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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 12 October 202623 issues · 62 checks

This review found 23 issues worth fixing on techradar.com, 7 of them high impact, across 62 checks. The most urgent: 83 tap targets too small. Google's speed test didn't respond, so speed is not measured here; your full playbook measures it. 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

Site score

Not scored yet: Google's speed test didn't run in this review. Re-run the review to get a score.

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
1.3 s1.2 sApr 18Oct 31.2 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
Apr 18, 20261.2 s
Apr 25, 20261.2 s
May 2, 20261.2 s
May 9, 20261.2 s
May 16, 20261.2 s
May 23, 20261.3 s
May 30, 20261.3 s
Jun 6, 20261.2 s
Jun 13, 20261.2 s
Jun 20, 20261.2 s
Jun 27, 20261.3 s
Jul 4, 20261.3 s
Jul 11, 20261.3 s
Jul 18, 20261.3 s
Jul 25, 20261.3 s
Aug 1, 20261.3 s
Aug 8, 20261.2 s
Aug 15, 20261.2 s
Aug 22, 20261.2 s
Aug 29, 20261.2 s
Sep 5, 20261.2 s
Sep 12, 20261.2 s
Sep 19, 20261.2 s
Sep 26, 20261.2 s
Oct 3, 20261.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
136 ms118 msApr 18Oct 3123 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
Apr 18, 2026128 ms
Apr 25, 2026128 ms
May 2, 2026128 ms
May 9, 2026128 ms
May 16, 2026131 ms
May 23, 2026133 ms
May 30, 2026134 ms
Jun 6, 2026132 ms
Jun 13, 2026130 ms
Jun 20, 2026127 ms
Jun 27, 2026123 ms
Jul 4, 2026121 ms
Jul 11, 2026125 ms
Jul 18, 2026127 ms
Jul 25, 2026126 ms
Aug 1, 2026127 ms
Aug 8, 2026123 ms
Aug 15, 2026121 ms
Aug 22, 2026123 ms
Aug 29, 2026121 ms
Sep 5, 2026120 ms
Sep 12, 2026120 ms
Sep 19, 2026120 ms
Sep 26, 2026121 ms
Oct 3, 2026123 ms

Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.

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Speed

Not measured in this review.

Core Web Vitals

100

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -5%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 128 ms to 123 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 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.2 s to 1.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

6 checks passed

  • Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on your site (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).

  • Real-user LCP: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors wait 1.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 123 ms

    123 ms

    Real visitors wait 123 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.05

    0.05

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.05 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.1 s

    1.1 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 392 ms

    392 ms

    Real visitors wait 392 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

Images and page weight

1 to fix85

  • Page weight: 3.9 MB

    3.9 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.9 MB on a phone, 301 KiB of it images (7%). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.12 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.12 g of CO₂e: 134.1 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

10 to fix88

  • 83 tap targets too small

    83 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • 12 text elements with low contrast

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

  • Hidden but focusable

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

  • Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)

    Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 7 images without alt text

    7 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (7 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 7 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate 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.

  • 5 form fields without a label

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

  • Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (2 elements)

    Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • 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.

1 checks passed

  • 53 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 63 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 53 passed and 10 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fix97

  • 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.

  • 652 internal links, 22 external

    The homepage links to 652 pages on techradar.com and 22 external pages.

7 checks passed

  • Meta description: 104 characters

    Your meta description is 104 characters: “The latest technology news and reviews, covering computing, home entertainment systems, gadgets and more”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “TechRadar”.

  • Title: 34 characters

    Your title is a healthy 34 characters: “TechRadar | the technology experts”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.techradar.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: ItemList, SiteNavigationElement, WebPage and WebSite.

  • 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.techradar.com/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.

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 (3,676 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

5 to fix69

  • 4 pages point its canonical at the homepage

    /sg, /uk, /au and /nz declare the homepage as their canonical URL, which tells Google they are copies of the homepage and keeps them out of search results. A site-wide template setting usually causes this.

  • 1 linked page hidden from search

    /membership is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.

  • 5 pages share a title

    /, /sg, /uk, /au and /nz all use the title “TechRadar | the technology experts”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.

  • 4 pages share a meta description

    /sg, /uk, /au and /nz use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.

  • 15 pages without an H1

    /phones, /computing, /membership, /sg, /uk and /au and 9 others have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 197 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

3 checks passed

  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • Every page has a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

2 to fix78

  • 5 broken images

    5 images failed to load on a phone, for example https://ib.adnxs.com/getuid?https%3A%2F%2Fpixel.servebom.com%2Fpartner%3Fcb%3D891%26svc%3Dus%26id%3D23%26uid%3D%24UID.

  • 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_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED”.

2 checks passed

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    38 of 43 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

2 to fix83

  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 2 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • 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 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 2,961 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 2,961 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: “SIGN UP”.

  • 4 calls to action

    The homepage has 4 calls to action, for example “JOIN NOW”, “SIGN UP” and “Start reading”.

  • 3 short forms

    3 short forms (3 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix

  • 10 trackers load before any consent

    10

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Amazon Ads, Comscore, Criteo, Google Ads and Google Analytics and 5 mores (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.

  • 42 cookies set on arrival

    42

    Opening the homepage sets 42 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.

  • 107 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 107 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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Analytics
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