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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 1 November 202633 issues · 85 checks

This review found 33 issues worth fixing on q.com, 12 of them high impact, across 85 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
2.8 s2.2 sMay 9Oct 242.7 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.2 s
May 16, 20262.3 s
May 23, 20262.3 s
May 30, 20262.2 s
Jun 6, 20262.3 s
Jun 13, 20262.3 s
Jun 20, 20262.3 s
Jun 27, 20262.5 s
Jul 4, 20262.5 s
Jul 11, 20262.5 s
Jul 18, 20262.5 s
Jul 25, 20262.5 s
Aug 1, 20262.5 s
Aug 8, 20262.5 s
Aug 15, 20262.4 s
Aug 22, 20262.4 s
Aug 29, 20262.5 s
Sep 5, 20262.5 s
Sep 12, 20262.5 s
Sep 19, 20262.6 s
Sep 26, 20262.6 s
Oct 3, 20262.6 s
Oct 10, 20262.6 s
Oct 17, 20262.6 s
Oct 24, 20262.7 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
135 ms100 msMay 9Oct 24121 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026104 ms
May 16, 2026105 ms
May 23, 2026104 ms
May 30, 2026104 ms
Jun 6, 2026105 ms
Jun 13, 2026105 ms
Jun 20, 2026111 ms
Jun 27, 2026120 ms
Jul 4, 2026128 ms
Jul 11, 2026131 ms
Jul 18, 2026131 ms
Jul 25, 2026129 ms
Aug 1, 2026124 ms
Aug 8, 2026120 ms
Aug 15, 2026118 ms
Aug 22, 2026113 ms
Aug 29, 2026112 ms
Sep 5, 2026112 ms
Sep 12, 2026117 ms
Sep 19, 2026121 ms
Sep 26, 2026124 ms
Oct 3, 2026125 ms
Oct 10, 2026124 ms
Oct 17, 2026121 ms
Oct 24, 2026121 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 q.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. q.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. q.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. q.com at 1.2 s1.2 s
  4. q.com at 1.6 s1.6 s
  5. q.com at 2.1 s2.1 s
  6. q.com at 2.5 s2.5 s
  7. q.com at 2.9 s2.9 s
  8. q.com at 3.3 s3.3 s

Speed

11 to fix47
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    4.3 s · 805 KiB

    About 805 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 4.3 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.2 s

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

  • Mobile performance score: 47

    47/100

    Your mobile performance score is 47. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 4.0 s

    A phone's processor spends 4.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.8 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, Optanon and Vimeo and others), adding 19.5 MB and 953 ms of main-thread time.

  • Vimeo adds 105 ms

    105 ms

    Vimeo costs a phone 105 ms of main-thread work and 18.6 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.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    500 ms · 199 KiB

    21 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (199 KiB).

  • Google Tag Manager adds 541 ms

    541 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 541 ms of main-thread work and 532 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

    450 ms · 101 KiB

    About 101 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.

  • 10 long tasks on the main thread

    10 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 274 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • 2,377 HTML elements

    The page has 2,377 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Minify JavaScript

    150 ms · 13 KiB

    13 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    50 ms · 21 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 21 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.

  • 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: 5 ms

    5 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 5 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

9 to fix67
  • 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: 19.4 s

    19.4 s

    Your largest element takes 19.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “We use coookies to help us enhance site navigation, analyze…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 19.6 s

    19.6 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 19.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 4.5 s

    4.5 s

    The first text or image appears after 4.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 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 LCP: 3.3 s

    3.3 s

    Real visitors wait 3.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.9 s

    1.9 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 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: 446 ms

    446 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 446 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 104 ms to 121 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 19% slower for real visitors

    +19%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.2 s to 2.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user INP: 115 ms

    115 ms

    Real visitors wait 115 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.01

    0.01

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.03

    0.03

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.03, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 21.4 MB in 219 requests

    21.4 MB

    Your homepage downloads 21.4 MB in 219 requests on a phone: other files 18.1 MB (59), scripts 1.9 MB (76) and images 930 KiB (25). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 6.1 g of CO₂ per visit

    6.07 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 6.07 g of CO₂e: 728.8 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 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

4 to fixGoogle 9295
  • 12 text elements with low contrast

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

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (53 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 53 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • The skip-link target should exist and be focusable (1 element)

    The skip-link target should exist and be focusable: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 4 links without text

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

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 10 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 47 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: 47 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

2 to fixGoogle 9290
  • Title is short (23 characters)

    Your title is only 23 characters: “Home - QTS Data Centers”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.

  • 2 links with vague text

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

  • 58 internal links, 8 external

    The homepage links to 58 pages on q.com and 8 external pages.

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  • Meta description: 86 characters

    Your meta description is 86 characters: “QTS is the global digital infrastructure leader. Powered by People. Driven by purpose.”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Designed to be different”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://q.com/.

  • 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://q.com/sitemap_index.xml.

AI search readiness

100
  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://q.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.

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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.

  • Organization data: 4 of 6 facts

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

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (845 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

2 to fix90
  • 12 pages without a meta description

    https://q.com/why-qts, https://q.com/our-partnerships, https://q.com/join-our-team, https://q.com/data-centers, https://q.com/us-locations and https://q.com/europe-locations and 6 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 1 link to non-canonical URLs

    Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example https://q.com/innovation, whose canonical is https://q.com/why-qts/innovation-in-action. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 42 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.

  • 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

2 to fixGoogle 7391
  • 1 third-party cookie

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

  • 3 JavaScript errors while loading

    3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Unexpected token ')'”.

  • Browser-reported issues

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

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    9 of 10 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

2 to fix81
  • No social proof

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

  • 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.

  • 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 682 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 682 words of visible text.

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Learn more”.

  • 9 calls to action

    The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “Join Our Team Join Our Team”, “Contact us” and “Learn more”.

  • 1 short form

    A short form (2 fields at most) is right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and LinkedIn Insight.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 5 phone links 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

  • 4 trackers load before any consent

    4

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

  • 13 cookies set on arrival

    13

    Opening the homepage sets 13 cookies, 2 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 24 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 24 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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  • Consent tool: OneTrust

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

Security, domain, email and software versions

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