privacy and tracking
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and LinkedIn Insight (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
8 cookies set on arrival
8Opening the homepage sets 8 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
12 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 12 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner
A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.
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 januarydigital.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
- The footer still says © 2025.
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
Hiring
- Hiring
- 16 open roles
- Teams
- Client Strategy + Service (8)
- Job board
- greenhouse
- Careers page
- januarydigital.com/careers (opens in a new tab)
Company
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- New York City
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
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