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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 3 November 202646 issues · 74 checks

This review found 46 issues worth fixing on pointsbet.com.au, 18 of them high impact, across 74 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
5.3 s4.6 sMay 16Oct 315.0 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20265.1 s
May 23, 20265.1 s
May 30, 20265.1 s
Jun 6, 20265.1 s
Jun 13, 20265.2 s
Jun 20, 20265.1 s
Jun 27, 20265.1 s
Jul 4, 20265.1 s
Jul 11, 20265.0 s
Jul 18, 20264.9 s
Jul 25, 20264.8 s
Aug 1, 20264.7 s
Aug 8, 20264.8 s
Aug 15, 20264.8 s
Aug 22, 20264.8 s
Aug 29, 20264.8 s
Sep 5, 20264.8 s
Sep 12, 20264.9 s
Sep 19, 20265.0 s
Sep 26, 20265.1 s
Oct 3, 20265.0 s
Oct 10, 20264.9 s
Oct 17, 20264.9 s
Oct 24, 20264.9 s
Oct 31, 20265.0 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
565 ms488 msMay 16Oct 31504 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026515 ms
May 23, 2026523 ms
May 30, 2026529 ms
Jun 6, 2026535 ms
Jun 13, 2026530 ms
Jun 20, 2026530 ms
Jun 27, 2026539 ms
Jul 4, 2026543 ms
Jul 11, 2026550 ms
Jul 18, 2026556 ms
Jul 25, 2026555 ms
Aug 1, 2026550 ms
Aug 8, 2026547 ms
Aug 15, 2026528 ms
Aug 22, 2026512 ms
Aug 29, 2026509 ms
Sep 5, 2026512 ms
Sep 12, 2026521 ms
Sep 19, 2026524 ms
Sep 26, 2026522 ms
Oct 3, 2026506 ms
Oct 10, 2026503 ms
Oct 17, 2026497 ms
Oct 24, 2026501 ms
Oct 31, 2026504 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 pointsbet.com.au (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. pointsbet.com.au at 1.5 s1.5 s
  2. pointsbet.com.au at 2.9 s2.9 s
  3. pointsbet.com.au at 4.4 s4.4 s
  4. pointsbet.com.au at 5.8 s5.8 s
  5. pointsbet.com.au at 7.3 s7.3 s
  6. pointsbet.com.au at 8.8 s8.8 s
  7. pointsbet.com.au at 10.2 s10.2 s
  8. pointsbet.com.au at 11.7 s11.7 s

Speed

11 to fix36
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    7.2 s · 1.4 MB

    About 1.4 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 7.2 s faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    4.3 s · 983 KiB

    33 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (983 KiB).

  • Mobile performance score: 36

    36/100

    Your mobile performance score is 36. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 7.4 s

    A phone's processor spends 7.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.8 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 (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and TikTok and others), adding 2.0 MB and 1.1 s of main-thread time.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    650 ms · 82 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 82 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 650 ms faster on a phone.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 581 ms

    581 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 581 ms of main-thread work and 1.0 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.

  • Improve image delivery

    528 KiB

    15 images could be 528 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 463 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • 2,135 HTML elements

    The page has 2,135 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • pointsbet.com adds 38 ms

    38 ms

    pointsbet.com costs a phone 38 ms of main-thread work and 451 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.

  • Font display

    100 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    19 KiB

    About 19 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • 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.

  • Minify CSS

    3 KiB

    3 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

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  • Server response: 1 ms

    1 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 1 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

10 to fix0
  • 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.

  • Real-user LCP: 5.9 s

    5.9 s

    Real visitors wait 5.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 539 ms

    539 ms

    Real visitors wait 539 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.83

    0.83

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.83 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 31.9 s

    31.9 s

    Your largest element takes 31.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s.

  • Speed Index: 15.4 s

    15.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 15.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 32.6 s

    32.6 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 32.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 1.6 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 16 images without width and height

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

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.104

    0.104

    The layout shifts by 0.104 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -3%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 515 ms to 504 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -4%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 5.1 s to 5.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user FCP: 0.9 s

    0.9 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 0.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 580 ms

    580 ms

    Real visitors wait 580 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 0.8 s

    0.8 s

    The first text or image appears after 0.8 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

Images and page weight

1 to fix33
  • Page weight: 5.7 MB in 503 requests

    5.7 MB

    Your homepage downloads 5.7 MB in 503 requests on a phone: scripts 4.2 MB (315), images 828 KiB (51) and other files 464 KiB (124). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 1.6 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.62 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.62 g of CO₂e: 194.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

Accessibility

6 to fixGoogle 8073
  • 22 buttons without a name

    22 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • No main landmark

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

  • Zoom is disabled

    The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.

  • Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)

    Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 13 text elements with low contrast

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

  • 12 tap targets too small

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

  • SVG elements with an img role do not have an accessible text alternative

    SVG elements with an img role do not have an accessible text alternative (76 elements).

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  • 7 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 10 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 7 passed and 3 failed. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

7 to fixGoogle 9269
  • No H1 headline

    There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.

  • Title is short (9 characters)

    Your title is only 9 characters: “PointsBet”. 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.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • Only 0 internal links

    The homepage links to only 0 pages on your own site, so visitors and crawlers find few routes into the rest of it.

  • 7 links crawlers can't follow

    7 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

    No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.

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  • Meta description: 147 characters

    Your meta description is 147 characters: “Australia's fast growing online bookmaker. Fixed Odds markets (Sports & Racing) + Spread Betting where the more your be…”.

  • robots.txt in place

    robots.txt is in place.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://pointsbet.com.au/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix83
  • 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://pointsbet.com.au/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.

Best practices

3 to fixGoogle 5087
  • Deprecated browser APIs

    The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).

  • 1 third-party cookie

    1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.

  • 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 'register')”.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

  • Browser-reported issues

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

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  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

6 to fix25
  • 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 calls to action

    We found no call-to-action buttons or links (such as “Book a demo” or “Get a quote”) anywhere on the homepage.

  • No social proof

    No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.

  • No analytics detected

    No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.

  • 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.

  • Only about 0 words

    The homepage has only about 0 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • 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.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 1 tracker load before any consent

    1

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads 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.

  • 3 cookies set on arrival

    3

    Opening the homepage sets 3 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.

  • 3 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 3 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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