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saas-seo.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202626 issues · 78 checks
This review found 26 issues worth fixing on saas-seo.com, 6 of them high impact, across 78 checks. The most urgent: certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (1 element). 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
81BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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Speed
Mobile performance score: 66
66/100Your mobile performance score is 66. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
900 ms27 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 900 ms.
Reduce unused JavaScript
590 ms · 94 KiBAbout 94 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 590 ms faster on a phone.
2,222 HTML elements
The page has 2,222 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
150 ms · 72 KiB82 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (72 KiB).
3 third-party services on the page
3 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Google Fonts and Google Analytics), adding 295 KiB and 152 ms of main-thread time.
Font display
150 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 150 ms).
3 long tasks on the main thread
3 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 96 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Improve image delivery
19 KiB1 image could be 19 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Reduce unused CSS
11 KiBAbout 11 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.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 1.4 s
A phone's processor spends 1.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 741 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 79 ms
79 msYour server sent the HTML in 79 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 6.3 s
6.3 sYour largest element takes 6.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Umair Khalid founder and SaaS SEO consultant at SaaS SEO ag…”.
First Contentful Paint: 3.4 s
3.4 sThe first text or image appears after 3.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.7 s
5.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 6.3 s
6.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 6.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
2 checks passed
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 59 ms
59 msScripts block the page for only 59 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
About 0.3 g of CO₂ per visit
0.30 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.30 g of CO₂e: 36.4 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
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Page weight: 1.1 MB in 91 requests
1.1 MBYour homepage downloads 1.1 MB in 91 requests on a phone: scripts 393 KiB (36), images 312 KiB (14) and fonts 212 KiB (7). That is a lean page.
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
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (1 element)
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.
11 text elements with low contrast
11 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes (6 elements)
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
3 tap targets too small
3 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
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.
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.
14 form fields without a label
14 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h3 → h6, h2 → h5 and h2 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 34 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 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 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
Title is short (28 characters)
Your title is only 28 characters: “SaaS SEO ™ - SaaS SEO Agency”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
Meta description is long (208 characters)
Your meta description is 208 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
5 links with vague text
5 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
1 link crawlers can't follow
1 link has no real href, so search engines can't follow it.
158 internal links, 7 external
The homepage links to 158 pages on saas-seo.com and 7 external pages.
6 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “SaaS SEO Agency”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://saas-seo.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://saas-seo.com/sitemap_index.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
3 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 (1,366 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://saas-seo.com/llms.txt (1 KiB, 1 link), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
2 linked pages hidden from search
https://saas-seo.com/awards and https://saas-seo.com/hubspot are marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If they are meant to be found, remove the noindex.
1 page without a meta description
https://saas-seo.com/hubspot has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page without an H1
https://saas-seo.com/blog has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
1 page slow to respond
https://saas-seo.com/about-us took over 3 s to send its HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 27 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
4 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.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
2 small tap targets
2 of 6 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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 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 868 words of copy
The homepage carries about 868 words of visible text.
7 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “GET A FREE AUDIT”.
16 calls to action
The homepage has 16 calls to action, for example “GET A FREE AUDIT (310) 540-4701”, “Contact” and “Get a Free Audit”.
4 short forms
4 short forms (7 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 15 testimonial or review blocks, a star rating and 1 trust badge.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 1 email link.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Privacy and tracking
2 trackers load before any consent
2Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (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.
2 cookies set on arrival
2Opening the homepage sets 2 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.
4 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 4 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 saas-seo.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Hosting
- Hostinger
Hiring
- Hiring
- 6 open roles
- Job board
- careers page
- Careers page
- saas-seo.com/careers (opens in a new tab)
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
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