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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 31 October 202627 issues · 77 checks

This review found 27 issues worth fixing on novo.co, 7 of them high impact, across 77 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
2.7 s1.3 sMay 9Oct 241.5 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.6 s
May 16, 20262.5 s
May 23, 20262.4 s
May 30, 20262.4 s
Jun 6, 20262.4 s
Jun 13, 20262.3 s
Jun 20, 20262.3 s
Jun 27, 20262.0 s
Jul 4, 20261.8 s
Jul 11, 20261.7 s
Jul 18, 20261.6 s
Jul 25, 20261.7 s
Aug 1, 20261.7 s
Aug 8, 20261.7 s
Aug 15, 20261.7 s
Aug 22, 20261.6 s
Aug 29, 20261.5 s
Sep 5, 20261.4 s
Sep 12, 20261.4 s
Sep 19, 20261.4 s
Sep 26, 20261.4 s
Oct 3, 20261.5 s
Oct 10, 20261.5 s
Oct 17, 20261.5 s
Oct 24, 20261.5 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
285 ms123 msMay 9Oct 24236 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026142 ms
May 16, 2026146 ms
May 23, 2026149 ms
May 30, 2026151 ms
Jun 6, 2026157 ms
Jun 13, 2026153 ms
Jun 20, 2026150 ms
Jun 27, 2026162 ms
Jul 4, 2026187 ms
Jul 11, 2026212 ms
Jul 18, 2026238 ms
Jul 25, 2026253 ms
Aug 1, 2026257 ms
Aug 8, 2026266 ms
Aug 15, 2026260 ms
Aug 22, 2026252 ms
Aug 29, 2026238 ms
Sep 5, 2026228 ms
Sep 12, 2026229 ms
Sep 19, 2026235 ms
Sep 26, 2026251 ms
Oct 3, 2026255 ms
Oct 10, 2026251 ms
Oct 17, 2026244 ms
Oct 24, 2026236 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 novo.co (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. novo.co at 0.9 s0.9 s
  2. novo.co at 1.8 s1.8 s
  3. novo.co at 2.7 s2.7 s
  4. novo.co at 3.6 s3.6 s
  5. novo.co at 4.5 s4.5 s
  6. novo.co at 5.4 s5.4 s
  7. novo.co at 6.3 s6.3 s
  8. novo.co at 7.2 s7.2 s

Speed

9 to fix73
  • Main-thread work: 4.7 s

    A phone's processor spends 4.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Mobile performance score: 73

    73/100

    Your mobile performance score is 73. 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, Facebook and ContentSquare and others), adding 1.1 MB and 834 ms of main-thread time.

  • Render-blocking requests

    700 ms

    6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 700 ms.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    150 ms · 453 KiB

    About 453 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 414 ms

    414 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 414 ms of main-thread work and 521 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.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    425 KiB

    36 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (425 KiB).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 45 KiB

    About 45 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.

  • 2,420 HTML elements

    The page has 2,420 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Improve image delivery

    234 KiB

    5 images could be 234 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • 15 long tasks on the main thread

    15 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 177 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    51 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 51 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    11 KiB

    11 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.

  • 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: 21 ms

    21 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 21 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

7 to fix67
  • 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.

  • Time to Interactive: 24.2 s

    24.2 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 24.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 4.1 s

    4.1 s

    Your largest element takes 4.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “BANKING BUILT FOR INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES”.

  • Real-user INP: 235 ms

    235 ms

    Real visitors wait 235 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 67% slower for real visitors

    +67%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 142 ms to 236 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Speed Index: 5.6 s

    5.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 368 ms

    368 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 368 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

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  • Real-user LCP: 1.3 s

    1.3 s

    Real visitors wait 1.3 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 FCP: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 567 ms

    567 ms

    Real visitors wait 567 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 40% faster for real visitors

    -40%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.6 s to 1.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.3 s

    1.3 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.3 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.002

    0.002

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.002, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix75
  • Page weight: 3.8 MB in 387 requests

    3.8 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.8 MB in 387 requests on a phone: scripts 1.8 MB (76), other files 892 KiB (56) and images 883 KiB (239). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 4 images far larger than shown

    317 KiB

    4 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example 9ef393299291f90641ed2e582cdca3f68c6f2d82-1984x1488.webp at 1,984 px wide, shown at 286 px. Resized copies would save about 317 KiB.

  • 1 image below the first screen load straight away

    1 image further down the page (101 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.09 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.09 g of CO₂e: 130.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

1 checks passed
  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

Accessibility

4 to fixGoogle 9094
  • 2 tap targets too small

    2 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • Hidden but focusable

    1 element hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.

  • 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.

  • 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 72 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 49 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 52 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 49 passed and 3 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 9298
  • 1 link with vague text

    1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.

  • 89 internal links, 17 external

    The homepage links to 89 pages on novo.co and 17 external pages.

8 checks passed
  • Meta description: 152 characters

    Your meta description is 152 characters: “Novo is the business bank account built for small business owners. No monthly fees, free standard ACH, invoicing, and e…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “banking built for independent businesses”.

  • Title: 60 characters

    Your title is a healthy 60 characters: “Novo: Free Business Bank Account for Small Businesses | Novo”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.novo.co/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Organization, WebPage and WebSite.

  • 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 and points crawlers to your sitemap.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.novo.co/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://www.novo.co/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

    Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.

  • Organization data: 4 of 6 facts

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

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,133 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 1 page without an H1

    https://www.novo.co/help 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 56 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

Google 96100
3 checks passed
  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    58 of 65 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

2 to fix80
  • No analytics detected

    No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.

  • 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 form on the homepage

    There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.

  • 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 1,376 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,376 words of visible text.

3 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Reserve Accounts”.

  • 10 calls to action

    The homepage has 10 calls to action, for example “Reserve Accounts”, “Get Started” and “Pricing Benchmark”.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 63 testimonial or review blocks and 1 trust badge.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 1 tracker load before any consent

    1

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Heap (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.

  • 2 cookies set on arrival

    2

    Opening the homepage sets 2 cookies (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.

  • 9 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 9 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 novo.co, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Framework
Next.js
Hosting
Vercel

Hiring

Hiring
6 open roles
Teams
Product (3), Engineering (1), Marketing (1), Risk and Compliance (1)
Job board
ashby

Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info

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