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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.

  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
2.5 s1.9 sMay 9Oct 242.3 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.0 s
May 16, 20262.0 s
May 23, 20262.0 s
May 30, 20262.0 s
Jun 6, 20262.0 s
Jun 13, 20262.0 s
Jun 20, 20262.1 s
Jun 27, 20262.1 s
Jul 4, 20262.1 s
Jul 11, 20262.1 s
Jul 18, 20262.2 s
Jul 25, 20262.3 s
Aug 1, 20262.2 s
Aug 8, 20262.2 s
Aug 15, 20262.2 s
Aug 22, 20262.3 s
Aug 29, 20262.4 s
Sep 5, 20262.4 s
Sep 12, 20262.3 s
Sep 19, 20262.2 s
Sep 26, 20262.1 s
Oct 3, 20262.0 s
Oct 10, 20262.1 s
Oct 17, 20262.2 s
Oct 24, 20262.3 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
104 ms84 msMay 9Oct 2496 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 202687 ms
May 16, 202686 ms
May 23, 202688 ms
May 30, 202692 ms
Jun 6, 202695 ms
Jun 13, 2026102 ms
Jun 20, 202695 ms
Jun 27, 202695 ms
Jul 4, 202695 ms
Jul 11, 202695 ms
Jul 18, 202695 ms
Jul 25, 202697 ms
Aug 1, 202695 ms
Aug 8, 202695 ms
Aug 15, 202697 ms
Aug 22, 202696 ms
Aug 29, 202696 ms
Sep 5, 202697 ms
Sep 12, 202697 ms
Sep 19, 202697 ms
Sep 26, 2026101 ms
Oct 3, 202696 ms
Oct 10, 202696 ms
Oct 17, 202696 ms
Oct 24, 202696 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 sciton.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. sciton.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  2. sciton.com at 1.6 s1.6 s
  3. sciton.com at 2.4 s2.4 s
  4. sciton.com at 3.2 s3.2 s
  5. sciton.com at 4.0 s4.0 s
  6. sciton.com at 4.8 s4.8 s
  7. sciton.com at 5.6 s5.6 s
  8. sciton.com at 6.4 s6.4 s

Speed

13 to fix48
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    5.5 s · 1.3 MB

    About 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 s

    43 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 MB

    6 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 KiB

    About 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

    48/100

    Your 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 KiB

    14 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (179 KiB).

  • Google Tag Manager adds 477 ms

    477 ms

    Google 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 KiB

    Polyfills 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 ms

    Wistia 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 ms

    Google 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 ms

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

  • Minify CSS

    37 KiB

    37 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • Minify JavaScript

    29 KiB

    29 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 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 32 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

5 to fix100
  • First Contentful Paint: 12.6 s

    12.6 s

    The 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 s

    Your 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 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 37.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 14.0 s

    14.0 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 14.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 337 ms

    337 ms

    Scripts 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 s

    Real 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 ms

    Real visitors wait 106 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.02

    0.02

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

  • Real-user FCP: 1.5 s

    1.5 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 476 ms

    476 ms

    Real visitors wait 476 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 7.8 MB in 226 requests

    7.8 MB

    Your 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 g

    By 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

5 to fixGoogle 8294
  • 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

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.

  • 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

100
  • 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

2 to fix93
  • 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

2 to fixGoogle 9287
  • 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

2 to fix79
  • 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

    5

    Before 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

    15

    Opening 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

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