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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 22 October 202632 issues · 78 checks

This review found 32 issues worth fixing on pinwheelapi.com, 15 of them high impact, across 78 checks. The most urgent: website-files.com adds 1.4 s. 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 s2.0 sMay 2Oct 172.9 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 2, 20262.5 s
May 9, 20262.5 s
May 16, 20262.4 s
May 23, 20262.4 s
May 30, 20262.6 s
Jun 6, 20262.5 s
Jun 13, 20262.5 s
Jun 20, 20262.4 s
Jun 27, 20262.2 s
Jul 4, 20262.2 s
Jul 11, 20262.1 s
Jul 18, 20262.2 s
Jul 25, 20262.2 s
Aug 1, 20262.4 s
Aug 8, 20262.5 s
Aug 15, 20262.5 s
Aug 22, 20262.6 s
Aug 29, 20262.5 s
Sep 5, 20262.6 s
Sep 12, 20262.7 s
Sep 19, 20262.8 s
Sep 26, 20262.8 s
Oct 3, 20262.9 s
Oct 10, 20262.9 s
Oct 17, 20262.9 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
294 ms190 msMay 2Oct 17234 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 2, 2026263 ms
May 9, 2026260 ms
May 16, 2026269 ms
May 23, 2026270 ms
May 30, 2026272 ms
Jun 6, 2026266 ms
Jun 13, 2026248 ms
Jun 20, 2026218 ms
Jun 27, 2026218 ms
Jul 4, 2026208 ms
Jul 11, 2026202 ms
Jul 18, 2026203 ms
Jul 25, 2026203 ms
Aug 1, 2026229 ms
Aug 8, 2026242 ms
Aug 15, 2026244 ms
Aug 22, 2026261 ms
Aug 29, 2026244 ms
Sep 5, 2026257 ms
Sep 12, 2026271 ms
Sep 19, 2026267 ms
Sep 26, 2026282 ms
Oct 3, 2026264 ms
Oct 10, 2026257 ms
Oct 17, 2026234 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 pinwheelapi.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. pinwheelapi.com at 1.2 s1.2 s
  2. pinwheelapi.com at 2.4 s2.4 s
  3. pinwheelapi.com at 3.6 s3.6 s
  4. pinwheelapi.com at 4.8 s4.8 s
  5. pinwheelapi.com at 6.0 s6.0 s
  6. pinwheelapi.com at 7.2 s7.2 s
  7. pinwheelapi.com at 8.4 s8.4 s
  8. pinwheelapi.com at 9.6 s9.6 s

Speed

12 to fix32
  • website-files.com adds 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    website-files.com costs a phone 1.4 s of main-thread work and 9.2 MB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.2 s · 567 KiB

    About 567 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.2 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.1 s

    5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.1 s.

  • Mobile performance score: 32

    32/100

    Your mobile performance score is 32 (desktop: 33). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 9.5 s

    A phone's processor spends 9.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.7 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 (website-files.com, Clarity and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 10.1 MB and 2.6 s of main-thread time.

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 1.6 s. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    900 ms · 146 KiB

    About 146 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 900 ms faster on a phone.

  • Clarity adds 815 ms

    815 ms

    Clarity costs a phone 815 ms of main-thread work and 27 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

    450 ms · 295 KiB

    34 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (295 KiB).

  • Google Tag Manager adds 201 ms

    201 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 201 ms of main-thread work and 452 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.

  • 2,129 HTML elements

    The page has 2,129 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Improve image delivery

    130 KiB

    7 images could be 130 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    13 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 13 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.

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  • Server response: 5 ms

    5 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 5 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

9 to fix33
  • 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: 25.2 s

    25.2 s

    Your largest element takes 25.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.

  • Time to Interactive: 56.3 s

    56.3 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 56.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 4.1 s

    4.1 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 4.1 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 9.1 s

    9.1 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 9.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.0 s

    3.0 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user LCP: 3.9 s

    3.9 s

    Real visitors wait 3.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 207 ms

    207 ms

    Real visitors wait 207 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user FCP: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 2.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -6%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 263 ms to 234 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 16% slower for real visitors

    +16%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.5 s to 2.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • 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 TTFB: 764 ms

    764 ms

    Real visitors wait 764 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

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 10.7 MB in 148 requests

    10.7 MB

    Your homepage downloads 10.7 MB in 148 requests on a phone: other files 8.5 MB (42), scripts 1.5 MB (52) and fonts 293 KiB (9). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 3.0 g of CO₂ per visit

    3.04 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 3.04 g of CO₂e: 364.6 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.

  • 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 9093
  • Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes (4 elements)

    Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious 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.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (15 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 15 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • No main landmark

    The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 101 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 40 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 44 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 40 passed and 4 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 10090
  • 6 H1 headlines

    There are 6 <h1> headlines (“2X BETTER CONVERSION”, “Deliver cutting edge customer experiences” and “Deliver cutting edge customer experiences”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • Meta description is long (161 characters)

    Your meta description is 161 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • 72 internal links, 10 external

    The homepage links to 72 pages on pinwheelapi.com and 10 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Title: 58 characters

    Your title is a healthy 58 characters: “Pinwheel | The Leading Direct Deposit & Bill Switching API”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.pinwheelapi.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Quotation.

  • 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.pinwheelapi.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 (664 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://www.pinwheelapi.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 19 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 32 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.

  • 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 to fixGoogle 9692
  • 3 JavaScript errors while loading

    3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to execute 'observe' on 'IntersectionObserver': parameter 1 is not of type 'Element'. https://www.pinwheelapi.co…”.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

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  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

2 to fix70
  • 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 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 295 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 295 words of visible text.

3 checks passed
  • 6 calls to action

    The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Quick Start” and “Learn more ➔”.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 10 testimonial or review blocks and 3 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and HubSpot.

Privacy and tracking

  • 6 trackers load before any consent

    6

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and LinkedIn Insight and 1 more (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.

  • 18 cookies set on arrival

    18

    Opening the homepage sets 18 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 48 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 48 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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  • Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner

    A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

CMS
Webflow
Analytics
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager

Hiring

Hiring
4 open roles
Teams
Engineering (3), Commercial (1)
Job board
greenhouse

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