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kutv.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 12 October 202642 issues · 93 checks
This review found 42 issues worth fixing on kutv.com, 15 of them high impact, across 93 checks. The most urgent: main-thread work: 16.1 s. 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
81BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| May 2, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 999 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 997 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 999 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 194 ms |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 188 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 187 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 188 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 197 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 197 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 200 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 188 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 184 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 175 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 175 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 166 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 164 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 167 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 170 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 167 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 161 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 167 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
Main-thread work: 16.1 s
A phone's processor spends 16.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 6.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Taboola adds 1.3 s
1.3 sTaboola costs a phone 1.3 s of main-thread work and 2.2 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.
Render-blocking requests
1.1 s19 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.1 s.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Taboola, Spot.IM and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 5.0 MB and 3.5 s of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
130 ms · 2.1 MBAbout 2.1 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 130 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
150 ms · 1.1 MB149 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.1 MB).
Mobile performance score: 57
57/100Your mobile performance score is 57. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Spot.IM adds 823 ms
823 msSpot.IM costs a phone 823 ms of main-thread work and 633 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 645 ms
645 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 645 ms of main-thread work and 717 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.
Improve image delivery
353 KiB14 images could be 353 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Tealium adds 260 ms
260 msTealium costs a phone 260 ms of main-thread work and 760 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.
2,509 HTML elements
The page has 2,509 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Reduce unused CSS
130 ms · 139 KiBAbout 139 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 130 ms faster on a phone.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 223 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
98 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 98 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 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
1 checks passed
Server response: 14 ms
14 msYour server sent the HTML in 14 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Speed Index: 15.9 s
15.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 15.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 52.6 s
52.6 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 52.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.3 s
1.3 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.3 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Largest Contentful Paint: 3.3 s
3.3 sYour largest element takes 3.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
First Contentful Paint: 1.8 s
1.8 sThe first text or image appears after 1.8 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.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-3%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.0 s to 1.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
8 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 0.7 s
0.7 sReal visitors wait 0.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 137 ms
137 msReal visitors wait 137 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.09
0.09For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.09 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 0.7 s
0.7 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 298 ms
298 msReal visitors wait 298 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 14% faster for real visitors
-14%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 194 ms to 167 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 7.4 MB in 755 requests
7.4 MBYour homepage downloads 7.4 MB in 755 requests on a phone: scripts 4.7 MB (111), images 1.6 MB (181) and other files 577 KiB (407). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 2.1 g of CO₂ per visit
2.08 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.08 g of CO₂e: 250.1 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
17 tap targets too small
17 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
13 text elements with low contrast
13 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Frames without titles
1 frame has no title, so screen-reader users cannot tell what it contains.
1 button without a name
1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (7 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 7 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
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.
14 links without text
14 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 122 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
46 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 46 passed and 5 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
Meta description is long (669 characters)
Your meta description is 669 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
11 links with vague text
11 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.
138 internal links, 20 external
The homepage links to 138 pages on kutv.com and 20 external pages.
5 checks passed
Title: 51 characters
Your title is a healthy 51 characters: “Salt Lake City News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://kutv.com/.
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://kutv.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
robots.txt blocks 1 AI answer engine crawler
1 of 6Your robots.txt shuts out ChatGPT (ChatGPT-User). These fetch pages to answer people's questions and cite the source, so your site can't be quoted or linked in those answers.
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.
Opted out of AI training for 5 crawlers
robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended and CCBot, which collect pages to train models. That's a legitimate choice and doesn't by itself stop the site appearing in AI answers.
1 checks passed
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (3,636 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
4 pages share a meta description
/weather, /sports, /features and /watch use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
3 pages without an H1
/weather, /sports and /features have 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 121 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 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.
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
5 third-party cookies
5 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
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.”).
4 JavaScript errors while loading
4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “pbjs.setConfig is not a function”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
21 of 23 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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 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 1,305 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,305 words of visible text.
Urgency cues
The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).
3 checks passed
3 calls to action
The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Newsletter Sign Up”, “Download on the App Store” and “Contact KUTV 2”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Privacy and tracking
9 trackers load before any consent
9Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Amazon Ads, Comscore, Criteo, Google Ads and Google Analytics and 4 mores (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.
18 cookies set on arrival
18Opening the homepage sets 18 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
88 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 88 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.
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 kutv.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
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