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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 2 November 202626 issues · 95 checks

This review found 26 issues worth fixing on riversideinsights.com, 10 of them high impact, across 95 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
3.0 s1.9 sMay 16Oct 312.5 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.9 s
May 23, 20262.8 s
May 30, 20262.7 s
Jun 6, 20262.7 s
Jun 13, 20262.6 s
Jun 20, 20262.6 s
Jun 27, 20262.5 s
Jul 4, 20262.4 s
Jul 11, 20262.5 s
Jul 18, 20262.4 s
Jul 25, 20262.4 s
Aug 1, 20262.3 s
Aug 8, 20262.3 s
Aug 15, 20262.3 s
Aug 22, 20262.3 s
Aug 29, 20262.2 s
Sep 5, 20262.0 s
Sep 12, 20262.0 s
Sep 19, 20262.0 s
Sep 26, 20262.1 s
Oct 3, 20262.2 s
Oct 10, 20262.2 s
Oct 17, 20262.3 s
Oct 24, 20262.3 s
Oct 31, 20262.5 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
132 ms99 msMay 16Oct 31112 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026103 ms
May 23, 2026104 ms
May 30, 2026104 ms
Jun 6, 2026104 ms
Jun 13, 2026104 ms
Jun 20, 2026104 ms
Jun 27, 2026104 ms
Jul 4, 2026110 ms
Jul 11, 2026112 ms
Jul 18, 2026114 ms
Jul 25, 2026119 ms
Aug 1, 2026121 ms
Aug 8, 2026120 ms
Aug 15, 2026123 ms
Aug 22, 2026128 ms
Aug 29, 2026120 ms
Sep 5, 2026121 ms
Sep 12, 2026120 ms
Sep 19, 2026116 ms
Sep 26, 2026119 ms
Oct 3, 2026117 ms
Oct 10, 2026114 ms
Oct 17, 2026113 ms
Oct 24, 2026113 ms
Oct 31, 2026112 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 riversideinsights.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

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

Speed

8 to fix63
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    2.8 s · 544 KiB

    About 544 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.8 s faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    1.6 s · 565 KiB

    115 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (565 KiB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.6 s

    12 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.6 s.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and Hubspot and others), adding 1.3 MB and 908 ms of main-thread time.

  • Mobile performance score: 63

    63/100

    Your mobile performance score is 63. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 533 ms

    533 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 533 ms of main-thread work and 798 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.

  • Improve image delivery

    590 KiB

    3 images could be 590 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Main-thread work: 2.5 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 13 long tasks on the main thread

    13 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 165 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    38 KiB

    About 38 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    13 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 13 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.

  • Minify CSS

    5 KiB

    5 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

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  • Server response: 6 ms

    6 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 20.4 s

    20.4 s

    Your largest element takes 20.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Teacher working with students, utilizing data.”.

  • Time to Interactive: 21.1 s

    21.1 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 21.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 7.1 s

    7.1 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 7.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 208 ms

    208 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 208 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 3 images without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +9%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 103 ms to 112 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

8 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 s

    Real visitors wait 1.5 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 120 ms

    120 ms

    Real visitors wait 120 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

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

  • Real-user FCP: 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 544 ms

    544 ms

    Real visitors wait 544 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 17% faster for real visitors

    -17%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.9 s to 2.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • 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: 3.6 MB in 154 requests

    3.6 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.6 MB in 154 requests on a phone: images 1.5 MB (82), scripts 1.4 MB (32) and fonts 597 KiB (6). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.01 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.01 g of CO₂e: 121.3 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

5 to fixGoogle 9191
  • 5 tap targets too small

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

  • 1 text element with low contrast

    1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • 12 images without alt text

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

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (5 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 5 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 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.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h4, h2 → h5 and h3 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

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  • 41 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 46 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 41 passed and 5 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 10093
  • No structured data

    No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.

  • No social preview image

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

  • 73 internal links, 15 external

    The homepage links to 73 pages on riversideinsights.com and 15 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Meta description: 152 characters

    Your meta description is 152 characters: “Discover the unique strengths and challenges of each learner through research-backed assessments that meet the evolving…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Grow the potential in every student.”.

  • Title: 61 characters

    Your title is a healthy 61 characters: “Educational Assessments & Learning Tools | Riverside Insights”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

  • 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.riversideinsights.com/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 /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 (1,409 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 43 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

7 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.

  • 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

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

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

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

100
  • No security.txt

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

8 checks passed
  • Served over HTTPS

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

  • Valid certificate (66 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for riversideinsights.com and is valid for another 66 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://riversideinsights.com redirects to the secure version.

  • HTTP/2 and HTTP/3

    The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.

  • All 53 links work

    All 53 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 13 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    riversideinsights.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

    riversideinsights.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.

2 checks passed
  • Domain is 7 years old

    7 years

    riversideinsights.com was registered in Nov 2018 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Nov 2028

    riversideinsights.com is registered until Nov 2028.

Content and conversion

2 to fix70
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • About 408 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 408 words of visible text.

3 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

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

  • 3 calls to action

    The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “Get In Touch” and “Contact Us”.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and HubSpot.

Email authentication

1 to fix70
  • DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

    DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be riversideinsights.com is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.

  • Email authentication score: 70/100

    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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  • SPF in place (~all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:sendgrid.net include:sent-via.netsuite.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:amazonses.com incl…”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”, “s1” and “s2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

  • 7 trackers load before any consent

    7

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and HubSpot and 2 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 12 cookies set on arrival

    12

    Opening the homepage sets 12 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 26 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 26 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner

    A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.

Upkeep, stack and company

No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.

Stack

CMS
HubSpot
Framework
jQuery
E-commerce
BigCommerce;BigCommerce B2B;BigCommerce Stencil
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Cloudflare

Company

Employees
359

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