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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 26 October 202631 issues · 84 checks

This review found 31 issues worth fixing on lpadesignstudios.com, 10 of them high impact, across 84 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
3.0 s1.7 sMay 9Oct 242.3 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.2 s
May 16, 20262.3 s
May 23, 20262.3 s
May 30, 20262.4 s
Jun 6, 20262.4 s
Jun 13, 20262.4 s
Jun 20, 20262.4 s
Jun 27, 20262.4 s
Jul 4, 20262.4 s
Jul 11, 20262.4 s
Jul 18, 20262.5 s
Jul 25, 20262.6 s
Aug 1, 20262.8 s
Aug 8, 20262.9 s
Aug 15, 20262.6 s
Aug 22, 20262.5 s
Aug 29, 20262.3 s
Sep 5, 20262.4 s
Sep 12, 20262.8 s
Sep 19, 20262.4 s
Sep 26, 20262.0 s
Oct 3, 20262.0 s
Oct 10, 20261.9 s
Oct 17, 20262.0 s
Oct 24, 20262.3 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
92 ms68 msMay 9Oct 2480 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 202678 ms
May 16, 202679 ms
May 23, 202680 ms
May 30, 202684 ms
Jun 6, 202683 ms
Jun 13, 202679 ms
Jun 20, 202678 ms
Jun 27, 202672 ms
Jul 4, 202677 ms
Jul 11, 202681 ms
Jul 18, 202683 ms
Jul 25, 202687 ms
Aug 1, 202688 ms
Aug 8, 202687 ms
Aug 15, 202689 ms
Aug 22, 202685 ms
Aug 29, 202683 ms
Sep 5, 202682 ms
Sep 12, 202679 ms
Sep 19, 202678 ms
Sep 26, 202671 ms
Oct 3, 202672 ms
Oct 10, 202672 ms
Oct 17, 202672 ms
Oct 24, 202680 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 lpadesignstudios.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. lpadesignstudios.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. lpadesignstudios.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. lpadesignstudios.com at 1.2 s1.2 s
  4. lpadesignstudios.com at 1.7 s1.7 s
  5. lpadesignstudios.com at 2.1 s2.1 s
  6. lpadesignstudios.com at 2.5 s2.5 s
  7. lpadesignstudios.com at 2.9 s2.9 s
  8. lpadesignstudios.com at 3.3 s3.3 s

Speed

7 to fix55
  • Render-blocking requests

    2.5 s

    2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.5 s.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.6 s · 301 KiB

    About 301 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.6 s faster on a phone.

  • Improve image delivery

    750 ms · 780 KiB

    5 images could be 780 KiB 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: 55

    55/100

    Your mobile performance score is 55 (desktop: 91). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • 4 third-party services on the page

    4 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, JSDelivr CDN and imgix and others), adding 1.2 MB and 322 ms of main-thread time.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 319 ms

    319 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 319 ms of main-thread work and 285 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.

  • imgix adds 0 ms

    0 ms

    imgix costs a phone 0 ms of main-thread work and 979 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.

  • 7 long tasks on the main thread

    7 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 180 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    150 ms · 15 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 15 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    130 KiB

    About 130 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    31 KiB

    31 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.

  • Phones get a much slower page than desktops

    Desktop scores 91 but mobile only 55. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.

  • 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.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    3 KiB

    9 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (3 KiB).

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  • Main-thread work: 1.4 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 688 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 80 ms

    80 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 80 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

8 to fix100
  • 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.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 7.2 s

    7.2 s

    Your largest element takes 7.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experi…”.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.2 s

    3.2 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 6.2 s

    6.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 6.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.8 s

    1.8 s

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

  • Time to Interactive: 7.2 s

    7.2 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 7.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 413 ms

    413 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 413 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 1 image without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -3%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 78 ms to 80 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -4%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.2 s to 2.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.3 s

    2.3 s

    Real visitors wait 2.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.01

    0.01

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user TTFB: 612 ms

    612 ms

    Real visitors wait 612 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

100
  • About 0.5 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.47 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.47 g of CO₂e: 56.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

4 checks passed
  • Page weight: 1.7 MB in 26 requests

    1.7 MB

    Your homepage downloads 1.7 MB in 26 requests on a phone: images 1,000 KiB (13), scripts 551 KiB (5) and stylesheets 138 KiB (3). That is a lean page.

  • 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

4 to fixGoogle 8893
  • 1 button without a name

    1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • 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.

  • 18 images without alt text

    18 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (18 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 18 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (2 elements).

1 checks passed
  • 47 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: 47 passed and 4 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 8385
  • 7 H1 headlines

    There are 7 <h1> headlines (“Unveiling the Hospital of the Future in Irvine”, “2025 Firm Award” and “Teaching Outside the Box: The Cardinal Child Deve…”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • No XML sitemap

    No XML sitemap at https://lpadesignstudios.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.

  • 15 links with vague text

    15 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.

  • No robots.txt

    There is no robots.txt at lpadesignstudios.com/robots.txt, the first file search crawlers ask for.

  • 41 internal links, 3 external

    The homepage links to 41 pages on lpadesignstudios.com and 3 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • Meta description: 151 characters

    Your meta description is 151 characters: “An integrated design firm with seven offices across California and Texas, providing sustainable design for educational,…”.

  • Title: 57 characters

    Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “Sustainable Design Architecture Firm - LPA Design Studios”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://lpadesignstudios.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Corporation, Place and Website.

  • Open Graph tags complete

    Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.

AI search readiness

100
  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://lpadesignstudios.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.

3 checks passed
  • AI answer engines may read the site

    There is no robots.txt, so nothing stops the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity from reading the site and cite it in answers.

  • Organization data: 5 of 6 facts

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

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (284 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix98
  • 6 pages share a meta description

    https://lpadesignstudios.com/sustainability, https://lpadesignstudios.com/expertise, https://lpadesignstudios.com/playlists, https://lpadesignstudios.com/projects, https://lpadesignstudios.com/insights-main and https://lpadesignstudios.com/insights-catalyst use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.

  • 4 pages with very little text

    https://lpadesignstudios.com/expertise, https://lpadesignstudios.com/playlists, https://lpadesignstudios.com/projects and https://lpadesignstudios.com/about-team have under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 31 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 10087
  • 7 small tap targets

    7 of 31 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 2 JavaScript errors while loading

    2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://cloud.typography.com/7680236/6063992/css/fonts.css' from origin 'https://lpadesign…”.

1 checks passed
  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

4 to fix69
  • 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 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 358 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 358 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”.

  • 5 calls to action

    The homepage has 5 calls to action, for example “Contact US”, “Go to contact page” and “Learn More”.

  • 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

1 to fix
  • 2 trackers load before any consent

    2

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads 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.

  • 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.

  • 5 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 5 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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Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Hurricane

Hiring

Hiring
44 open roles
Teams
Engineering (20), Architecture (14), Firmwide (7), Interior Design (3)
Job board
ashby

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