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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202623 issues · 74 checks

This review found 23 issues worth fixing on platform161.com, 6 of them high impact, across 74 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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 s2.3 sMay 23Nov 73.2 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 23, 20262.6 s
May 30, 20262.5 s
Jun 6, 20262.6 s
Jun 13, 20262.5 s
Jun 20, 20262.5 s
Jun 27, 20262.5 s
Jul 4, 20262.5 s
Jul 11, 20262.6 s
Jul 18, 20262.7 s
Jul 25, 20262.7 s
Aug 1, 20262.7 s
Aug 8, 20262.5 s
Aug 15, 20262.4 s
Aug 22, 20262.5 s
Aug 29, 20262.6 s
Sep 5, 20262.7 s
Sep 12, 20262.7 s
Sep 19, 20263.3 s
Sep 26, 20263.3 s
Oct 3, 20263.4 s
Oct 10, 20263.4 s
Oct 17, 20263.4 s
Oct 24, 20263.4 s
Oct 31, 20263.4 s
Nov 7, 20263.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
281 ms149 msMay 23Nov 7261 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 23, 2026203 ms
May 30, 2026216 ms
Jun 6, 2026211 ms
Jun 13, 2026215 ms
Jun 20, 2026204 ms
Jun 27, 2026195 ms
Jul 4, 2026207 ms
Jul 11, 2026195 ms
Jul 18, 2026194 ms
Jul 25, 2026187 ms
Aug 1, 2026194 ms
Aug 8, 2026204 ms
Aug 15, 2026206 ms
Aug 22, 2026164 ms
Aug 29, 2026167 ms
Sep 5, 2026170 ms
Sep 12, 2026178 ms
Sep 19, 2026244 ms
Sep 26, 2026229 ms
Oct 3, 2026233 ms
Oct 10, 2026226 ms
Oct 17, 2026250 ms
Oct 24, 2026266 ms
Oct 31, 2026263 ms
Nov 7, 2026261 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 platform161.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. platform161.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. platform161.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. platform161.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. platform161.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. platform161.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. platform161.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. platform161.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. platform161.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

Speed

8 to fix77
  • Render-blocking requests

    1.2 s

    5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.2 s.

  • Improve image delivery

    650 ms · 1.8 MB

    5 images could be 1.8 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 650 ms faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 77

    77/100

    Your mobile performance score is 77. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    300 ms · 564 KiB

    About 564 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Optanon and Hubspot and others), adding 1.0 MB and 619 ms of main-thread time.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 365 ms

    365 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 365 ms of main-thread work and 579 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 · 56 KiB

    About 56 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.

  • Main-thread work: 2.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    206 KiB

    13 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (206 KiB).

  • 5 long tasks on the main thread

    5 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 181 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    9 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 9 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.

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

10 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.

  • Time to Interactive: 13.3 s

    13.3 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 13.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 4.4 s

    4.4 s

    Your largest element takes 4.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Ads that capture intent the moment it happens”.

  • Real-user LCP: 3.2 s

    3.2 s

    Real visitors wait 3.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 261 ms

    261 ms

    Real visitors wait 261 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 25% slower for real visitors

    +25%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 203 ms to 261 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 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.6 s to 3.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Real-user FCP: 2.2 s

    2.2 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 2.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 5.6 s

    5.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

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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: 682 ms

    682 ms

    Real visitors wait 682 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 152 ms

    152 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 152 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.036

    0.036

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.036, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 4.1 MB in 77 requests

    4.1 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.1 MB in 77 requests on a phone: images 2.4 MB (26), scripts 1.2 MB (23) and other files 299 KiB (21). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 2 images in older formats

    2 images (280 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 1.2 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.16 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.16 g of CO₂e: 139.5 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

2 to fixGoogle 9697
  • 6 text elements with low contrast

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

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (2 elements)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 70 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 42 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 40 passed and 2 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 10093
  • Title is short (28 characters)

    Your title is only 28 characters: “Brand & Agency Media | Verve”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.

  • 61 internal links, 13 external

    The homepage links to 61 pages on platform161.com and 13 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 129 characters

    Your meta description is 129 characters: “Power media campaigns with real-time search events, insights from AI tools, and zero-party data to drive outcomes acros…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Ads that capture intent the moment it happens”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://verve.com/brand-and-agency-media/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, ImageObject, Organization, WebPage and WebSite.

  • 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://verve.com/sitemap_index.xml.

AI search readiness

100
4 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.

  • Organization data: 5 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description; contact details would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (648 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://verve.com/llms.txt (2 KiB, 14 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 31 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

7 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.

  • 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

Google 100100
  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

2 checks passed
  • 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

1 to fix90
  • 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 461 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 461 words of visible text.

4 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Get started”.

  • 4 calls to action

    The homepage has 4 calls to action, for example “Contact” and “Get started”.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 4 testimonial or review blocks and 5 customer or partner logos.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.

Privacy and tracking

  • 5 trackers load before any consent

    5

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and LinkedIn Insight (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (OneTrust) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 6 cookies set on arrival

    6

    Opening the homepage sets 6 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 15 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 15 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: OneTrust

    A consent management tool (OneTrust) loads with the page.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

CMS
WordPress
Framework
React
Analytics
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Cloudflare

Hiring

Hiring
33 open roles
Teams
Sales (14), Technology & IT (7), Ad Operations (3), Product Management (3)
Job board
greenhouse

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