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riversideinsights.com website review
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.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
86B- #7,635 of 80,572 reviewed websitesbeats 87%
- #4,154 of 39,629 online storesbeats 85%
- #27 of 715 BigCommerce storesbeats 95%
Closest competitors among BigCommerce stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 103 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 104 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 112 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
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.2 s
1.6 s
2.1 s
2.5 s
2.9 s
3.3 s
riversideinsights.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.8 s · 544 KiBAbout 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 KiB115 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (565 KiB).
Render-blocking requests
1.6 s12 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
63/100Your mobile performance score is 63. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Google Tag Manager adds 533 ms
533 msGoogle 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 KiB3 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 KiBAbout 38 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Legacy JavaScript
13 KiBPolyfills 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 KiB5 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
1 checks passed
Server response: 6 ms
6 msYour server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 20.4 s
20.4 sYour 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 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 21.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 7.1 s
7.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s
2.0 sThe first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 208 ms
208 msScripts 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 sReal 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 msReal visitors wait 120 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 544 ms
544 msReal 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
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.6 MB in 154 requests
3.6 MBYour 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 gBy 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.
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
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.
1 checks passed
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
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
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
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
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
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 yearsriversideinsights.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
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
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.
2 checks passed
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
7Before 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
12Opening 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
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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