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sweepsouth.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 3 November 202639 issues · 84 checks
This review found 39 issues worth fixing on sweepsouth.com, 15 of them high impact, across 84 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
75CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 108 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 106 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 131 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 100 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 109 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
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.4 s · 3.6 MB36 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (3.6 MB).
Render-blocking requests
3.9 s18 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 3.9 s.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.0 s · 629 KiBAbout 629 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.0 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 49
49/100Your mobile performance score is 49. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Sentry and Facebook and others), adding 1.2 MB and 1.2 s of main-thread time.
Google Tag Manager adds 622 ms
622 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 622 ms of main-thread work and 714 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.
Duplicated JavaScript
300 ms · 59 KiB59 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 50 KiBAbout 50 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Sentry adds 267 ms
267 msSentry costs a phone 267 ms of main-thread work and 80 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: 2.6 s
A phone's processor spends 2.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
1,524 HTML elements
The page has 1,524 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
11 long tasks on the main thread
11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 191 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 24 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 24 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
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
4 KiB4 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
1 checks passed
Server response: 9 ms
9 msYour server sent the HTML in 9 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
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.
First Contentful Paint: 8.2 s
8.2 sThe first text or image appears after 8.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 8.2 s
8.2 sYour largest element takes 8.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “All the help your home needs.”.
Time to Interactive: 13.6 s
13.6 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 13.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.2 s
8.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Real-user INP: 265 ms
265 msReal visitors wait 265 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user FCP: 2.2 s
2.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 350 ms
350 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 350 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
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) held steady for real visitors
0%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 108 ms to 109 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-1%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.3 s to 1.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
4 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.4 s
2.4 sReal visitors wait 2.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.01
0.01For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user TTFB: 713 ms
713 msReal visitors wait 713 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.003
0.003The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.003, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.7 MB in 68 requests
4.7 MBYour homepage downloads 4.7 MB in 68 requests on a phone: media 3.1 MB (1), scripts 1.3 MB (26) and HTML 91 KiB (2). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit
1.33 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.33 g of CO₂e: 159.3 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
Invalid ARIA attributes
1 element use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.
Malformed lists
Some lists contain elements other than list items, which screen readers announce wrongly.
Orphan list items
Some list items are not inside a list.
Frames without titles
1 frame has no title, so screen-reader users cannot tell what it contains.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (3 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
32 links without text
32 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 49 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
41 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 47 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 41 passed and 6 failed. 6 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (68 characters)
Your title is 68 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Home Services: Trusted House Cleaning & Domestic Cleaners Sweepsouth”.
Meta description is long (342 characters)
Your meta description is 342 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
Structured data has 1 problem
Structured data found (BreadcrumbList, ImageObject, Organization and WebPage) but with 1 problem, for example “Organization: url points at a different host (https://wordpress.sweepsouth.com/)”.
4 links with vague text
4 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
104 internal links, 59 external
The homepage links to 104 pages on sweepsouth.com and 59 external pages.
5 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “All the help your home needs.”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://sweepsouth.com/.
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://sweepsouth.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
No llms.txt
There is no https://sweepsouth.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.
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 (1,062 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 page points its canonical at the homepage
https://sweepsouth.com/location declares the homepage as its canonical URL, which tells Google it is a copy of the homepage and keeps it out of search results. A site-wide template setting usually causes this.
3 pages without a meta description
https://sweepsouth.com/extra-care-services, https://sweepsouth.com/weekly-cleaning and https://sweepsouth.com/express-cleaning-services have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page without an H1
https://sweepsouth.com/location has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
1 page with very little text
https://sweepsouth.com/location has under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 29 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
4 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
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
4 small tap targets
4 of 19 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Mixed content”).
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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 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.
About 582 words of copy
The homepage carries about 582 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” and “Book a Service”.
19 calls to action
The homepage has 19 calls to action, for example “Book now →”, “Learn more” and “Learn more →”.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 3 testimonial or review blocks, 6 customer or partner logos and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Privacy and tracking
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Mixpanel (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.
6 cookies set on arrival
6Opening the homepage sets 6 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.
25 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 25 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
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 sweepsouth.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- CloudFront
Hiring
- Hiring
- 4 open roles
- Job board
- careers page
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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