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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202618 issues · 76 checks

This review found 18 issues worth fixing on spread.ai, 2 of them high impact, across 76 checks. The most urgent: 32 text elements with low contrast. 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
3.5 s1.9 sMay 23Nov 72.0 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 23, 20262.4 s
May 30, 20262.5 s
Jun 6, 20262.7 s
Jun 13, 20262.5 s
Jun 20, 20262.9 s
Jun 27, 20263.0 s
Jul 4, 20263.1 s
Jul 11, 20263.3 s
Jul 18, 20263.0 s
Jul 25, 20263.1 s
Aug 1, 20263.0 s
Aug 8, 20262.8 s
Aug 15, 20262.6 s
Aug 22, 20262.4 s
Aug 29, 20262.4 s
Sep 5, 20262.4 s
Sep 12, 20262.5 s
Sep 19, 20262.9 s
Sep 26, 20262.9 s
Oct 3, 20262.9 s
Oct 10, 20263.0 s
Oct 17, 20262.8 s
Oct 24, 20262.8 s
Oct 31, 20262.4 s
Nov 7, 20262.0 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
154 ms105 msMay 23Nov 7113 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 23, 2026129 ms
May 30, 2026130 ms
Jun 6, 2026131 ms
Jun 13, 2026131 ms
Jun 20, 2026131 ms
Jun 27, 2026123 ms
Jul 4, 2026115 ms
Jul 11, 2026111 ms
Jul 25, 2026124 ms
Aug 1, 2026127 ms
Aug 8, 2026138 ms
Aug 15, 2026144 ms
Aug 22, 2026138 ms
Aug 29, 2026136 ms
Sep 5, 2026126 ms
Sep 12, 2026131 ms
Sep 19, 2026132 ms
Sep 26, 2026135 ms
Oct 3, 2026148 ms
Oct 31, 2026129 ms
Nov 7, 2026113 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 spread.ai (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. spread.ai at 0.6 s0.6 s
  2. spread.ai at 1.3 s1.3 s
  3. spread.ai at 1.9 s1.9 s
  4. spread.ai at 2.5 s2.5 s
  5. spread.ai at 3.1 s3.1 s
  6. spread.ai at 3.8 s3.8 s
  7. spread.ai at 4.4 s4.4 s
  8. spread.ai at 5.0 s5.0 s

Speed

4 to fix89
  • 3,086 HTML elements

    The page has 3,086 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Mobile performance score: 89

    89/100

    Your mobile performance score is 89. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Render-blocking requests

    850 ms

    14 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 850 ms.

  • Main-thread work: 3.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 3.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 450 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    270 ms · 47 KiB

    About 47 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 270 ms faster on a phone.

  • Improve image delivery

    250 ms · 41 KiB

    1 image could be 41 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 250 ms faster on a phone.

  • 4 long tasks on the main thread

    4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 124 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    15 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 15 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • 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: 6 ms

    6 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

3 to fix100
  • Speed Index: 5.4 s

    5.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • 26 images without width and height

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

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 3.1 s

    3.1 s

    Your largest element takes 3.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image. Most of its time is element render delay (2.0 s).

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -7%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 129 ms to 113 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -8%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.4 s to 2.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

10 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: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    Real visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 113 ms

    113 ms

    Real visitors wait 113 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.01

    0.01

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (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: 563 ms

    563 ms

    Real visitors wait 563 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Time to Interactive: 3.1 s

    3.1 s

    The page is fully interactive after 3.1 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.5 s

    1.5 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.5 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Total Blocking Time: 106 ms

    106 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 106 ms while loading. Good is under 200 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 fix90
  • 1 image far larger than shown

    36 KiB

    1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example hero-background.jpg at 1,920 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 36 KiB.

  • 1 image in older formats

    1 image (57 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.

  • About 0.1 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.13 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.13 g of CO₂e: 15.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

2 checks passed
  • Page weight: 473 KiB in 49 requests

    473 KiB

    Your homepage downloads 473 KiB in 49 requests on a phone: scripts 201 KiB (12), images 104 KiB (18) and fonts 88 KiB (2). That is a lean page.

  • Images load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

Accessibility

3 to fixGoogle 9796
  • 32 text elements with low contrast

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

  • 1 link without text

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

  • ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (1 element)

    ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (3 elements).

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 28 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 50 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 52 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 2 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 10095
  • Meta description is long (186 characters)

    Your meta description is 186 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • 52 internal links, 7 external

    The homepage links to 52 pages on spread.ai and 7 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Know what changed.Know what breaks.Fix it fast.”.

  • Title: 33 characters

    Your title is a healthy 33 characters: “SPREAD | Engineering Intelligence”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.spread.ai/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Organization 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 and points crawlers to your sitemap.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.spread.ai/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • Some text only appears after JavaScript runs

    55%

    The HTML your server sends has 1,200 of the 2,169 words a browser shows. AI crawlers don't run JavaScript, so they miss the rest.

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: 6 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://www.spread.ai/llms.txt (9 KiB, 32 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

1 to fix93
  • 2 pages share a title

    / and https://www.spread.ai/de all use the title “SPREAD | Engineering Intelligence”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 18 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.

  • 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
  • 5 small tap targets

    5 of 14 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

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

3 to fix79
  • 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 phone number on the homepage

    A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.

  • 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 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 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 2,169 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 2,169 words of visible text.

4 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “GET STARTED”.

  • 9 calls to action

    The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “Get started”, “Contact us” and “Talk to an engineer”.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 7 testimonial or review blocks, 20 customer or partner logos and 20 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Analytics.

Privacy and tracking

  • 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.

1 checks passed
  • 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).

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 spread.ai, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Framework
Next.js
Analytics
Google Analytics
Hosting
Vercel

Hiring

Hiring
7 open roles
Job board
careers page

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