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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 12 October 202641 issues · 74 checks

This review found 41 issues worth fixing on spectrum.net, 16 of them high impact, across 74 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
9.0 s8.2 sApr 18Oct 38.4 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
Apr 18, 20268.3 s
Apr 25, 20268.3 s
May 2, 20268.3 s
May 9, 20268.4 s
May 16, 20268.5 s
May 23, 20268.6 s
May 30, 20268.7 s
Jun 6, 20268.8 s
Jun 13, 20268.9 s
Jun 20, 20268.9 s
Jun 27, 20268.9 s
Jul 4, 20268.9 s
Jul 11, 20268.9 s
Jul 18, 20268.7 s
Jul 25, 20268.5 s
Aug 1, 20268.3 s
Aug 8, 20268.4 s
Aug 15, 20268.5 s
Aug 22, 20268.6 s
Aug 29, 20268.6 s
Sep 5, 20268.6 s
Sep 12, 20268.6 s
Sep 19, 20268.6 s
Sep 26, 20268.6 s
Oct 3, 20268.4 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
458 ms346 msApr 18Oct 3428 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
Apr 18, 2026364 ms
Apr 25, 2026371 ms
May 2, 2026371 ms
May 9, 2026372 ms
May 16, 2026373 ms
May 23, 2026371 ms
May 30, 2026368 ms
Jun 6, 2026367 ms
Jun 13, 2026363 ms
Jun 20, 2026361 ms
Jun 27, 2026361 ms
Jul 4, 2026359 ms
Jul 11, 2026368 ms
Jul 18, 2026385 ms
Jul 25, 2026396 ms
Aug 1, 2026413 ms
Aug 8, 2026420 ms
Aug 15, 2026427 ms
Aug 22, 2026432 ms
Aug 29, 2026431 ms
Sep 5, 2026445 ms
Sep 12, 2026444 ms
Sep 19, 2026436 ms
Sep 26, 2026429 ms
Oct 3, 2026428 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 spectrum.net (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. spectrum.net at 0.6 s0.6 s
  2. spectrum.net at 1.2 s1.2 s
  3. spectrum.net at 1.8 s1.8 s
  4. spectrum.net at 2.4 s2.4 s
  5. spectrum.net at 3.0 s3.0 s
  6. spectrum.net at 3.6 s3.6 s
  7. spectrum.net at 4.2 s4.2 s
  8. spectrum.net at 4.8 s4.8 s

Speed

10 to fix22
  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    36.4 s · 5.8 MB

    43 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (5.8 MB).

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    14.7 s · 3.1 MB

    About 3.1 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 14.7 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 22

    22/100

    Your mobile performance score is 22 (desktop: 26). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 7.2 s

    A phone's processor spends 7.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 1.9 s. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    750 ms · 156 KiB

    About 156 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (ASAPP, Google Tag Manager and medallia.com and others), adding 1.2 MB and 516 ms of main-thread time.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    350 ms · 45 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 45 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 350 ms faster on a phone.

  • ASAPP adds 296 ms

    296 ms

    ASAPP costs a phone 296 ms of main-thread work and 776 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.

  • Render-blocking requests

    350 ms

    1 file blocks the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining it could save about 350 ms.

  • Minify JavaScript

    150 ms · 31 KiB

    31 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Improve image delivery

    38 KiB

    1 image could be 38 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • 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.

  • Minify CSS

    3 KiB

    3 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

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  • Server response: 7 ms

    7 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

10 to fix33
  • Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.

  • Real-user LCP: 7.5 s

    7.5 s

    Real visitors wait 7.5 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 28.4 s

    28.4 s

    The first text or image appears after 28.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 37.2 s

    37.2 s

    Your largest element takes 37.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Speed Index: 28.4 s

    28.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 28.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 42.7 s

    42.7 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 42.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 3.0 s

    3.0 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 3.0 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.11

    0.11

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.11 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.117

    0.117

    The layout shifts by 0.117 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • 1 image without width and height

    1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • Tap response (INP) got 17% slower for real visitors

    +17%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 364 ms to 428 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 8.3 s to 8.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user INP: 161 ms

    161 ms

    Real visitors wait 161 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.3 s

    1.3 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 431 ms

    431 ms

    Real visitors wait 431 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 7.3 MB in 125 requests

    7.3 MB

    Your homepage downloads 7.3 MB in 125 requests on a phone: scripts 6.4 MB (41), other files 381 KiB (55) and stylesheets 197 KiB (5). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 2.1 g of CO₂ per visit

    2.08 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.08 g of CO₂e: 249.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • 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

3 to fixGoogle 9488
  • No main landmark

    The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.

  • Zoom is disabled

    The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.

  • 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.

  • SVG elements with an img role do not have an accessible text alternative

    SVG elements with an img role do not have an accessible text alternative (4 elements).

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 1 image in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 8 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 11 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 8 passed and 3 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

7 to fixGoogle 9269
  • No H1 headline

    There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.

  • Title is short (12 characters)

    Your title is only 12 characters: “Spectrum.net”. 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.

  • No canonical URL

    No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • Only 0 internal links

    The homepage links to only 0 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 incomplete here.

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  • Meta description: 119 characters

    Your meta description is 119 characters: “Sign in to your Spectrum account for the easiest way to view and pay your bill, watch TV, manage your account and more.”.

  • 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.spectrum.net/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix83
  • 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 /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.

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  • 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.

Best practices

3 to fixGoogle 5487
  • 4 third-party cookies

    4 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.

  • Deprecated browser APIs

    The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).

  • 3 JavaScript errors while loading

    3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'includes')”.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

  • Browser-reported issues

    Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).

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  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

6 to fix25
  • 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 18 words

    The homepage has only about 18 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • 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.

Privacy and tracking

  • 15 cookies set on arrival

    15

    Opening the homepage sets 15 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.

  • 3 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 3 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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  • 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).

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