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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 3 November 202625 issues · 80 checks

This review found 25 issues worth fixing on stationf.co, 5 of them high impact, across 80 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
2.0 s1.6 sMay 16Oct 311.8 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20261.8 s
May 23, 20261.8 s
May 30, 20261.7 s
Jun 6, 20261.8 s
Jun 13, 20261.8 s
Jun 20, 20261.7 s
Jun 27, 20261.7 s
Jul 4, 20261.6 s
Jul 11, 20261.6 s
Jul 18, 20261.7 s
Jul 25, 20261.7 s
Aug 1, 20261.8 s
Aug 8, 20261.9 s
Aug 15, 20261.9 s
Aug 22, 20261.9 s
Aug 29, 20261.9 s
Sep 5, 20261.8 s
Sep 12, 20261.7 s
Sep 19, 20261.7 s
Sep 26, 20261.7 s
Oct 3, 20261.6 s
Oct 10, 20261.7 s
Oct 17, 20261.7 s
Oct 24, 20261.7 s
Oct 31, 20261.8 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
133 ms108 msMay 16Oct 31115 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026112 ms
May 23, 2026112 ms
May 30, 2026117 ms
Jun 6, 2026113 ms
Jun 13, 2026114 ms
Jun 20, 2026114 ms
Jun 27, 2026114 ms
Jul 4, 2026113 ms
Jul 11, 2026113 ms
Jul 18, 2026115 ms
Jul 25, 2026112 ms
Aug 1, 2026117 ms
Aug 8, 2026124 ms
Aug 15, 2026130 ms
Aug 22, 2026129 ms
Aug 29, 2026125 ms
Sep 5, 2026124 ms
Sep 12, 2026119 ms
Sep 19, 2026116 ms
Sep 26, 2026113 ms
Oct 3, 2026112 ms
Oct 10, 2026111 ms
Oct 17, 2026112 ms
Oct 24, 2026115 ms
Oct 31, 2026115 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 stationf.co (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. stationf.co at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. stationf.co at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. stationf.co at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. stationf.co at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. stationf.co at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. stationf.co at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. stationf.co at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. stationf.co at 3.0 s3.0 s

Speed

6 to fix74
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    600 ms · 541 KiB

    About 541 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 74

    74/100

    Your mobile performance score is 74. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • 5 third-party services on the page

    5 third-party services load with your homepage (posthog.com, ZenDesk and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 760 KiB and 559 ms of main-thread time.

  • posthog.com adds 288 ms

    288 ms

    posthog.com costs a phone 288 ms of main-thread work and 242 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.

  • Main-thread work: 2.4 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • ZenDesk adds 178 ms

    178 ms

    ZenDesk costs a phone 178 ms of main-thread work and 354 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.

  • 11 long tasks on the main thread

    11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 227 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Improve image delivery

    150 ms · 62 KiB

    6 images could be 62 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    150 ms · 46 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 46 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    150 ms

    1 file blocks the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining it could save about 150 ms.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    89 KiB

    4 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (89 KiB).

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    14 KiB

    14 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.

  • 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.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 93 ms

    93 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 93 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix100
  • 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.

  • Time to Interactive: 9.9 s

    9.9 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 9.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 4.1 s

    4.1 s

    Your largest element takes 4.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “STATION F”.

  • Real-user TTFB: 970 ms

    970 ms

    Real visitors wait 970 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 463 ms

    463 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 463 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 3.4 s

    3.4 s

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +3%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 112 ms to 115 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -3%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.8 s to 1.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 1.8 s

    1.8 s

    Real visitors wait 1.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 111 ms

    111 ms

    Real visitors wait 111 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

  • First Contentful Paint: 0.9 s

    0.9 s

    The first text or image appears after 0.9 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

Images and page weight

100
  • About 0.4 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.44 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.44 g of CO₂e: 52.9 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: 1.6 MB in 81 requests

    1.6 MB

    Your homepage downloads 1.6 MB in 81 requests on a phone: scripts 1.1 MB (26), images 347 KiB (33) and fonts 90 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 to fixGoogle 9394
  • 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.

  • ARIA toggle fields must have an accessible name (1 element)

    ARIA toggle fields must have an accessible name: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 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.

  • 2 form fields without a label

    2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 55 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 43 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 46 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 43 passed and 3 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 10081
  • Title is short (9 characters)

    Your title is only 9 characters: “STATION F”. 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.

  • Meta description is short (34 characters)

    Your meta description is only 34 characters: “The world's biggest startup campus”. 70 to 160 characters is enough to sell the click.

  • 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.

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

    No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.

  • 44 internal links, 10 external

    The homepage links to 44 pages on stationf.co and 10 external pages.

4 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “The world's biggest startup campus”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://stationf.co/.

  • 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://stationf.co/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 /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 (601 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix98
  • 8 pages share a meta description

    /startups, /programs, /events, /news, /about and /contact and 2 others use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 24 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

7 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.

  • 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

Google 100100
3 checks passed
  • No console errors

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

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    17 of 18 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix81
  • Local business without LocalBusiness data

    Your homepage shows a map 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 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 662 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 662 words of visible text.

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

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

  • 6 calls to action

    The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Join” and “Join our In-house Programs”.

  • 1 short form

    A short form (2 fields at most) is right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 2 customer or partner logos and “70M users”.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Cloudflare Web Analytics.

Privacy and tracking

  • 1 tracker load before any consent

    1

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager (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.

  • 9 cookies set on arrival

    9

    Opening the homepage sets 9 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 7 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 7 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

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Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Framework
Next.js
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Cloudflare

Company

Founded
2017
Headquarters
13th arrondissement of Paris

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