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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 30 October 202637 issues · 106 checks

This review found 37 issues worth fixing on rightworks.com, 11 of them high impact, across 106 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
2.7 s2.4 sMay 9Oct 242.6 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.4 s
May 16, 20262.4 s
May 23, 20262.5 s
May 30, 20262.5 s
Jun 6, 20262.5 s
Jun 13, 20262.5 s
Jun 20, 20262.5 s
Jun 27, 20262.5 s
Jul 4, 20262.7 s
Jul 11, 20262.7 s
Jul 18, 20262.7 s
Jul 25, 20262.6 s
Aug 1, 20262.5 s
Aug 8, 20262.5 s
Aug 15, 20262.4 s
Aug 22, 20262.5 s
Aug 29, 20262.4 s
Sep 5, 20262.4 s
Sep 12, 20262.5 s
Sep 19, 20262.6 s
Sep 26, 20262.6 s
Oct 3, 20262.7 s
Oct 10, 20262.7 s
Oct 17, 20262.7 s
Oct 24, 20262.6 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
176 ms125 msMay 9Oct 24156 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026131 ms
May 16, 2026132 ms
May 23, 2026137 ms
May 30, 2026140 ms
Jun 6, 2026139 ms
Jun 13, 2026137 ms
Jun 20, 2026131 ms
Jun 27, 2026136 ms
Jul 4, 2026139 ms
Jul 11, 2026145 ms
Jul 18, 2026153 ms
Jul 25, 2026141 ms
Aug 1, 2026142 ms
Aug 8, 2026147 ms
Aug 15, 2026146 ms
Aug 22, 2026160 ms
Aug 29, 2026162 ms
Sep 5, 2026165 ms
Sep 12, 2026170 ms
Sep 19, 2026162 ms
Sep 26, 2026158 ms
Oct 3, 2026144 ms
Oct 10, 2026149 ms
Oct 17, 2026155 ms
Oct 24, 2026156 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 rightworks.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. rightworks.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. rightworks.com at 0.9 s0.9 s
  3. rightworks.com at 1.3 s1.3 s
  4. rightworks.com at 1.8 s1.8 s
  5. rightworks.com at 2.2 s2.2 s
  6. rightworks.com at 2.7 s2.7 s
  7. rightworks.com at 3.1 s3.1 s
  8. rightworks.com at 3.6 s3.6 s

rightworks.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.

Speed

11 to fix46
  • Render-blocking requests

    1.8 s

    9 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.8 s.

  • Mobile performance score: 46

    46/100

    Your mobile performance score is 46. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, reddit and Facebook and others), adding 1.2 MB and 1.4 s of main-thread time.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    450 ms · 614 KiB

    About 614 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.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    750 ms · 139 KiB

    About 139 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 570 ms

    570 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 570 ms of main-thread work and 688 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

    456 KiB

    32 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (456 KiB).

  • Improve image delivery

    390 KiB

    9 images could be 390 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Main-thread work: 3.5 s

    A phone's processor spends 3.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.8 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • reddit adds 261 ms

    261 ms

    reddit costs a phone 261 ms of main-thread work and 27 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.

  • 1,532 HTML elements

    The page has 1,532 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • 11 long tasks on the main thread

    11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 192 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    94 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 94 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.

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  • Server response: 24 ms

    24 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 24 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

10 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: 8.6 s

    8.6 s

    Your largest element takes 8.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Time to Interactive: 20.3 s

    20.3 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 20.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 705 ms

    705 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 705 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 5.8 s

    5.8 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.22

    0.22

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.22 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • 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.

  • 51 images without width and height

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

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.4 s

    2.4 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.117

    0.117

    The layout shifts by 0.117 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • Tap response (INP) got 18% slower for real visitors

    +18%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 131 ms to 156 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    +8%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.4 s to 2.6 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.1 s

    2.1 s

    Real visitors wait 2.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 112 ms

    112 ms

    Real visitors wait 112 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

Images and page weight

3 to fix68
  • Page weight: 3.4 MB in 178 requests

    3.4 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.4 MB in 178 requests on a phone: scripts 1.7 MB (51), images 1.4 MB (66) and stylesheets 162 KiB (5). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 15 images below the first screen load straight away

    15 images further down the page (798 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • 5 images far larger than shown

    83 KiB

    5 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example rightworks_homepage_small-to-mid-sized-firms-1.webp at 1,080 px wide, shown at 350 px. Resized copies would save about 83 KiB.

