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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 28 October 202628 issues · 79 checks

This review found 28 issues worth fixing on thon.org, 11 of them high impact, across 79 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
2.1 s923 msMay 9Oct 241.1 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20261.8 s
May 16, 20261.8 s
May 23, 20261.6 s
May 30, 20261.9 s
Jun 6, 20262.0 s
Jul 11, 20261.7 s
Jul 18, 20262.0 s
Jul 25, 20261.8 s
Aug 1, 20261.7 s
Aug 8, 20261.6 s
Aug 15, 20261.5 s
Aug 22, 20261.2 s
Aug 29, 20261.2 s
Sep 5, 20261.5 s
Sep 12, 20261.4 s
Sep 19, 20261.4 s
Sep 26, 20261.5 s
Oct 3, 20261.3 s
Oct 10, 20261.2 s
Oct 17, 20261.1 s
Oct 24, 20261.1 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
90 ms66 msAug 29Oct 2469 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
Aug 29, 202671 ms
Sep 5, 202669 ms
Sep 12, 202669 ms
Sep 19, 202683 ms
Sep 26, 202685 ms
Oct 3, 202685 ms
Oct 10, 202687 ms
Oct 17, 202673 ms
Oct 24, 202669 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 thon.org (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

Speed

9 to fix49
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    3.4 s · 557 KiB

    About 557 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.4 s faster on a phone.

  • Improve image delivery

    1.4 s · 1.9 MB

    44 images could be 1.9 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.4 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 49

    49/100

    Your mobile performance score is 49 (desktop: 56). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • 3,800 HTML elements

    The page has 3,800 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google CDN, Google Tag Manager and Facebook and others), adding 1.3 MB and 831 ms of main-thread time.

  • Render-blocking requests

    900 ms

    31 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 900 ms.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    450 ms · 210 KiB

    12 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (210 KiB).

  • Google CDN adds 386 ms

    386 ms

    Google CDN costs a phone 386 ms of main-thread work and 734 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: 3.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 3.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.5 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    150 ms · 51 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 51 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    150 ms · 33 KiB

    About 33 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • 16 long tasks on the main thread

    16 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 149 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • 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: 77 ms

    77 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 77 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix100
  • First Contentful Paint: 8.5 s

    8.5 s

    The first text or image appears after 8.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 24.2 s

    24.2 s

    Your largest element takes 24.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “50-years-of-thon_51882273867_o”.

  • Time to Interactive: 25.0 s

    25.0 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 25.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 9.0 s

    9.0 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 9.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 323 ms

    323 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 323 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 20 images without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +1%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 71 ms to 69 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • 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: 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 CLS: 0.00

    0.00

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

  • Real-user FCP: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 510 ms

    510 ms

    Real visitors wait 510 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 39% faster for real visitors

    -39%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.8 s to 1.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

3 to fix53
  • Page weight: 5.5 MB in 209 requests

    5.5 MB

    Your homepage downloads 5.5 MB in 209 requests on a phone: images 3.4 MB (98), scripts 1.4 MB (49) and other files 436 KiB (22). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 12 images below the first screen load straight away

    12 images further down the page (793 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • 2 images far larger than shown

    61 KiB

    2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example [email protected] at 390 px wide, shown at 95 px. Resized copies would save about 61 KiB.

  • 2 images in older formats

    2 images (76 KiB) are 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 1.6 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.56 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.56 g of CO₂e: 186.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

Accessibility

3 to fixGoogle 9295
  • Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (1 element)

    Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • 2 tap targets too small

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

  • 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 127 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 48 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 2 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

3 to fixGoogle 9291
  • Structured data has 1 problem

    Structured data found (Organization, VideoObject and WebSite) but with 1 problem, for example “Organization: sameAs is an empty list”.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • 1 link with vague text

    1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.

  • 85 internal links, 227 external

    The homepage links to 85 pages on thon.org and 227 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Meta description: 149 characters

    Your meta description is 149 characters: “Join us for THON Weekend 2027 and donate today to help children fight cancer! Support Penn State's Dance Marathon and m…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “THON™ and Four Diamonds Celebrate Five Decades of Impact.”.

  • Title: 52 characters

    Your title is a healthy 52 characters: “THON 2027 | Penn State Dance Marathon | For The Kids”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://thon.org/.

  • 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://thon.org/sitemap_index.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • Organization data is thin (2 of 6 facts)

    Your Organization JSON-LD is missing logo, 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 /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 (2,752 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 55 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

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 2 JavaScript errors while loading

    2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://donate.thon.org//resources/css/embed-donate-fetch.css?v=202610271751' from origin …”.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    60 of 60 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

1 to fix94
  • 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 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 720 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 720 words of visible text.

7 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Buy Merch” and “JOIN THON NATION”.

  • 7 calls to action

    The homepage has 7 calls to action, for example “Join THON Nation”, “Buy Merch” and “Mail Call”.

  • 3 short forms

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

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 27 customer or partner logos and 11 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 11 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
  • 7 trackers load before any consent

    7

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Microsoft Clarity and 2 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.

  • 16 cookies set on arrival

    16

    Opening the homepage sets 16 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.

  • 27 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 27 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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Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

CMS
WordPress
Analytics
Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity
Hosting
CloudFront

Company

Founded
1973
Headquarters
Penn State University Park

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