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planbookedu.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 October 202632 issues · 84 checks
This review found 32 issues worth fixing on planbookedu.com, 7 of them high impact, across 84 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
85BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 647 ms |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 640 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 658 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 656 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 655 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 689 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 688 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 714 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 754 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 719 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 804 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 824 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 893 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 911 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 929 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 840 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 829 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 62 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 63 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 64 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 66 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 71 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 73 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 75 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 78 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 80 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
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Render-blocking requests
5.3 s7 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 5.3 s.
Mobile performance score: 61
61/100Your mobile performance score is 61 (desktop: 93). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
450 ms · 239 KiB11 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (239 KiB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
600 ms · 77 KiBAbout 77 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 21 KiBAbout 21 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.
cloudfront.net adds 60 ms
60 mscloudfront.net costs a phone 60 ms of main-thread work and 397 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.
Google Fonts adds 0 ms
0 msGoogle Fonts costs a phone 0 ms of main-thread work and 564 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.
5 third-party services on the page
5 third-party services load with your homepage (cloudfront.net, Google CDN and Google/Doubleclick Ads and others), adding 1,024 KiB and 117 ms of main-thread time.
1 long task on the main thread
1 long task block the main thread while loading, the longest for 55 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Document request latency
18 KiBThe HTML itself could arrive sooner: redirects, a slow server response or missing compression delay everything after it.
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 93 but mobile only 61. 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.
Improve image delivery
5 KiB1 image could be 5 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 0.4 s
A phone's processor spends 0.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 113 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 12 ms
12 msYour server sent the HTML in 12 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
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: 5.9 s
5.9 sThe first text or image appears after 5.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 7.1 s
7.1 sYour largest element takes 7.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “The simpler, smarter lesson planner.”.
Speed Index: 5.9 s
5.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 26% slower for real visitors
+26%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 62 ms to 80 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 30% slower for real visitors
+30%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 0.6 s to 0.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user TTFB: 897 ms
897 msReal visitors wait 897 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Time to Interactive: 7.2 s
7.2 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 7.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
3 images without width and height
3 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
6 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors wait 1.5 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 80 ms
80 msReal visitors wait 80 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.6 s
1.6 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 0 ms
0 msScripts block the page for only 0 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
1 image in older formats
1 image (38 KiB) is 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 0.3 g of CO₂ per visit
0.29 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.29 g of CO₂e: 35.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
Page weight: 1.0 MB in 26 requests
1.0 MBYour homepage downloads 1.0 MB in 26 requests on a phone: fonts 561 KiB (3), images 239 KiB (12) and scripts 183 KiB (5). That is a lean page.
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
25 text elements with low contrast
25 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
<html> element must have a lang attribute (1 element)
<html> element must have a lang attribute: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (11 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 11 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.
9 form fields without a label
9 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
No page language
The <html> element has no lang attribute, so screen readers may read the page in the wrong voice and accent.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 12 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
25 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 29 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 25 passed and 4 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No canonical URL
No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.
Meta description is long (222 characters)
Your meta description is 222 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
No XML sitemap
No XML sitemap at https://www.planbookedu.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
Open Graph partly set
Open Graph is missing og:description, so shared links fall back to guesses.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
14 internal links, 6 external
The homepage links to 14 pages on planbookedu.com and 6 external pages.
4 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “The simpler, smarter lesson planner.”.
Title: 63 characters
Your title is a healthy 63 characters: “PlanbookEdu - Free Online Lesson Planbook Software for Teachers”.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: WebSite.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place.
AI search readiness
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://www.planbookedu.com/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 (727 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
7 pages share a meta description
https://www.planbookedu.com/pages/privacy, https://www.planbookedu.com/users/login, https://www.planbookedu.com/users/register, https://www.planbookedu.com/group, https://www.planbookedu.com/pages/group-discounts and https://www.planbookedu.com/pages/about-us and 1 other use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
2 pages without an H1
https://www.planbookedu.com/pages/privacy and https://www.planbookedu.com/pages/terms have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
2 pages with very little text
https://www.planbookedu.com/users/login and https://www.planbookedu.com/users/register have under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
7 internal pages checked
We fetched 7 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 7 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 7 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 7 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://d3d6rq1sb1fwon.cloudfront.net/ccss/cookie_consent_1791205600.css' from origin 'htt…”.
3 distorted images
3 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
8 of 8 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 18 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
About 619 words of copy
The homepage carries about 619 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: “Sign up free” and “Start planning free”.
8 calls to action
The homepage has 8 calls to action, for example “Pricing”, “Sign up free” and “Start planning free”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 1 email link.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Privacy and tracking
1 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads (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.
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.
7 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 7 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 planbookedu.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
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