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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202641 issues · 105 checks

This review found 41 issues worth fixing on saas.industries, 15 of them high impact, across 105 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
3.7 s2.6 sMay 16Oct 312.8 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20263.2 s
May 23, 20263.2 s
May 30, 20263.2 s
Jun 6, 20263.4 s
Jun 13, 20263.5 s
Jun 20, 20263.5 s
Jun 27, 20263.4 s
Jul 4, 20263.2 s
Jul 11, 20263.1 s
Jul 18, 20263.0 s
Jul 25, 20263.0 s
Aug 1, 20262.9 s
Aug 8, 20262.8 s
Aug 15, 20262.8 s
Aug 22, 20262.7 s
Aug 29, 20262.8 s
Sep 5, 20262.8 s
Sep 12, 20262.7 s
Sep 19, 20262.8 s
Sep 26, 20262.7 s
Oct 3, 20262.8 s
Oct 10, 20262.9 s
Oct 17, 20262.8 s
Oct 24, 20262.8 s
Oct 31, 20262.8 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
297 ms112 msMay 16Oct 31276 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026133 ms
May 23, 2026142 ms
May 30, 2026167 ms
Jun 6, 2026195 ms
Jun 13, 2026218 ms
Jun 20, 2026229 ms
Jun 27, 2026237 ms
Jul 4, 2026219 ms
Jul 11, 2026213 ms
Jul 18, 2026209 ms
Jul 25, 2026202 ms
Aug 1, 2026209 ms
Aug 8, 2026212 ms
Aug 15, 2026216 ms
Aug 22, 2026216 ms
Aug 29, 2026219 ms
Sep 5, 2026222 ms
Sep 12, 2026226 ms
Sep 19, 2026235 ms
Sep 26, 2026246 ms
Oct 3, 2026258 ms
Oct 10, 2026271 ms
Oct 17, 2026273 ms
Oct 24, 2026276 ms
Oct 31, 2026276 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 saas.industries (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. saas.industries at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. saas.industries at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. saas.industries at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. saas.industries at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. saas.industries at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. saas.industries at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. saas.industries at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. saas.industries at 3.0 s3.0 s

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

Speed

7 to fix58
  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    2.5 s · 2.3 MB

    63 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (2.3 MB).

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    2.5 s · 515 KiB

    About 515 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.5 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.6 s

    11 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 userback.io and others), adding 1.3 MB and 1.0 s of main-thread time.

  • Mobile performance score: 58

    58/100

    Your mobile performance score is 58. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Improve image delivery

    871 KiB

    4 images could be 871 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 642 ms

    642 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 642 ms of main-thread work and 748 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.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    150 ms · 81 KiB

    About 81 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • 9 long tasks on the main thread

    9 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 171 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    100 ms · 28 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 28 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 100 ms faster on a phone.

  • Font display

    100 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).

  • Minify CSS

    19 KiB

    19 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • 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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  • Main-thread work: 1.9 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 973 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 3 ms

    3 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 3 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

13 to fix33
  • 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: 15.6 s

    15.6 s

    Your largest element takes 15.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “We use cookies to ensure this site works properly and provi…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 15.9 s

    15.9 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 15.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Real-user LCP: 3.2 s

    3.2 s

    Real visitors wait 3.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 270 ms

    270 ms

    Real visitors wait 270 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 101% slower for real visitors

    +101%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 133 ms to 276 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Real-user FCP: 2.3 s

    2.3 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 2.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors wait 1.2 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • 49 images without width and height

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

  • Total Blocking Time: 404 ms

    404 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 404 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.1 s

    2.1 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.1 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.

  • Speed Index: 3.6 s

    3.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 3.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

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  • Real-user CLS: 0.02

    0.02

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.02 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 13% faster for real visitors

    -13%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.2 s to 2.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

Images and page weight

5 to fix18
  • Page weight: 4.5 MB in 87 requests

    4.5 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.5 MB in 87 requests on a phone: images 2.7 MB (43), scripts 1.3 MB (16) and fonts 327 KiB (7). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image over 500 KB

    one-account-graphic.png weighs 498 KiB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.

  • 2 images far larger than shown

    573 KiB

    2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example one-account-graphic.png at 1,566 px wide, shown at 340 px. Resized copies would save about 573 KiB.

  • 10 images in older formats

    10 images (2.5 MB) are JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.

  • 4 images below the first screen load straight away

    4 images further down the page (975 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.28 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.28 g of CO₂e: 153.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

Accessibility

8 to fixGoogle 7688
  • 4 buttons without a name

    4 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • 20 text elements with low contrast

    20 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • Malformed lists

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

  • 3 tap targets too small

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

  • 6 images without alt text

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

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (31 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 31 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 13 links without text

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

  • 1 form field without a label

    1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h1 → h3, h3 → h5 and h3 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

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  • 46 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: 46 passed and 8 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 7798
  • 6 links with vague text

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

  • 28 internal links, 45 external

    The homepage links to 28 pages on saas.industries and 45 external pages.

8 checks passed
  • Meta description: 146 characters

    Your meta description is 146 characters: “APILayer is a unified API marketplace with 40+ production-ready APIs for finance, geolocation, weather, data, and AI. T…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “The API Platform Developers Trust for Reliability and High Performance”.

  • Title: 57 characters

    Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “APILayer: 40+ Production-Ready APIs, One Account, One Key”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: ItemList, 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://apilayer.com/sitemap.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: 5 of 6 facts

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

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,740 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes /llms.txt (5 KiB, 31 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

2 to fix90
  • 1 page without a meta description

    /faq has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 1 page without an H1

    /faq has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 2 pages with very little text

    /support and /faq have 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.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.

5 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.

  • 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 9691
  • 9 small tap targets

    9 of 20 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 4 distorted images

    4 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.

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  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

100
  • Short HSTS lifetime

    HSTS is set, but max-age is 30 days; one year is the recommended minimum.

  • 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.

  • 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 (apilayer.com).

  • Valid certificate (89 days left)

    The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for saas.industries and is valid for another 89 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.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://saas.industries 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 44 links work

    All 44 links checked from your homepage (24 internal, 20 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • DNSSEC is off

    apilayer.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 13 years old

    13 years

    apilayer.com was registered in Dec 2012 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Certificate issuers are restricted

    CAA records allow only ssl.com, comodoca.com, digicert.com and letsencrypt.org to issue certificates for apilayer.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.

  • Registered until Dec 2027

    apilayer.com is registered until Dec 2027.

Content and conversion

1 to fix92
  • 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 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 947 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 947 words of visible text.

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Start for Free”.

  • 18 calls to action

    The homepage has 18 calls to action, for example “Start for Free”, “Try IPstack” and “Try Marketstack”.

  • 1 short form

    A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 21 testimonial or review blocks, 4 customer or partner logos and 4 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

Email authentication

1 to fix45
  • No DMARC policy

    saas.industries has no DMARC record, so nothing tells receivers what to do with mail that fails SPF or DKIM. Gmail and Yahoo require DMARC from bulk senders.

  • Email authentication score: 45/100

    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 +mx +a include:_spf.google.com +ip4:136.243.138.220 ~all”.

  • DKIM signing found

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

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 5 trackers load before any consent

    5

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Reddit Pixel (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

    2

    Opening the homepage sets 2 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (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.

  • 15 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 15 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Upkeep, stack and company

  • 1 plugin is behind its latest release.elementor 4.2.4 → 4.3.6

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