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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 31 October 202634 issues · 102 checks

This review found 34 issues worth fixing on placon.com, 11 of them high impact, across 102 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
2.5 s1.7 sMay 9Oct 241.8 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.0 s
May 16, 20262.0 s
May 23, 20262.1 s
May 30, 20262.1 s
Jun 6, 20262.0 s
Jun 13, 20262.1 s
Jun 20, 20262.1 s
Jun 27, 20262.1 s
Jul 4, 20262.2 s
Jul 11, 20262.2 s
Jul 18, 20262.3 s
Jul 25, 20262.1 s
Aug 1, 20262.1 s
Aug 8, 20262.0 s
Aug 15, 20261.9 s
Aug 22, 20262.1 s
Aug 29, 20262.2 s
Sep 5, 20262.3 s
Sep 12, 20262.4 s
Sep 19, 20262.3 s
Sep 26, 20262.2 s
Oct 3, 20262.1 s
Oct 10, 20261.9 s
Oct 17, 20261.8 s
Oct 24, 20261.8 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
86 ms67 msMay 9Oct 2484 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 202671 ms
May 16, 202670 ms
May 23, 202669 ms
May 30, 202670 ms
Jun 6, 202670 ms
Jun 13, 202671 ms
Jun 20, 202671 ms
Jun 27, 202671 ms
Jul 4, 202671 ms
Jul 11, 202671 ms
Jul 18, 202671 ms
Jul 25, 202669 ms
Aug 1, 202671 ms
Aug 8, 202671 ms
Aug 15, 202671 ms
Aug 22, 202674 ms
Aug 29, 202679 ms
Sep 5, 202679 ms
Sep 12, 202679 ms
Sep 19, 202679 ms
Sep 26, 202677 ms
Oct 3, 202681 ms
Oct 10, 202680 ms
Oct 17, 202679 ms
Oct 24, 202684 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

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Speed

11 to fix54
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    5.0 s · 667 KiB

    About 667 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 5.0 s faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    1.9 s · 604 KiB

    109 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (604 KiB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.6 s

    43 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.6 s.

  • Improve image delivery

    1.0 s · 548 KiB

    9 images could be 548 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.0 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 54

    54/100

    Your mobile performance score is 54. 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 CDN, Google Tag Manager and Other Google APIs/SDKs and others), adding 1.4 MB and 623 ms of main-thread time.

  • Google CDN adds 296 ms

    296 ms

    Google CDN costs a phone 296 ms of main-thread work and 766 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.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 55 KiB

    About 55 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.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 282 ms

    282 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 282 ms of main-thread work and 490 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.

  • Main-thread work: 2.6 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 1,718 HTML elements

    The page has 1,718 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • 9 long tasks on the main thread

    9 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 118 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Font display

    50 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).

  • 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: 20 ms

    20 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 20 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

7 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: 15.6 s

    15.6 s

    Your largest element takes 15.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Simply Better Packaging”.

  • First Contentful Paint: 7.5 s

    7.5 s

    The first text or image appears after 7.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 15.6 s

    15.6 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 15.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 8.3 s

    8.3 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 8.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors wait 1.0 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 202 ms

    202 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 202 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 16% slower for real visitors

    +16%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 71 ms to 84 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.1 s

    2.1 s

    Real visitors wait 2.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 89 ms

    89 ms

    Real visitors wait 89 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: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 11% faster for real visitors

    -11%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.0 s to 1.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

2 to fix81
  • Page weight: 3.3 MB in 145 requests

    3.3 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.3 MB in 145 requests on a phone: scripts 1.5 MB (53), images 910 KiB (18) and other files 357 KiB (11). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    home-hero-slider-food-2-300x300.webp is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).

  • About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.93 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.93 g of CO₂e: 111.7 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 are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

3 to fixGoogle 9496
  • 41 tap targets too small

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

  • 3 links without text

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

  • 1 form field without a label

    1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 17 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 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 49 passed and 2 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
  • 5 links with vague text

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

  • 223 internal links, 3 external

    The homepage links to 223 pages on placon.com and 3 external pages.

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  • Meta description: 122 characters

    Your meta description is 122 characters: “Discover food, medical and retail packaging with in-house design, tooling, thermoforming and sustainable material optio…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Sustainable Plastic Packaging”.

  • Title: 52 characters

    Your title is a healthy 52 characters: “Plastic Packaging Solutions & Manufacturing | Placon”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Article, ImageObject, Organization, Person and WebPage.

  • 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.placon.com/sitemap_index.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)

    Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.

  • No llms.txt

    There is no /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.

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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 (1,456 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 5 pages without a meta description

    /product-category/food-packaging/crystal-seal, /product-category/food-packaging/crystal-seal/refresh, /product-category/food-packaging/crystal-seal/dimensions, /product-category/food-packaging/evolutions and /product-category/food-packaging/fresh-n-clear have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 3 pages slow to respond

    /certifications, /contact-us and /product-category/food-packaging/crystal-seal/dimensions took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 68 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 9693
  • 2 small tap targets

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

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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.

Security and trust

2 to fix86
  • No HSTS header

    No Strict-Transport-Security header, so browsers may still try plain http first on a return visit.

  • No Content-Security-Policy

    No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • No clickjacking protection

    Neither X-Frame-Options nor a CSP frame-ancestors policy is set, so any site can embed yours in a frame.

  • No X-Content-Type-Options

    X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff is missing, so browsers may guess file types.

  • No Referrer-Policy

    No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.

  • No Permissions-Policy

    No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.

  • No security.txt

    There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.

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  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (placon.com).

  • Valid certificate (75 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YR2 verifies for placon.com and is valid for another 75 days.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://placon.com redirects to the secure version.

  • HTTP/2 and HTTP/3

    The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.

  • All 43 links work

    All 43 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 3 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    placon.com has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.

  • DNSSEC is off

    placon.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.

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  • Domain is 30 years old

    30 years

    placon.com was registered in Mar 1996 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Mar 2030

    placon.com is registered until Mar 2030.

Content and conversion

3 to fix75
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 9 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • 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 373 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 373 words of visible text.

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  • 10 calls to action

    The homepage has 10 calls to action, for example “Made to Order”, “Contact” and “Learn more”.

  • 3 short forms

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

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 1 email link.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.

Email authentication

1 to fix75
  • DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

    DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be placon.com is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.

  • Email authentication score: 75/100

    Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.

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  • SPF with a strict ending (-all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 exists:%{i}.spf.res.cisco.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_u.placon.com._spf.dmarcli.com -all”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, 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.

  • 11 cookies set on arrival

    11

    Opening the homepage sets 11 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.

  • 14 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 14 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Upkeep, stack and company

  • It runs WordPress 3.7.1; the current release is 7.1.4.

Stack

CMS
WordPress 3.7.1
Framework
jQuery
E-commerce
WooCommerce
Analytics
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Vultr

Company

Employees
653

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