  • About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.96 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.96 g of CO₂e: 115.4 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.

Accessibility

6 to fixGoogle 8993
  • Malformed lists

    Some lists contain elements other than list items, which screen readers announce wrongly.

  • Orphan list items

    Some list items are not inside a list.

  • 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.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (2 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 6 links without text

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

  • Headings should not be empty (10 elements)

    Headings should not be empty: 10 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h1 → h6, h2 → h5 and h2 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 64 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 50 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 57 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 7 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

3 to fixGoogle 8593
  • No social preview image

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

  • 14 links crawlers can't follow

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

  • 4 links with vague text

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

  • 128 internal links, 10 external

    The homepage links to 128 pages on rightworks.com and 10 external pages.

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  • Meta description: 141 characters

    Your meta description is 141 characters: “Find out the benefits of cloud hosting for accounting professionals, from scalability to enhanced security features tai…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “The secure cloud platform built for accounting and tax pros”.

  • Title: 55 characters

    Your title is a healthy 55 characters: “Cloud hosting for accounting professionals | Rightworks”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.rightworks.com/.

  • Structured data in place

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

  • 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.rightworks.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: 6 of 6 facts

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

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,146 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes /llms.txt (15 KiB, 93 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 63 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.

  • 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

2 to fixGoogle 9278
  • 1 broken image

    1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=26031966&tm=gtm002&Ver=2&mid=b43fd13b-efd7-4978-bbca-8d8150a6ae3c&bo=1&sid=c44dbca0d45411f19c42f7bc38b4ced2&vid=c44dcf30d45411f1ba8eb362d3a026f3&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=91.

  • 6 JavaScript errors while loading

    6 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.

  • Browser-reported issues

    Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Content security policy”).

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    11 of 13 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

100
  • No Referrer-Policy

    No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.

  • No Permissions-Policy

    No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.

  • Deprecated X-XSS-Protection

    X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.

  • No security.txt

    There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.

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  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (rightworks.com).

  • Valid certificate (33 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for rightworks.com and is valid for another 33 days.

  • Protected from clickjacking

    X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.

  • Content-Security-Policy set

    A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • HSTS enabled

    Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://rightworks.com redirects to the secure version.

  • HTTP/2

    The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.

  • All 49 links work

    All 49 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 9 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    rightworks.com has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.

  • DNSSEC is off

    rightworks.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.

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  • Domain is 28 years old

    28 years

    rightworks.com was registered in Apr 1998 through Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Apr 2027

    rightworks.com is registered until Apr 2027.

Content and conversion

1 to fix86
  • 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.

  • About 1,076 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,076 words of visible text.

  • Urgency cues

    The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).

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  • 16 calls to action

    The homepage has 16 calls to action, for example “Pricing”, “Join Us” and “Contact Us”.

  • 2 short forms

    2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 31 customer or partner logos and 4 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 3 phone links and 0 email links.

  • Risk reducer mentioned

    A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.

Email authentication

100
  • Email authentication score: 100/100

    Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.

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  • DMARC policy: reject

    DMARC tells receivers to reject mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.

  • SPF with a strict ending (-all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:mktomail.com …”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”, “k2” and “s1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 9 trackers load before any consent

    9

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and LinkedIn Insight and 4 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.

  • 25 cookies set on arrival

    25

    Opening the homepage sets 25 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.

  • 54 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 54 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Upkeep, stack and company

  • It runs WordPress 7.0.8; the current release is 7.1.4.
  • 1 plugin is behind its latest release.cookie-notice 3.1.4 → 3.1.17

Stack

CMS
WordPress 7.0.8
Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
WordPress.com

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