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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 26 October 202638 issues · 82 checks

This review found 38 issues worth fixing on professionals.com.au, 12 of them high impact, across 82 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
4.9 s502 msMay 9Oct 244.4 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20261.0 s
May 16, 20261.0 s
May 23, 20261.0 s
May 30, 20261.0 s
Jun 6, 20261.1 s
Jun 13, 20261.1 s
Jun 20, 20261.1 s
Jun 27, 20261.0 s
Jul 4, 20261.0 s
Jul 11, 20261.0 s
Jul 18, 20261.1 s
Jul 25, 20261.1 s
Aug 1, 20261.1 s
Aug 8, 20261.1 s
Aug 15, 20262.0 s
Aug 22, 20263.0 s
Aug 29, 20263.3 s
Sep 5, 20263.5 s
Sep 12, 20263.7 s
Sep 19, 20263.9 s
Sep 26, 20264.1 s
Oct 3, 20264.3 s
Oct 10, 20264.4 s
Oct 17, 20264.4 s
Oct 24, 20264.4 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
167 ms105 msMay 9Oct 24158 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026112 ms
May 16, 2026114 ms
May 23, 2026121 ms
May 30, 2026127 ms
Jun 6, 2026128 ms
Jun 13, 2026127 ms
Jun 20, 2026128 ms
Jun 27, 2026128 ms
Jul 4, 2026131 ms
Jul 11, 2026133 ms
Jul 18, 2026129 ms
Jul 25, 2026130 ms
Aug 1, 2026129 ms
Aug 8, 2026129 ms
Aug 15, 2026130 ms
Aug 22, 2026136 ms
Aug 29, 2026140 ms
Sep 5, 2026142 ms
Sep 12, 2026146 ms
Sep 19, 2026146 ms
Sep 26, 2026151 ms
Oct 3, 2026156 ms
Oct 10, 2026159 ms
Oct 17, 2026160 ms
Oct 24, 2026158 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 professionals.com.au (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. professionals.com.au at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. professionals.com.au at 0.9 s0.9 s
  3. professionals.com.au at 1.3 s1.3 s
  4. professionals.com.au at 1.7 s1.7 s
  5. professionals.com.au at 2.2 s2.2 s
  6. professionals.com.au at 2.6 s2.6 s
  7. professionals.com.au at 3.1 s3.1 s
  8. professionals.com.au at 3.5 s3.5 s

Speed

8 to fix60
  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    1.1 s · 409 KiB

    50 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (409 KiB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.4 s

    6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.4 s.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    450 ms · 727 KiB

    About 727 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 60

    60/100

    Your mobile performance score is 60 (desktop: 82). 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 Tag Manager, Facebook and Hotjar and others), adding 1.4 MB and 792 ms of main-thread time.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 566 ms

    566 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 566 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.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 25 KiB

    About 25 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.

  • 1,927 HTML elements

    The page has 1,927 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Improve image delivery

    238 KiB

    9 images could be 238 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • 15 long tasks on the main thread

    15 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 128 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    21 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 21 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.

2 checks passed
  • Main-thread work: 1.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.1 s of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 197 ms

    197 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 197 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

11 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.

  • Real-user LCP: 5.1 s

    5.1 s

    Real visitors wait 5.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user FCP: 4.9 s

    4.9 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 4.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 2.6 s

    2.6 s

    Real visitors wait 2.6 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 8.5 s

    8.5 s

    Your largest element takes 8.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.

  • Time to Interactive: 16.7 s

    16.7 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 16.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 7.6 s

    7.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 7.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user INP: 270 ms

    270 ms

    Real visitors wait 270 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 41% slower for real visitors

    +41%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 112 ms to 158 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 336% slower for real visitors

    +336%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.0 s to 4.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Total Blocking Time: 331 ms

    331 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 331 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

3 checks passed
  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.5 s

    1.5 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.5 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

1 to fix85
  • Page weight: 2.7 MB in 89 requests

    2.7 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.7 MB in 89 requests on a phone: scripts 1.5 MB (29), images 719 KiB (29) and fonts 438 KiB (7). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 6 images in older formats

    6 images (359 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 0.8 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.77 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.77 g of CO₂e: 92.4 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

7 to fixGoogle 8891
  • 7 text elements with low contrast

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

  • Hidden but focusable

    1 element hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.

  • 28 images without alt text

    28 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (23 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 23 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.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 2 form fields without a label

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

1 checks passed
  • 46 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 52 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 46 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

5 to fixGoogle 9277
  • Title is short (25 characters)

    Your title is only 25 characters: “Professionals Real Estate”. 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.

  • Meta description is long (305 characters)

    Your meta description is 305 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • No social preview image

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

  • 85 internal links, 13 external

    The homepage links to 85 pages on professionals.com.au and 13 external pages.

3 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Our door is always open”.

  • 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.professionals.com.au/wp-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://www.professionals.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.

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 (1,281 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 5 pages without a meta description

    https://www.professionals.com.au/buy, https://www.professionals.com.au/rent, https://www.professionals.com.au/sell, https://www.professionals.com.au/manage and https://www.professionals.com.au/sell/request-a-sales-market-appraisal have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 64 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

6 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.

  • 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
3 checks passed
  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    19 of 20 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix81
  • 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: 2 customer or partner logos. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • A 35-field form

    Your longest form asks for 35 fields (0 required). Every extra field lowers completion.

  • 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 394 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 394 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: “Buy” and “Contact”.

  • 14 calls to action

    The homepage has 14 calls to action, for example “Buy”, “Join Us” and “Request a sales market appraisal”.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 0 email links.

  • Phone number on the homepage

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

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 LinkedIn Insight 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.

  • 10 cookies set on arrival

    10

    Opening the homepage sets 10 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.

  • 18 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 18 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

Stack

CMS
WordPress
Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
Hosting
AWS

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