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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 23 October 202635 issues · 76 checks

This review found 35 issues worth fixing on pcb-hero.com, 12 of them high impact, across 76 checks. The most urgent: mobile performance score: 48. 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
2.2 s2.0 sMay 2Oct 172.1 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 2, 20262.0 s
May 9, 20262.0 s
May 16, 20262.1 s
May 23, 20262.1 s
May 30, 20262.1 s
Jun 6, 20262.1 s
Jun 13, 20262.1 s
Jun 20, 20262.1 s
Jun 27, 20262.1 s
Jul 4, 20262.1 s
Jul 11, 20262.1 s
Jul 18, 20262.1 s
Jul 25, 20262.1 s
Aug 1, 20262.1 s
Aug 8, 20262.1 s
Aug 15, 20262.1 s
Aug 22, 20262.1 s
Aug 29, 20262.1 s
Sep 5, 20262.2 s
Sep 12, 20262.2 s
Sep 19, 20262.2 s
Sep 26, 20262.1 s
Oct 3, 20262.1 s
Oct 10, 20262.1 s
Oct 17, 20262.1 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
183 ms149 msMay 2Oct 17170 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 2, 2026161 ms
May 9, 2026153 ms
May 16, 2026155 ms
May 23, 2026153 ms
May 30, 2026153 ms
Jun 6, 2026157 ms
Jun 13, 2026159 ms
Jun 20, 2026165 ms
Jun 27, 2026171 ms
Jul 4, 2026172 ms
Jul 11, 2026170 ms
Jul 18, 2026171 ms
Jul 25, 2026172 ms
Aug 1, 2026169 ms
Aug 8, 2026169 ms
Aug 15, 2026162 ms
Aug 22, 2026164 ms
Aug 29, 2026167 ms
Sep 5, 2026174 ms
Sep 12, 2026179 ms
Sep 19, 2026178 ms
Sep 26, 2026174 ms
Oct 3, 2026169 ms
Oct 10, 2026169 ms
Oct 17, 2026170 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 pcb-hero.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. pcb-hero.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  2. pcb-hero.com at 2.1 s2.1 s
  3. pcb-hero.com at 3.2 s3.2 s
  4. pcb-hero.com at 4.3 s4.3 s
  5. pcb-hero.com at 5.4 s5.4 s
  6. pcb-hero.com at 6.4 s6.4 s
  7. pcb-hero.com at 7.5 s7.5 s
  8. pcb-hero.com at 8.6 s8.6 s

Speed

8 to fix48
  • Mobile performance score: 48

    48/100

    Your mobile performance score is 48 (desktop: 86). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 4.2 s

    A phone's processor spends 4.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.1 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 (chatra.io, wisepops.net and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 754 KiB and 1.3 s of main-thread time.

  • Improve image delivery

    550 ms · 327 KiB

    17 images could be 327 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 550 ms faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    850 ms

    4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 850 ms.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    150 ms · 659 KiB

    About 659 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.

  • chatra.io adds 697 ms

    697 ms

    chatra.io costs a phone 697 ms of main-thread work and 333 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.

  • 10 long tasks on the main thread

    10 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 333 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    100 ms · 42 KiB

    6 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (42 KiB).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    81 KiB

    About 81 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • Phones get a much slower page than desktops

    Desktop scores 86 but mobile only 48. 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.

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  • Server response: 3 ms

    3 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 3 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: 8.8 s

    8.8 s

    Your largest element takes 8.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.

  • Speed Index: 9.8 s

    9.8 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 9.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 13.5 s

    13.5 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 13.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.4 s

    3.4 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 996 ms

    996 ms

    Real visitors wait 996 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 462 ms

    462 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 462 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 20 images without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +8%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 161 ms to 170 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    +3%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.0 s to 2.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    Real visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 168 ms

    168 ms

    Real visitors wait 168 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

3 to fix68
  • Page weight: 2.9 MB in 326 requests

    2.9 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.9 MB in 326 requests on a phone: other files 1.1 MB (243), images 873 KiB (26) and scripts 844 KiB (45). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 2 images far larger than shown

    24 KiB

    2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example [email protected] at 648 px wide, shown at 162 px. Resized copies would save about 24 KiB.

  • 9 images below the first screen load straight away

    9 images further down the page (294 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 0.8 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.83 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.83 g of CO₂e: 99.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

Accessibility

3 to fixGoogle 9394
  • 22 text elements with low contrast

    22 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • Interactive controls must not be nested (4 elements)

    Interactive controls must not be nested: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 4 tap targets too small

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

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 20 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 45 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 48 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 3 failed. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 10079
  • Title is long (81 characters)

    Your title is 81 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Turnkey PCB/PCBA Manufacturing Expert, Partner of Startups & Campaigns – PCB HERO”.

  • 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 (313 characters)

    Your meta description is 313 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • One H1 headline

    Your <h1> is empty.

  • 145 internal links, 1 external

    The homepage links to 145 pages on pcb-hero.com and 1 external page.

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  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.pcb-hero.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 and points crawlers to your sitemap.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.pcb-hero.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • 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.

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  • 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.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (494 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://www.pcb-hero.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 8 pages without a meta description

    https://www.pcb-hero.com/collections/pcb-fabrication, https://www.pcb-hero.com/collections/pcb-assembly, https://www.pcb-hero.com/collections/pcb-reverse-engineering, https://www.pcb-hero.com/collections/servo-motor-rotating-accessories, https://www.pcb-hero.com/collections/car-accessories and https://www.pcb-hero.com/collections/wifi-module and 2 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 74 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • 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.

  • 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 to fixGoogle 9293
  • 6 small tap targets

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

  • Browser-reported issues

    Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Content security policy”).

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  • 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

5 to fix50
  • 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 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.

  • Only about 234 words

    The homepage has only about 234 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • 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.

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  • 14 calls to action

    The homepage has 14 calls to action, for example “Quote .cls-1{fill:#231f20} expand”, “Quote” and “Quote PCBA”.

  • 2 short forms

    2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 4 trackers load before any consent

    4

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel (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.

  • 13 cookies set on arrival

    13

    Opening the homepage sets 13 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.

  • 21 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 21 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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