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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 29 October 202636 issues · 85 checks
This review found 36 issues worth fixing on labware.com, 14 of them high impact, across 85 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. 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
76CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 3.7 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 3.4 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 127 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 125 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 124 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 152 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 160 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 134 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 134 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 143 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 144 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
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8.4 s
Speed
Improve image delivery
2.4 s · 767 KiB12 images could be 767 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.4 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 40
40/100Your mobile performance score is 40. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 4.7 s
A phone's processor spends 4.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.5 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
950 ms · 717 KiB84 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (717 KiB).
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and Hubspot and others), adding 752 KiB and 1.4 s of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
950 ms16 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 950 ms.
Google Tag Manager adds 663 ms
663 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 663 ms of main-thread work and 328 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.
Reduce unused JavaScript
300 ms · 359 KiBAbout 359 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.
17 long tasks on the main thread
17 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 605 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 31 KiBAbout 31 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Facebook adds 301 ms
301 msFacebook costs a phone 301 ms of main-thread work and 212 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.
1,695 HTML elements
The page has 1,695 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Legacy JavaScript
26 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 26 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 4 ms
4 msYour server sent the HTML in 4 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.
Real-user LCP: 4.6 s
4.6 sReal visitors wait 4.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user FCP: 3.8 s
3.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 3.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 9.4 s
9.4 sYour largest element takes 9.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Collaboration with Results We put our customers first by li…”.
Time to Interactive: 16.5 s
16.5 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.1 s
8.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.1 s
1.1 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.1 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user TTFB: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors wait 1.4 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.9 s
2.9 sThe first text or image appears after 2.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
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 15% slower for real visitors
+15%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 127 ms to 144 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-6%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.6 s to 3.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
3 checks passed
Real-user INP: 155 ms
155 msReal visitors wait 155 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.04
0.04For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.04 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.9 MB in 144 requests
2.9 MBYour homepage downloads 2.9 MB in 144 requests on a phone: images 1.5 MB (60), scripts 1.0 MB (33) and fonts 227 KiB (4). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 0.8 g of CO₂ per visit
0.83 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.83 g of CO₂e: 99.1 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
Links must have discernible text (1 element)
Links must have discernible text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
7 images without alt text
7 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (3 elements)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Main landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)
Main landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Document should not have more than one main landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one main landmark: 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.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4, h2 → h4 and h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (3 elements).
1 checks passed
48 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 6 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 social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
2 links with vague text
2 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
171 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 171 pages on labware.com and 9 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 152 characters
Your meta description is 152 characters: “Enhance laboratory efficiency and compliance with LabWare's leading LIMS and ELN solutions, trusted by over 30,000 labs…”.
Title: 64 characters
Your title is a healthy 64 characters: “Automate Your Laboratory with the Global Leader for LIMS and ELN”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.labware.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization, WebPage and WebSite.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.labware.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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, description and contact details; sameAs (social profiles) would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (939 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.labware.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 0 links, though it should open with a “# Title” line), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 68 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
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=137004066&Ver=2&mid=7ebc2a9e-d508-4550-9fc4-03a2c69e8e36&bo=1&sid=0b33e170d38011f1a3f61d23012425dd&vid=0b341900d38011f1bf9f6fd5967a6a2b&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=918639831&l.
17 small tap targets
17 of 81 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
1 distorted image
1 image is displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so it looks stretched or squashed.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
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
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 639 words of copy
The homepage carries about 639 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Request Demo” and “Request Pricing”.
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “CONTACT SUPPORT”, “Tradeshow Schedule” and “Training Schedule”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 7 testimonial or review blocks, 16 customer or partner logos and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and LinkedIn Insight.
Privacy and tracking
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and LinkedIn Insight and 2 mores (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).
37 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 37 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 labware.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
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- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- HubSpot
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