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kount.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 3 November 202644 issues · 106 checks
This review found 44 issues worth fixing on kount.com, 16 of them high impact, across 106 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
83BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 138 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 139 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 152 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 158 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 158 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
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
kount.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
7.0 s · 3.8 MB147 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (3.8 MB).
Render-blocking requests
6.0 s17 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 6.0 s.
Reduce unused CSS
3.3 s · 799 KiBAbout 799 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.3 s faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.8 s · 716 KiBAbout 716 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.8 s faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
750 ms · 2.0 MB9 images could be 2.0 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 53
53/100Your mobile performance score is 53. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Optimizely and Google CDN and others), adding 891 KiB and 665 ms of main-thread time.
Google Tag Manager adds 548 ms
548 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 548 ms of main-thread work and 649 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.
1,655 HTML elements
The page has 1,655 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Minify CSS
150 ms · 48 KiB48 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
9 long tasks on the main thread
9 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 158 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
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: 2.0 s
A phone's processor spends 2.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 796 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 26 ms
26 msYour server sent the HTML in 26 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.
First Contentful Paint: 7.7 s
7.7 sThe first text or image appears after 7.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 17.3 s
17.3 sYour largest element takes 17.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 28.0 s
28.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 28.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 10.0 s
10.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 10.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Real-user FCP: 1.9 s
1.9 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 204 ms
204 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 204 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
3 images without width and height
3 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) got 14% slower for real visitors
+14%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 138 ms to 158 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.1 s to 2.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
5 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.1 s
2.1 sReal visitors wait 2.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 158 ms
158 msReal visitors wait 158 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.02
0.02For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.02 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user TTFB: 623 ms
623 msReal visitors wait 623 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.9 MB in 179 requests
5.9 MBYour homepage downloads 5.9 MB in 179 requests on a phone: images 3.0 MB (88), scripts 1.9 MB (67) and stylesheets 873 KiB (15). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image over 500 KB
authorization-optimizer.png weighs 690 KiB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
5 images far larger than shown
1.2 MB5 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example authorization-optimizer.png at 1,227 px wide, shown at 197 px. Resized copies would save about 1.2 MB.
10 images in older formats
10 images (2.3 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.
8 images below the first screen load straight away
8 images further down the page (2.1 MB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 1.7 g of CO₂ per visit
1.67 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.67 g of CO₂e: 200.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
Certain ARIA roles must be contained by particular parents (2 elements)
Certain ARIA roles must be contained by particular parents: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated critical by axe-core.
Malformed lists
Some lists contain elements other than list items, which screen readers announce wrongly.
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.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Headings should not be empty (2 elements)
Headings should not be empty: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4 and h2 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 90 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
48 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 53 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 5 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Structured data has 2 problems
Structured data found (BreadcrumbList, Corporation, Organization and Service) but with 2 problems, for example “Service: missing name”.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
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.
131 internal links, 55 external
The homepage links to 131 pages on kount.com and 55 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 150 characters
Your meta description is 150 characters: “With identity and fraud services from Equifax, lenders can detect and prevent fraud, verify identities, and safeguard r…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Identity & Fraud”.
Title: 46 characters
Your title is a healthy 46 characters: “Identity & Fraud Services | Business | Equifax”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.equifax.com/business/identity-fraud/.
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.equifax.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.
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.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,944 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (13 KiB, 46 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page points its canonical at the homepage
/personal declares the homepage as its canonical URL, which tells Google it is a copy of the homepage and keeps it out of search results. A site-wide template setting usually causes this.
2 pages share a title
/ and /personal all use the title “Equifax | Credit Bureau | Check Your Credit”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.
1 page without a meta description
/business/contact-us has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
2 pages share a meta description
/ and /personal use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
1 page without an H1
/business 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 103 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
3 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
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
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://id.rlcdn.com/464526.gif.
4 small tap targets
4 of 12 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
4 JavaScript errors while loading
4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to fetch at 'https://tags.srv.stackadapt.com/sa.jpeg' from origin 'https://go.equifax.com' has been blocked by C…”.
1 distorted image
1 image is displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so it looks stretched or squashed.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
No X-Content-Type-Options
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff is missing, so browsers may guess file types.
Deprecated X-XSS-Protection
X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
8 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (equifax.com).
Valid certificate (59 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for kount.com and is valid for another 59 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
Content-Security-Policy set
A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://kount.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 60 links work
All 60 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 20 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
equifax.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
equifax.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 31 years old
31 yearsequifax.com was registered in Feb 1995 through MarkMonitor Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Feb 2029
equifax.com is registered until Feb 2029.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 2 trust badges. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
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 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 699 words of copy
The homepage carries about 699 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 “Contact Us”.
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “Get your free weekly credit report”, “Get your free credit score and report” and “Get my free Equifax credit report”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 95/100
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: reject
DMARC tells receivers to reject mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com ~all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “s1” and “s2”), 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, LinkedIn Insight and Meta Pixel (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Ketch) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
33 cookies set on arrival
33Opening the homepage sets 33 cookies, 3 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
44 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 44 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: Ketch
A consent management tool (Ketch) loads with the page.
Upkeep, stack and company
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- Framework
- React
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Fastly
Company
- Employees
- 6,971
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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