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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 14 November 202631 issues · 85 checks

This review found 31 issues worth fixing on safi.com, 10 of them high impact, across 85 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
5.6 s1.6 sMay 23Nov 72.1 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 23, 20265.0 s
May 30, 20265.1 s
Jun 6, 20265.1 s
Jun 13, 20265.1 s
Jun 20, 20265.1 s
Jun 27, 20264.8 s
Jul 4, 20264.8 s
Jul 11, 20264.9 s
Jul 18, 20265.0 s
Jul 25, 20264.5 s
Aug 1, 20264.2 s
Aug 8, 20263.8 s
Aug 15, 20263.7 s
Aug 22, 20263.8 s
Aug 29, 20263.8 s
Sep 5, 20263.7 s
Sep 12, 20263.5 s
Sep 19, 20263.4 s
Sep 26, 20263.5 s
Oct 3, 20263.5 s
Oct 10, 20263.3 s
Oct 17, 20263.0 s
Oct 24, 20262.8 s
Oct 31, 20262.4 s
Nov 7, 20262.1 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
194 ms82 msMay 23Nov 7104 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 23, 2026129 ms
May 30, 2026120 ms
Jun 6, 2026112 ms
Jul 18, 2026181 ms
Aug 1, 2026175 ms
Aug 8, 2026129 ms
Sep 5, 2026137 ms
Sep 12, 202699 ms
Sep 19, 202695 ms
Sep 26, 202697 ms
Oct 3, 2026103 ms
Oct 10, 2026116 ms
Oct 17, 2026121 ms
Oct 24, 2026120 ms
Oct 31, 2026117 ms
Nov 7, 2026104 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 safi.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. safi.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  2. safi.com at 2.1 s2.1 s
  3. safi.com at 3.2 s3.2 s
  4. safi.com at 4.2 s4.2 s
  5. safi.com at 5.3 s5.3 s
  6. safi.com at 6.3 s6.3 s
  7. safi.com at 7.4 s7.4 s
  8. safi.com at 8.5 s8.5 s

Speed

8 to fix53
  • Main-thread work: 6.1 s

    A phone's processor spends 6.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google CDN, Google Tag Manager and tidio.co and others), adding 2.3 MB and 1.1 s of main-thread time.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.0 MB

    About 1.0 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • Mobile performance score: 53

    53/100

    Your mobile performance score is 53. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Google CDN adds 506 ms

    506 ms

    Google CDN costs a phone 506 ms of main-thread work and 1.1 MB 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.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 355 ms

    355 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 355 ms of main-thread work and 531 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.

  • 2,223 HTML elements

    The page has 2,223 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • tidio.co adds 123 ms

    123 ms

    tidio.co costs a phone 123 ms of main-thread work and 517 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.

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 245 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    186 KiB

    About 186 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • Font display

    50 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    33 KiB

    5 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (33 KiB).

  • 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.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 10 ms

    10 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 10 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

8 to fix50
  • 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.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.37

    0.37

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.37 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Time to Interactive: 25.4 s

    25.4 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 25.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 5.4 s

    5.4 s

    Your largest element takes 5.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Structural Engineering Software for Buildings, Bridges, Inf…”.

  • Total Blocking Time: 965 ms

    965 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 965 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 61 images without width and height

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

  • Speed Index: 4.7 s

    4.7 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 4.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.2 s

    2.2 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

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  • Real-user LCP: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Real visitors wait 1.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 740 ms

    740 ms

    Real visitors wait 740 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 11% faster for real visitors

    -11%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 129 ms to 104 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 56% faster for real visitors

    -56%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 5.0 s to 2.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.012

    0.012

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.012, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 4.9 MB in 141 requests

    4.9 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.9 MB in 141 requests on a phone: scripts 2.3 MB (56), fonts 1.2 MB (15) and other files 714 KiB (11). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 1.4 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.40 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.40 g of CO₂e: 168.1 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

10 to fixGoogle 8589
  • 2 buttons without a name

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

  • 3 text elements with low contrast

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

  • 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 (12 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 12 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 (2 elements)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Document should not have more than one banner landmark (1 element)

    Document should not have more than one banner landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Document should not have more than one contentinfo landmark (1 element)

    Document should not have more than one contentinfo landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • No main landmark

    The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.

  • 3 form fields without a label

    3 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • 1 link without text

    1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (14 elements).

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 55 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 56 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 9 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 9298
  • 2 links with vague text

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

  • 229 internal links, 2 external

    The homepage links to 229 pages on safi.com and 2 external pages.

8 checks passed
  • Meta description: 139 characters

    Your meta description is 139 characters: “Structural engineering software for buildings, bridges, infrastructures, oil & gas, telecom and utilities. Trusted by e…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Structural Engineering Software for Buildings, Bridges, Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, Towers and Utilities”.

  • Title: 50 characters

    Your title is a healthy 50 characters: “SAFI™ Structural Engineering Software | Since 1986”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://safi.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.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://safi.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: 4 of 6 facts

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

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,459 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://safi.com/llms.txt (5 KiB, 26 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

100
  • 3 pages slow to respond

    https://safi.com/fr, https://safi.com/structural-analysis-design-software and https://safi.com/bse-steel-wood-bridges-design took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 37 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • 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

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 2 small tap targets

    2 of 10 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

2 to fix83
  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 3 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • A 9-field form

    Your longest form asks for 9 fields (5 required). Every extra field lowers completion.

  • 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 1,749 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,749 words of visible text.

4 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Contact sales” and “Book your demo”.

  • 15 calls to action

    The homepage has 15 calls to action, for example “Contact sales”, “Contact” and “Book your demo”.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 3 phone links and 0 email links.

Privacy and tracking

  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

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

  • 7 cookies set on arrival

    7

    Opening the homepage sets 7 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 10 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 10 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: Cookiebot

    A consent management tool (Cookiebot) loads with the page.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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