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lincsystems.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 1 November 202643 issues · 72 checks
This review found 43 issues worth fixing on lincsystems.com, 25 of them high impact, across 72 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
56FClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 4.6 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 4.7 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 4.6 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 4.4 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 4.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 4.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 4.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 4.4 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 4.5 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 4.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 4.5 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 4.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.8 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.8 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 3.7 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 4.2 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 4.5 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 4.9 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 5.3 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 5.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 4.6 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 4.3 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 4.2 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 218 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 207 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 211 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 211 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 207 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 211 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 234 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 208 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 221 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 212 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 213 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 219 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 213 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 205 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 219 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 202 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 213 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 213 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 184 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 194 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 172 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
0.6 s
1.2 s
1.8 s
2.4 s
3.0 s
3.6 s
4.3 s
4.9 s
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
25.1 s · 17.1 MB47 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (17.1 MB).
Improve image delivery
23.5 s · 16.1 MB38 images could be 16.1 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 23.5 s faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.2 s · 395 KiBAbout 395 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.2 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 16
16/100Your mobile performance score is 16. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Google Tag Manager adds 358 ms
358 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 358 ms of main-thread work and 348 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.
11 long tasks on the main thread
11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 288 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Main-thread work: 2.7 s
A phone's processor spends 2.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.8 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, PageSense and Google Analytics and others), adding 516 KiB and 429 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused CSS
17 KiBAbout 17 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
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: 28 ms
28 msYour server sent the HTML in 28 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: 4.1 s
4.1 sReal visitors wait 4.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 1.46
1.46For real visitors the layout shifts by 1.46 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Largest Contentful Paint: 37.8 s
37.8 sYour largest element takes 37.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Our website uses cookies to give you the best and most rele…”.
Time to Interactive: 38.0 s
38.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 38.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 1.012
1.012The layout shifts by 1.012 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
Speed Index: 12.2 s
12.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 12.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 4.4 s
4.4 sThe first text or image appears after 4.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 666 ms
666 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 666 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user FCP: 2.8 s
2.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 892 ms
892 msReal visitors wait 892 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-7%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 4.6 s to 4.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
2 checks passed
Real-user INP: 172 ms
172 msReal visitors wait 172 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 17% faster for real visitors
-17%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 218 ms to 172 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 18.9 MB in 97 requests
18.9 MBYour homepage downloads 18.9 MB in 97 requests on a phone: images 17.0 MB (42), scripts 987 KiB (21) and fonts 763 KiB (7). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
7 images over 500 KB
7 images weigh 8.7 MB together. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
7 images far larger than shown
7.1 MB7 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example 2027springbuybanner.webp at 5,496 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 7.1 MB.
7 images in older formats
7 images (1.9 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.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
2027springbuybanner.webp is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).
About 5.3 g of CO₂ per visit
5.34 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 5.34 g of CO₂e: 641.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
Images must have alternative text (7 elements)
Images must have alternative text: 7 elements on the page fail this check, rated critical by axe-core.
1 text element with low contrast
1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
4 links without text
4 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
1 checks passed
40 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 43 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 40 passed and 3 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No page title
Your page has no <title>, so Google has to invent the blue link in search results.
No meta description
No meta description, so Google writes its own snippet from whatever text it finds.
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
No canonical URL
No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
Only 0 internal links
The homepage links to only 0 pages on your own site, so visitors and crawlers find few routes into the rest of it.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
3 checks passed
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization.
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.lincsystems.com/sitemapindex.xml.
AI search readiness
Most text only appears after JavaScript runs
0%A phone browser shows 325 words, but the HTML your server sends has only 0. GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot read that HTML without running JavaScript, so they see an almost empty page. Server-side rendering or pre-rendering fixes it.
No llms.txt
There is no https://www.lincsystems.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.
Organization data: 5 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description; contact details would complete it.
Best practices
7 small tap targets
7 of 24 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 ()”.
2 distorted images
2 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.
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
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 calls to action
We found no call-to-action buttons or links (such as “Book a demo” or “Get a quote”) anywhere on the homepage.
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
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.
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.
About 325 words of copy
The homepage carries about 325 words of visible text.
1 checks passed
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (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.
19 cookies set on arrival
19Opening the homepage sets 19 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (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.
15 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 15 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
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 lincsystems.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.
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- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
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