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sgep.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 23 October 202626 issues · 75 checks
This review found 26 issues worth fixing on sgep.com, 7 of them high impact, across 75 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
85BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 992 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 924 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 924 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 939 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 998 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 53 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 55 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 62 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 62 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 62 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 62 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 64 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 63 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 63 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 61 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 62 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 62 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 64 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 66 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 65 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 68 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
Render-blocking requests
3.1 s9 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 3.1 s.
Mobile performance score: 74
74/100Your mobile performance score is 74 (desktop: 99). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Improve image delivery
450 ms · 522 KiB11 images could be 522 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
5 third-party services on the page
5 third-party services load with your homepage (website-files.com, cloudfront.net and JSDelivr CDN and others), adding 1.7 MB and 113 ms of main-thread time.
website-files.com adds 70 ms
70 mswebsite-files.com costs a phone 70 ms of main-thread work and 1.6 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.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 18 KiBAbout 18 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
73 KiBAbout 73 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
2 long tasks on the main thread
2 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 65 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
26 KiB8 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (26 KiB).
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 99 but mobile only 74. 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: 0.6 s
A phone's processor spends 0.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 254 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 2 ms
2 msYour server sent the HTML in 2 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 5.0 s
5.0 sYour largest element takes 5.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Patient. Focused. Entrepreneur-centric. We have the most fl…”.
First Contentful Paint: 3.6 s
3.6 sThe first text or image appears after 3.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) got 23% slower for real visitors
+23%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 53 ms to 68 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Time to Interactive: 5.0 s
5.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 5.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
16 images without width and height
16 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Speed Index: 3.6 s
3.6 sVisually, the page fills in at 3.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
8 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: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors wait 1.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
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: 0.8 s
0.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 327 ms
327 msReal visitors wait 327 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 13% faster for real visitors
-13%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.2 s to 1.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.007
0.007The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.007, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 22 ms
22 msScripts block the page for only 22 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
About 0.5 g of CO₂ per visit
0.52 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.52 g of CO₂e: 62.4 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: 1.8 MB in 51 requests
1.8 MBYour homepage downloads 1.8 MB in 51 requests on a phone: images 1.2 MB (26), scripts 318 KiB (14) and fonts 292 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
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (2 elements)
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated critical by axe-core.
1 image without alt text
1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
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.
2 links without text
2 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
1 checks passed
38 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 42 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 38 passed and 4 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is short (25 characters)
Your title is only 25 characters: “Susquehanna Growth Equity”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
6 H1 headlines
There are 6 <h1> headlines (“Your dream. Your journey.”, “Your” and “Company.”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
20 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 20 pages on sgep.com and 9 external pages.
5 checks passed
Meta description: 158 characters
Your meta description is 158 characters: “Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE) is unlike the typical investment model: our firm is backed solely by bootstrapped entre…”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.sgep.com/.
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 and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.sgep.com/sitemap.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.
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.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (512 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.sgep.com/llms.txt (195 KiB, 0 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
3 pages share a meta description
https://www.sgep.com/team, https://www.sgep.com/company and https://www.sgep.com/contact use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
2 pages with very little text
https://www.sgep.com/news and https://www.sgep.com/contact have under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
6 internal pages checked
We fetched 6 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 6 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 6 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 6 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 ()”.
4 distorted images
4 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.
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.
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
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 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 479 words of copy
The homepage carries about 479 words of visible text.
2 checks passed
1 call to action
The homepage has 1 call to action, for example “CONTACT”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics.
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.
3 cookies set on arrival
3Opening the homepage sets 3 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.
8 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 8 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 sgep.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
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- CMS
- Webflow
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
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