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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 27 October 202631 issues · 90 checks
This review found 31 issues worth fixing on sciton.com, 14 of them high impact, across 90 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
83BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 87 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 86 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 88 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 92 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 101 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Oct 24, 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
Reduce unused JavaScript
5.5 s · 1.3 MBAbout 1.3 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 5.5 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
6.7 s43 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 6.7 s.
Improve image delivery
2.8 s · 1.8 MB6 images could be 1.8 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.8 s faster on a phone.
Reduce unused CSS
1.8 s · 334 KiBAbout 334 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.8 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 48
48/100Your mobile performance score is 48 (desktop: 67). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
5,922 HTML elements
The page has 5,922 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Main-thread work: 4.2 s
A phone's processor spends 4.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.1 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 Tag Manager, Wistia and Cookiebot and others), adding 2.2 MB and 1.3 s of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
850 ms · 179 KiB14 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (179 KiB).
Google Tag Manager adds 477 ms
477 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 477 ms of main-thread work and 959 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.
Legacy JavaScript
350 ms · 27 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 27 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 350 ms faster on a phone.
Wistia adds 247 ms
247 msWistia costs a phone 247 ms of main-thread work and 369 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.
Google CDN adds 197 ms
197 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 197 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.
14 long tasks on the main thread
14 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 157 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Minify CSS
37 KiB37 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Minify JavaScript
29 KiB29 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
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: 32 ms
32 msYour server sent the HTML in 32 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
First Contentful Paint: 12.6 s
12.6 sThe first text or image appears after 12.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 31.7 s
31.7 sYour largest element takes 31.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “More Speed. More Skin. More MOXI. A New Era of Total Body S…”.
Time to Interactive: 37.6 s
37.6 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 37.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 14.0 s
14.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 14.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 337 ms
337 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 337 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 11% slower for real visitors
+11%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 87 ms to 96 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 11% slower for real visitors
+11%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.0 s to 2.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
7 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 2.1 s
2.1 sReal visitors wait 2.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 106 ms
106 msReal visitors wait 106 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.02
0.02For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.02 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 476 ms
476 msReal visitors wait 476 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 7.8 MB in 226 requests
7.8 MBYour homepage downloads 7.8 MB in 226 requests on a phone: scripts 3.4 MB (111), images 2.3 MB (40) and media 1.2 MB (1). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image in older formats
1 image (55 KiB) is 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.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (34 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 2.2 g of CO₂ per visit
2.22 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.22 g of CO₂e: 265.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
3 buttons without a name
3 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
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.
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
3 links without text
3 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Positive tabindex
1 element has a tabindex above 0, which scrambles the keyboard order.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3, h2 → h4 and h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 96 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
48 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 53 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 5 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
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.
175 internal links, 50 external
The homepage links to 175 pages on sciton.com and 50 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 136 characters
Your meta description is 136 characters: “A leader in energy-based medical aesthetics. Sciton was founded to build exceptional lasers and light sources to improv…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Medical & Aesthetic Lasers”.
Title: 56 characters
Your title is a healthy 56 characters: “Welcome to Sciton Medical & Aesthetic Laser Technologies”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://sciton.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, ImageObject, LocalBusiness, Organization and WebPage.
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://sciton.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No llms.txt
There is no https://sciton.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.
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.
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 (1,444 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
4 pages share a meta description
https://sciton.com/clearsilk-by-sciton and https://sciton.com/clearsilk-mjoule use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
4 pages without an H1
https://sciton.com/privacy-policy, https://sciton.com/events-calendar, https://sciton.com/find-my-provider and https://sciton.com/build-my-machine have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
4 pages slow to respond
https://sciton.com/build-my-machine, https://sciton.com/joule-with-super-moxi, https://sciton.com/profractional and https://sciton.com/super-moxi took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 69 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.
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 10 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
4 JavaScript errors while loading
4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED”.
1 low-resolution image
1 image is served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.
1 checks passed
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: 11 customer or partner logos. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
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 691 words of copy
The homepage carries about 691 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
22 calls to action
The homepage has 22 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Contact Concierge Marketing” and “Contact Sciton HQ”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 6 phone links and 0 email links.
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
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, The Trade Desk and Xandr (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.
15 cookies set on arrival
15Opening the homepage sets 15 cookies, 2 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
49 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 49 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
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at sciton.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 | Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- WP Engine
Company
- Employees
- 440
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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