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rhymezone.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 October 202643 issues · 84 checks
This review found 43 issues worth fixing on rhymezone.com, 11 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
72CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| May 2, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 247 ms |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 245 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 241 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 231 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 222 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 214 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 212 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 212 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 214 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 216 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 217 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 221 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 221 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 222 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 223 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 224 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 227 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 229 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 228 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 228 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 225 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 221 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 219 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 219 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 219 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
1.2 s
2.3 s
3.5 s
4.7 s
5.8 s
7.0 s
8.2 s
9.3 s
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.4 s2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.4 s.
Main-thread work: 12.5 s
A phone's processor spends 12.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 5.8 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/Doubleclick Ads, Rubicon Project and ay.delivery and others), adding 1.7 MB and 2.7 s of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 57
57/100Your mobile performance score is 57 (desktop: 63). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Google/Doubleclick Ads adds 714 ms
714 msGoogle/Doubleclick Ads costs a phone 714 ms of main-thread work and 514 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.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
715 KiB142 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (715 KiB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
614 KiBAbout 614 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Rubicon Project adds 474 ms
474 msRubicon Project costs a phone 474 ms of main-thread work and 169 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.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 480 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
ay.delivery adds 383 ms
383 msay.delivery costs a phone 383 ms of main-thread work and 442 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 Tag Manager adds 328 ms
328 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 328 ms of main-thread work and 303 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.
Pubmatic adds 287 ms
287 msPubmatic costs a phone 287 ms of main-thread work and 85 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.
Legacy JavaScript
111 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 111 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Improve image delivery
42 KiB1 image could be 42 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Reduce unused CSS
25 KiBAbout 25 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 1 ms
1 msYour server sent the HTML in 1 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 44.9 s
44.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 44.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 12.7 s
12.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 12.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 2.5 s
2.5 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 2.5 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.4 s
2.4 sThe first text or image appears after 2.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+4%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.0 s to 1.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
9 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
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: 191 ms
191 msReal visitors wait 191 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.01
0.01For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 593 ms
593 msReal visitors wait 593 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 11% faster for real visitors
-11%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 247 ms to 219 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest Contentful Paint: 2.4 s
2.4 sYour largest element renders in 2.4 s on a phone, inside Google's 2.5 s “good” threshold. The largest element is the text “Help Feedback Privacy Terms of Use Copyright © 2026 Do not …”.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.037
0.037The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.037, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.0 MB in 1,287 requests
3.0 MBYour homepage downloads 3.0 MB in 1,287 requests on a phone: scripts 2.0 MB (84), other files 370 KiB (552) and HTML 333 KiB (234). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit
0.86 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.86 g of CO₂e: 103.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
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
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.
Document should not have more than one main landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one main landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
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.
4 form fields without a label
4 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 1 image in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
36 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 40 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 36 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 meta description
No meta description, so Google writes its own snippet from whatever text it finds.
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
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 (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
No XML sitemap
No XML sitemap at https://www.rhymezone.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
5 internal links, 1 external
The homepage links to 5 pages on rhymezone.com and 1 external page.
2 checks passed
Title: 42 characters
Your title is a healthy 42 characters: “RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus”.
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.rhymezone.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.
1 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.
Other pages
3 pages share a title
https://www.rhymezone.com/help, https://www.rhymezone.com/privacy-policy and https://www.rhymezone.com/terms-of-use all use the title “RhymeZone”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.
4 pages without a meta description
https://www.rhymezone.com/adv, https://www.rhymezone.com/help, https://www.rhymezone.com/privacy-policy and https://www.rhymezone.com/terms-of-use have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
4 pages without an H1
https://www.rhymezone.com/adv, https://www.rhymezone.com/help, https://www.rhymezone.com/privacy-policy and https://www.rhymezone.com/terms-of-use have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
1 page with very little text
https://www.rhymezone.com/adv has 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.
4 internal pages checked
We fetched 4 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
4 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 4 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 4 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
2 broken images
2 images failed to load on a phone, for example https://sync.intentiq.com/profiles_engine/ProfilesEngineServlet?at=20&mi=10&secure=1&dpi=390912691&iiqidtype=2&iiqpcid=947dbb8e-7e2a-5c02-fbd1-52445192136b&iiqpciddate=1791751822386&tsrnd=917_17917518.
28 third-party cookies
28 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
5 small tap targets
5 of 8 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
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.”).
5 JavaScript errors while loading
5 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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 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 39 words
The homepage has only about 39 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
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.
2 checks passed
3 short forms
3 short forms (6 fields at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Privacy and tracking
8 trackers load before any consent
8Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Amazon Ads, Criteo, Google Ads, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager and 3 mores (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.
14 cookies set on arrival
14Opening the homepage sets 14 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.
108 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 108 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 rhymezone.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
Company
- Founded
- 1996
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