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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 20 October 202641 issues · 85 checks

This review found 41 issues worth fixing on pivot.co, 14 of them high impact, across 85 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
3.6 s1.9 sMay 2Oct 172.7 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 2, 20262.6 s
May 9, 20262.6 s
May 16, 20262.6 s
May 23, 20263.0 s
May 30, 20263.3 s
Jun 6, 20263.4 s
Jun 13, 20263.0 s
Jun 20, 20262.6 s
Jun 27, 20262.3 s
Jul 4, 20262.4 s
Jul 11, 20262.6 s
Jul 18, 20262.7 s
Jul 25, 20263.0 s
Aug 1, 20262.7 s
Aug 8, 20262.9 s
Aug 15, 20262.9 s
Aug 22, 20262.8 s
Aug 29, 20262.6 s
Sep 5, 20262.2 s
Sep 12, 20262.1 s
Sep 19, 20262.1 s
Sep 26, 20262.2 s
Oct 3, 20262.4 s
Oct 10, 20262.6 s
Oct 17, 20262.7 s

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 pivot.co (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. pivot.co at 0.7 s0.7 s
  2. pivot.co at 1.3 s1.3 s
  3. pivot.co at 2.0 s2.0 s
  4. pivot.co at 2.6 s2.6 s
  5. pivot.co at 3.3 s3.3 s
  6. pivot.co at 4.0 s4.0 s
  7. pivot.co at 4.6 s4.6 s
  8. pivot.co at 5.3 s5.3 s

Speed

13 to fix33
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    13.3 s · 2.3 MB

    About 2.3 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 13.3 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    4.0 s

    2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 4.0 s.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    3.0 s · 752 KiB

    28 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (752 KiB).

  • Improve image delivery

    1.2 s · 521 KiB

    9 images could be 521 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.2 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 33

    33/100

    Your mobile performance score is 33 (desktop: 35). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 6.5 s

    A phone's processor spends 6.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.5 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 (YouTube, hsappstatic.net and Hubspot and others), adding 7.8 MB and 3.3 s of main-thread time.

  • hsappstatic.net adds 928 ms

    928 ms

    hsappstatic.net costs a phone 928 ms of main-thread work and 2.3 MB 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.

  • YouTube adds 943 ms

    943 ms

    YouTube costs a phone 943 ms of main-thread work and 1.9 MB 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.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    710 ms · 241 KiB

    About 241 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 710 ms faster on a phone.

  • Hubspot adds 642 ms

    642 ms

    Hubspot costs a phone 642 ms of main-thread work and 748 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.

  • website-files.com adds 341 ms

    341 ms

    website-files.com costs a phone 341 ms of main-thread work and 2.7 MB 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.

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 366 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Minify CSS

    9 KiB

    9 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • 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.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 4 ms

    4 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 4 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

8 to fix50
  • 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.

  • First Contentful Paint: 14.3 s

    14.3 s

    The first text or image appears after 14.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 30.5 s

    30.5 s

    Your largest element takes 30.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Pivot is a tech enabled behavioral change platform that emp…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 40.8 s

    40.8 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 40.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 15.1 s

    15.1 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 15.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 1.0 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user LCP: 2.7 s

    2.7 s

    Real visitors wait 2.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • 16 images without width and height

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

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    +1%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.6 s to 2.7 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 FCP: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 519 ms

    519 ms

    Real visitors wait 519 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: 8.2 MB in 202 requests

    8.2 MB

    Your homepage downloads 8.2 MB in 202 requests on a phone: scripts 4.4 MB (70), images 2.0 MB (50) and fonts 1.3 MB (24). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 6 images in older formats

    6 images (414 KiB) 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.

  • About 2.3 g of CO₂ per visit

    2.34 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.34 g of CO₂e: 280.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

2 checks passed
  • 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

6 to fixGoogle 8992
  • 2 text elements with low contrast

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

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (24 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 24 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.

  • 2 form fields without a label

    2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • 2 links without text

    2 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (2 elements)

    Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 124 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 37 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: 37 passed and 6 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 9283
  • Title is short (27 characters)

    Your title is only 27 characters: “Build Better Habits | Pivot”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.

  • No structured data

    No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.

  • No canonical URL

    No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.

  • 2 links with vague text

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

  • 114 internal links, 22 external

    The homepage links to 114 pages on pivot.co and 22 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • Meta description: 145 characters

    Your meta description is 145 characters: “It's easier than ever to break bad habits with Pivot's proven technologies. This app helps overcome obstacles to improv…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Take a different, modern approach to well-being”.

  • 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://pivot.co/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.

  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://pivot.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.

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.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,757 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

3 to fix86
  • 2 pages share a title

    / and https://pivot.co/mental-well-being all use the title “Build Better Habits | Pivot”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.

  • 3 pages share a meta description

    https://pivot.co/support, https://pivot.co/contact-us and https://pivot.co/contact-sales use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.

  • 1 page without an H1

    https://pivot.co/blog/employer-provided-smoking-cessation 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 39 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

5 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.

  • 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

3 to fixGoogle 7385
  • 6 third-party cookies

    6 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.

  • 3 small tap targets

    3 of 11 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'top')”.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

  • Browser-reported issues

    Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).

1 checks passed
  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

1 to fix92
  • 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 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 741 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 741 words of visible text.

5 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Contact Sales”.

  • 18 calls to action

    The homepage has 18 calls to action, for example “Learn More”, “Contact Sales” and “Learn More »”.

  • 3 short forms

    3 short forms (3 fields at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 17 testimonial or review blocks, 4 customer or partner logos and 3 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

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

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 6 trackers load before any consent

    6

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

  • 14 cookies set on arrival

    14

    Opening the homepage sets 14 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.

  • 37 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 37 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

  • The footer still says © 2024.

Stack

CMS
Webflow
Analytics
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager | Hotjar

Hiring

Hiring
5 open roles
Teams
Sales (4), General - Other (1)
Job board
ashby

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