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sacent.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 23 October 202623 issues · 78 checks
This review found 23 issues worth fixing on sacent.com, 4 of them high impact, across 78 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
89BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 96 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 97 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 99 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 103 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 99 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 99 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 107 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 96 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
Speed
Mobile performance score: 67
67/100Your mobile performance score is 67 (desktop: 95). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
4 third-party services on the page
4 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Other Google APIs/SDKs and others), adding 395 KiB and 769 ms of main-thread time.
Google Tag Manager adds 702 ms
702 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 702 ms of main-thread work and 371 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 JavaScript
530 ms · 170 KiBAbout 170 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 530 ms faster on a phone.
7 long tasks on the main thread
7 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 415 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
16 KiB1 file is served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (16 KiB).
Improve image delivery
12 KiB1 image could be 12 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 95 but mobile only 67. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.
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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 1.8 s
A phone's processor spends 1.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 884 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 42 ms
42 msYour server sent the HTML in 42 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
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: 4.9 s
4.9 sYour largest element takes 4.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Welcome to Sacramento ENT”.
Time to Interactive: 7.6 s
7.6 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 7.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 976 ms
976 msReal visitors wait 976 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 517 ms
517 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 517 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.1 s
2.1 sThe first text or image appears after 2.1 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+4%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 96 ms to 96 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.3 s to 1.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
6 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors wait 1.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 112 ms
112 msReal visitors wait 112 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.
Speed Index: 2.7 s
2.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 2.7 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
About 0.3 g of CO₂ per visit
0.25 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.25 g of CO₂e: 30.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
4 checks passed
Page weight: 909 KiB in 32 requests
909 KiBYour homepage downloads 909 KiB in 32 requests on a phone: scripts 444 KiB (10), fonts 266 KiB (5) and images 115 KiB (5). 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
All page content should be contained by landmarks (4 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 4 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.
16 links without text
16 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (10 elements)
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 10 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 79 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
45 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 48 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 3 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Open Graph partly set
Open Graph is missing og:title and og:description, so shared links fall back to guesses.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
199 internal links, 7 external
The homepage links to 199 pages on sacent.com and 7 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 108 characters
Your meta description is 108 characters: “| Sacramento Ear, Nose & Throat provides compassionate care for hearing healthcare, ENT and facial plastics.”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Welcome to Sacramento ENT”.
Title: 60 characters
Your title is a healthy 60 characters: “Sacramento Ear, Nose & Throat- Decades of Compassionate Care”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://sacent.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Article and MedicalClinic.
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://sacent.com/sitemaps.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 https://sacent.com/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 (1,223 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 page without a meta description
https://sacent.com/blog has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
2 pages share a meta description
https://sacent.com/bio/simone-a-barker and https://sacent.com/bio/kristin-m-bennett use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 134 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 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 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
4 small tap targets
4 of 20 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
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.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 7 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
A 8-field form
Your longest form asks for 8 fields (6 required). Every extra field lowers completion.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
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 308 words of copy
The homepage carries about 308 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
7 calls to action
The homepage has 7 calls to action, for example “Request Appointment”, “Contact” and “Send Request”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 16 phone links and 0 email links.
Opening hours shown
Your opening hours are on the homepage.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
LocalBusiness structured data
Your homepage describes the business with LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants can read its address, hours and phone reliably.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, 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.
5 cookies set on arrival
5Opening the homepage sets 5 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.
6 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 6 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 sacent.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 Tag Manager
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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