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saharanr.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 31 October 202642 issues · 83 checks
This review found 42 issues worth fixing on saharanr.com, 15 of them high impact, across 83 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused CSS. 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
67DClosest competitors among reviewed websites
Compare side by sideOne score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
2.2 s
4.4 s
6.6 s
8.8 s
11.0 s
13.3 s
15.5 s
17.7 s
Speed
Reduce unused CSS
16.2 s · 3.2 MBAbout 3.2 MB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 16.2 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
18.8 s13 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 18.8 s.
Font display
1.2 sWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 1.2 s).
Mobile performance score: 40
40/100Your mobile performance score is 40. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 4.9 s
A phone's processor spends 4.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Reduce unused JavaScript
150 ms · 1.1 MBAbout 1.1 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
4 third-party services on the page
4 third-party services load with your homepage (Google CDN, Other Google APIs/SDKs and Google Fonts and others), adding 1.3 MB and 550 ms of main-thread time.
Google CDN adds 501 ms
501 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 501 ms of main-thread work and 736 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
320 KiB6 images could be 320 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
310 KiB7 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (310 KiB).
LinkedIn Ads adds 0 ms
0 msLinkedIn Ads costs a phone 0 ms of main-thread work and 379 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.
11 long tasks on the main thread
11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 154 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
26 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 26 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 210 ms
210 msYour server sent the HTML in 210 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
First Contentful Paint: 18.9 s
18.9 sThe first text or image appears after 18.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 20.1 s
20.1 sYour largest element takes 20.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Our vision is to deliver successful outcomes for you throug…”. Most of its time is element render delay (10.1 s).
Speed Index: 29.2 s
29.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 29.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 39.8 s
39.8 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 39.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.166
0.166The layout shifts by 0.166 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
Total Blocking Time: 339 ms
339 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 339 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
9 images without width and height
9 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
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.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 7.7 MB in 83 requests
7.7 MBYour homepage downloads 7.7 MB in 83 requests on a phone: stylesheets 3.2 MB (21), scripts 2.1 MB (19) and images 1.5 MB (27). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
2 images far larger than shown
152 KiB2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example 1788160272143 at 1,536 px wide, shown at 332 px. Resized copies would save about 152 KiB.
3 images below the first screen load straight away
3 images further down the page (366 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
4 images in older formats
4 images (406 KiB) 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.
About 2.2 g of CO₂ per visit
2.17 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.17 g of CO₂e: 260.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
Hidden but focusable
9 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
5 text elements with low contrast
5 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
ARIA input fields must have an accessible name (1 element)
ARIA input fields must have an accessible name: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
Frames without titles
1 frame has no title, so screen-reader users cannot tell what it contains.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (7 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 7 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)
Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
4 form fields without a label
4 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
3 links without text
3 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h3 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 45 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
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. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
Title is short (24 characters)
Your title is only 24 characters: “Sahara Natural Resources”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
3 links with vague text
3 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
58 internal links, 7 external
The homepage links to 58 pages on saharanr.com and 7 external pages.
5 checks passed
Meta description: 158 characters
Your meta description is 158 characters: “We are your trusted mining services contractor with a strong presence in West Africa, Australia and beyond. Professiona…”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://saharanr.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, WebPage and WebSite.
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://saharanr.com/sitemap_index.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://saharanr.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 (862 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
2 linked pages hidden from search
https://saharanr.com/exploration-to-mining-services and https://saharanr.com/drilling-services are marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If they are meant to be found, remove the noindex.
13 pages slow to respond
https://saharanr.com/about/technical-projects, https://saharanr.com/about/our-clients, https://saharanr.com/about/csr-projects, https://saharanr.com/about/photo-gallery, https://saharanr.com/exploration-to-mining-services and https://saharanr.com/services/mining/exploration and 7 others took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 24 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.
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.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
5 small tap targets
5 of 21 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
1 low-resolution image
1 image is served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a map but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
No phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 23 customer or partner logos. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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 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 590 words of copy
The homepage carries about 590 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: “CONTACT” and “CONTACT US”.
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “CONTACT”, “contact us” and “Join us”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Privacy and tracking
1 cookie set on arrival
1Opening the homepage sets 1 cookie (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.
1 checks passed
No known trackers before consent
No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).
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 saharanr.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
- Hosting
- DigitalOcean
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