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spp.com.au website review

Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 22 October 202625 issues · 77 checks

This review found 25 issues worth fixing on spp.com.au, 9 of them high impact, across 77 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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

Full-page screenshot of spp.com.au (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

Speed

5 to fix67
  • Render-blocking requests

    1.8 s

    4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.8 s.

  • Improve image delivery

    1.1 s · 333 KiB

    7 images could be 333 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.1 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 67

    67/100

    Your mobile performance score is 67 (desktop: 96). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    630 ms · 151 KiB

    About 151 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 630 ms faster on a phone.

  • Minify JavaScript

    320 ms · 70 KiB

    70 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    200 ms · 17 KiB

    2 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (17 KiB).

  • 3 third-party services on the page

    3 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Google Fonts), adding 233 KiB and 132 ms of main-thread time.

  • 2 long tasks on the main thread

    2 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 123 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    24 KiB

    About 24 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • Phones get a much slower page than desktops

    Desktop scores 96 but mobile only 67. 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: 0.7 s

    A phone's processor spends 0.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 282 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 2 ms

    2 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 2 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

5 to fix65
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 10.0 s

    10.0 s

    Your largest element takes 10.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.

  • Time to Interactive: 10.0 s

    10.0 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 10.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.6 s

    2.6 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 4.6 s

    4.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 4.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • 3 images without width and height

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

  • Not enough real-visitor data yet

    Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.

2 checks passed
  • Total Blocking Time: 114 ms

    114 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 114 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.049

    0.049

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.049, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix85
  • Page weight: 2.1 MB in 29 requests

    2.1 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.1 MB in 29 requests on a phone: images 1.6 MB (15), scripts 404 KiB (6) and fonts 44 KiB (2). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 0.6 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.58 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.58 g of CO₂e: 69.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

3 checks passed
  • 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

6 to fixGoogle 8291
  • 1 button without a name

    1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • 6 text elements with low contrast

    6 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • Hidden but focusable

    2 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 1 link without text

    1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h3 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 3 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 42 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 49 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 42 passed and 7 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 9288
  • No H1 headline

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

  • 3 links crawlers can't follow

    3 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.

  • 91 internal links, 1 external

    The homepage links to 91 pages on spp.com.au and 1 external page.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 130 characters

    Your meta description is 130 characters: “SPP is a high impact independent advisory firm with a mission - to be the most client-centric partner for transformatio…”.

  • Title: 52 characters

    Your title is a healthy 52 characters: “SPP – Independent Advisory, Consulting & Improvement”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://spp.com.au/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, ImageObject, WebPage and WebSite.

  • 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://spp.com.au/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • 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://spp.com.au/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.

2 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 (683 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 1 page without a meta description

    https://spp.com.au/insights has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 26 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.

  • 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 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

1 to fixGoogle 10093
  • 24 small tap targets

    24 of 51 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

2 checks passed
  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

2 to fix81
  • 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.

  • Local business without LocalBusiness data

    Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.

  • No opening hours

    The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.

  • No map or directions link

    There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.

  • 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 528 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 528 words of visible text.

6 checks passed
  • 3 calls to action

    The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Contact”.

  • 2 short forms

    2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 6 testimonial or review blocks and 1 customer or partner logo.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 0 email links.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

    Before 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.

  • 5 cookies set on arrival

    5

    Opening the homepage sets 5 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.

  • 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.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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