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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 30 October 202645 issues · 93 checks

This review found 45 issues worth fixing on katalysttech.com, 16 of them high impact, across 93 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. 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
4.4 s2.4 sMay 9Oct 244.2 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.9 s
May 16, 20262.9 s
May 23, 20262.7 s
May 30, 20262.6 s
Jun 6, 20262.6 s
Jun 13, 20262.7 s
Jun 20, 20262.8 s
Jun 27, 20262.8 s
Jul 4, 20262.8 s
Jul 11, 20262.8 s
Jul 18, 20262.8 s
Jul 25, 20262.8 s
Aug 1, 20263.0 s
Aug 8, 20263.1 s
Aug 15, 20263.2 s
Aug 22, 20263.2 s
Aug 29, 20263.3 s
Sep 5, 20263.3 s
Sep 12, 20263.2 s
Sep 19, 20263.1 s
Sep 26, 20263.3 s
Oct 3, 20263.6 s
Oct 10, 20263.8 s
Oct 17, 20264.1 s
Oct 24, 20264.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
194 ms140 msMay 9Sep 19147 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026176 ms
May 16, 2026176 ms
May 23, 2026170 ms
May 30, 2026173 ms
Jun 6, 2026164 ms
Jun 13, 2026177 ms
Jun 20, 2026184 ms
Jun 27, 2026188 ms
Jul 4, 2026170 ms
Jul 11, 2026161 ms
Jul 18, 2026154 ms
Jul 25, 2026146 ms
Aug 1, 2026152 ms
Aug 8, 2026147 ms
Aug 15, 2026161 ms
Aug 22, 2026171 ms
Sep 19, 2026147 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 katalysttech.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

Speed

12 to fix62
  • Improve image delivery

    3.9 s · 795 KiB

    3 images could be 795 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.9 s faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    2.3 s · 513 KiB

    28 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (513 KiB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    2.1 s

    27 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.1 s.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google CDN, nxedge.io and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 3.5 MB and 874 ms of main-thread time.

  • Mobile performance score: 62

    62/100

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

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    300 ms · 540 KiB

    About 540 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.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    590 ms · 135 KiB

    About 135 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 590 ms faster on a phone.

  • nxedge.io adds 254 ms

    254 ms

    nxedge.io costs a phone 254 ms of main-thread work and 2.0 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.

  • Google CDN adds 281 ms

    281 ms

    Google CDN costs a phone 281 ms of main-thread work and 742 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.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 226 ms

    226 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 226 ms of main-thread work and 368 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: 2.5 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 1,811 HTML elements

    The page has 1,811 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Minify JavaScript

    130 ms · 9 KiB

    9 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • 8 long tasks on the main thread

    8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 101 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Font display

    50 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).

  • Legacy JavaScript

    10 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 10 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.

  • Forced reflow

    Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.

  • Minify CSS

    2 KiB

    2 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 34 ms

    34 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 34 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

9 to fix50
  • 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 LCP: 4.8 s

    4.8 s

    Real visitors wait 4.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user FCP: 4.5 s

    4.5 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 4.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 11.9 s

    11.9 s

    Your largest element takes 11.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.

  • Time to Interactive: 17.8 s

    17.8 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 17.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 7.1 s

    7.1 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 7.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 44% slower for real visitors

    +44%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.9 s to 4.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.8 s

    2.8 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 1 image without width and height

    1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

4 checks passed
  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

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

  • Tap response (INP) got 10% faster for real visitors

    -10%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 176 ms to 147 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Total Blocking Time: 146 ms

    146 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 146 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

4 to fix40
  • 1 image over 500 KB

    logo.jpg weighs 749 KiB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.

  • 1 image far larger than shown

    715 KiB

    1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example logo.jpg at 1,798 px wide, shown at 128 px. Resized copies would save about 715 KiB.

  • Page weight: 4.0 MB in 130 requests

    4.0 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.0 MB in 130 requests on a phone: images 1.5 MB (25), scripts 1.4 MB (47) and fonts 453 KiB (9). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 2 images in older formats

    2 images (799 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.

  • 1 image below the first screen load straight away

    1 image further down the page (50 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.12 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.12 g of CO₂e: 134.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

Accessibility

9 to fixGoogle 7588
  • 7 buttons without a name

    7 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • Invalid ARIA attributes

    4 elements use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.

  • 7 tap targets too small

    7 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • 3 text elements with low contrast

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

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (16 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 16 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.

  • The skip-link target should exist and be focusable (1 element)

    The skip-link target should exist and be focusable: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 10 form fields without a label

    10 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • 6 links without text

    6 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h1 → h5, h1 → h5 and h1 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 11 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 43 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 52 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 43 passed and 9 failed. 4 mores 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 (100 characters)

    Your title is 100 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “IT Consulting Services | Software Business Solutions Consulting - Katalyst Software Servi…”.

  • 4 H1 headlines

    There are 4 <h1> headlines (“KATALYST”, “KATALYST” and “KATALYST”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • Meta description is long (234 characters)

    Your meta description is 234 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • 1 link with vague text

    1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.

  • 299 internal links, 10 external

    The homepage links to 299 pages on katalysttech.com and 10 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://katalysttech.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://katalysttech.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: 5 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details; description would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (985 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://katalysttech.com/llms.txt (10 KiB, 51 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 79 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

2 to fixGoogle 9287
  • 120 small tap targets

    120 of 186 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 “Creating a worker from 'blob:https://katalysttech.com/90570e56-304d-43c8-adf8-1778a10f4cae' violates the following Cont…”.

  • Browser-reported issues

    Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Content security policy”).

1 checks passed
  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

4 to fix69
  • 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.

  • 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: 4 trust badges. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • A 11-field form

    Your longest form asks for 11 fields (8 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 636 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 636 words of visible text.

4 checks passed
  • 4 calls to action

    The homepage has 4 calls to action, for example “Contact Us” and “Learn More”.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 3 phone links and 3 email links.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 4 trackers load before any consent

    4

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity and The Trade Desk (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.

  • 2 cookies set on arrival

    2

    Opening the homepage sets 2 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.

  • 19 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 19 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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