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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 October 202629 issues · 80 checks
This review found 29 issues worth fixing on shiftadmin.com, 7 of them high impact, across 80 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
83BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 869 ms |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 868 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 861 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 864 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 868 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 879 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 893 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 888 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 886 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 893 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 897 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 909 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 921 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 920 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 918 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 912 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 908 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 903 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 902 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 898 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 891 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 885 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 882 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 885 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 885 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 271 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 270 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 270 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 270 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 270 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 272 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 271 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
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.7 s14 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.7 s.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
900 ms · 200 KiB17 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (200 KiB).
Mobile performance score: 78
78/100Your mobile performance score is 78 (desktop: 86). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Avoid multiple page redirects
762 msThe page goes through 1 redirect before it starts loading, costing about 762 ms. Link and advertise the final URL directly.
Reduce unused JavaScript
460 ms · 101 KiBAbout 101 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 460 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
300 ms · 33 KiB3 images could be 33 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Document request latency
200 msThe HTML itself could arrive about 200 ms sooner: redirects, a slow server response or missing compression delay everything after it.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 3 KiB3 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Minify CSS
150 ms · 2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
4 third-party services on the page
4 third-party services load with your homepage (Google/Doubleclick Ads, cdn-cookieyes.com and Adobe TypeKit and others), adding 170 KiB and 42 ms of main-thread time.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Reduce unused CSS
18 KiBAbout 18 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
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: 0.3 s
A phone's processor spends 0.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 99 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 1 ms
1 msYour server sent the HTML in 1 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 4.8 s
4.8 sYour largest element takes 4.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Enter your e-mail and password to login to your ShiftAdmin …”.
First Contentful Paint: 2.6 s
2.6 sThe first text or image appears after 2.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Time to Interactive: 4.8 s
4.8 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 4.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
2 images without width and height
2 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
0%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 271 ms to 271 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 0.9 s to 0.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
9 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 INP: 51 ms
51 msReal visitors wait 51 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
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: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 528 ms
528 msReal visitors wait 528 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Speed Index: 2.6 s
2.6 sVisually, the page fills in at 2.6 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.003
0.003The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.003, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 0 ms
0 msScripts block the page for only 0 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
About 0.1 g of CO₂ per visit
0.14 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.14 g of CO₂e: 16.2 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: 488 KiB in 37 requests
488 KiBYour homepage downloads 488 KiB in 37 requests on a phone: scripts 173 KiB (11), images 134 KiB (8) and fonts 114 KiB (4). 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
4 text elements with low contrast
4 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Links look like plain text
2 links inside paragraphs rely on colour alone to stand out.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (8 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 8 elements on the page fail 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.
2 form fields without a label
2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 2 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
31 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 36 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 31 passed and 5 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No canonical URL
No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.
No XML sitemap
No XML sitemap at https://www.shiftadmin.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
Only 4 internal links
The homepage links to only 4 pages on your own site, so visitors and crawlers find few routes into the rest of it.
1 link crawlers can't follow
1 link has no real href, so search engines can't follow it.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.
5 checks passed
Meta description: 152 characters
Your meta description is 152 characters: “Shift Admin is an automated provider scheduling software that simplifies the schedule creation and department managemen…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Login”.
Title: 44 characters
Your title is a healthy 44 characters: “Shift Admin - Scheduling Software that Works”.
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.
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://www.shiftadmin.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.
1 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.
Other pages
2 internal pages checked
We fetched 2 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 2 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 2 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 2 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
4 small tap targets
4 of 7 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Connecting to 'https://stats.g.doubleclick.net/j/__utm.gif?utmwv=5.7.2dc&utms=1&utmn=1019574088&utmhn=www.shiftadmin.co…”.
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 calls to action
We found no call-to-action buttons or links (such as “Book a demo” or “Get a quote”) anywhere on the homepage.
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 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.
Only about 48 words
The homepage has only about 48 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
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.
1 checks passed
1 short form
A short form (2 fields at most) is right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Privacy and tracking
2 trackers load before any consent
2Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads and Microsoft Ads (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (CookieYes) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
13 cookies set on arrival
13Opening the homepage sets 13 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
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
Consent tool: CookieYes
A consent management tool (CookieYes) 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 shiftadmin.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
Company
- Founded
- 2007
- Headquarters
- Columbia
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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