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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 30 October 202621 issues · 76 checks

This review found 21 issues worth fixing on ulc.org, 5 of them high impact, across 76 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
1.5 s1.0 sMay 9Oct 241.1 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20261.4 s
May 16, 20261.4 s
May 23, 20261.5 s
May 30, 20261.5 s
Jun 6, 20261.5 s
Jun 13, 20261.4 s
Jun 20, 20261.4 s
Jun 27, 20261.5 s
Jul 4, 20261.5 s
Jul 11, 20261.4 s
Jul 18, 20261.4 s
Jul 25, 20261.3 s
Aug 1, 20261.3 s
Aug 8, 20261.2 s
Aug 15, 20261.2 s
Aug 22, 20261.1 s
Aug 29, 20261.1 s
Sep 5, 20261.1 s
Sep 12, 20261.1 s
Sep 19, 20261.1 s
Sep 26, 20261.1 s
Oct 3, 20261.1 s
Oct 10, 20261.1 s
Oct 17, 20261.1 s
Oct 24, 20261.1 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
132 ms98 msMay 9Oct 24128 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026102 ms
May 16, 2026103 ms
May 23, 2026103 ms
May 30, 2026104 ms
Jun 6, 2026104 ms
Jun 13, 2026104 ms
Jun 20, 2026105 ms
Jun 27, 2026104 ms
Jul 4, 2026104 ms
Jul 11, 2026104 ms
Jul 18, 2026105 ms
Jul 25, 2026105 ms
Aug 1, 2026106 ms
Aug 8, 2026107 ms
Aug 15, 2026105 ms
Aug 22, 2026105 ms
Aug 29, 2026104 ms
Sep 5, 2026104 ms
Sep 12, 2026105 ms
Sep 19, 2026107 ms
Sep 26, 2026106 ms
Oct 3, 2026108 ms
Oct 10, 2026112 ms
Oct 17, 2026120 ms
Oct 24, 2026128 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 ulc.org (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

Speed

7 to fix58
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    2.5 s · 412 KiB

    About 412 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.5 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.6 s

    3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.6 s.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and TikTok and others), adding 980 KiB and 981 ms of main-thread time.

  • Mobile performance score: 58

    58/100

    Your mobile performance score is 58. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    750 ms · 190 KiB

    About 190 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    600 ms · 166 KiB

    5 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (166 KiB).

  • Google Tag Manager adds 544 ms

    544 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 544 ms of main-thread work and 522 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.

  • Improve image delivery

    150 ms · 110 KiB

    7 images could be 110 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.

  • 8 long tasks on the main thread

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

  • Legacy JavaScript

    150 ms · 30 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 30 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.

2 checks passed
  • Main-thread work: 1.7 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 978 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 13 ms

    13 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 13 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 12.9 s

    12.9 s

    Your largest element takes 12.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “A wedding ceremony in an outdoor garden, the couple is gett…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 13.0 s

    13.0 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 13.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Tap response (INP) got 21% slower for real visitors

    +21%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 102 ms to 128 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Total Blocking Time: 487 ms

    487 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 487 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 4.6 s

    4.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 4.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

8 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: 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: 145 ms

    145 ms

    Real visitors wait 145 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: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 644 ms

    644 ms

    Real visitors wait 644 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 22% faster for real visitors

    -22%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.4 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

100
  • About 0.5 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.49 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.49 g of CO₂e: 58.5 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: 1.7 MB in 64 requests

    1.7 MB

    Your homepage downloads 1.7 MB in 64 requests on a phone: scripts 1.1 MB (20), images 409 KiB (12) and stylesheets 206 KiB (1). 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

1 to fixGoogle 10099
  • 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 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 25 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 45 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: 45 passed and 1 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 fixGoogle 9298
  • 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.

  • Open Graph partly set

    Open Graph is missing og:title and og:description, so shared links fall back to guesses.

  • 63 internal links, 7 external

    The homepage links to 63 pages on ulc.org and 7 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 149 characters

    Your meta description is 149 characters: “Become a wedding officiant and get ordained online with Universal Life Church, the world’s largest religious organizati…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Become an Ordained Minister”.

  • Title: 61 characters

    Your title is a healthy 61 characters: “Become Ordained & Officiate a Wedding | Universal Life Church”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.ulc.org/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: FAQPage and Organization.

  • 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.ulc.org/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
  • 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.

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.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,959 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 23 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

2 to fixGoogle 9687
  • 4 small tap targets

    4 of 9 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.

1 checks passed
  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix71
  • No call to action on the first screen

    On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.

  • 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.

  • A 8-field form

    Your longest form asks for 8 fields (0 required). Every extra field lowers completion.

  • No opening hours

    The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.

  • Phone number is not tap-to-call

    Your phone number appears as text but isn't a tel: link, so phone visitors can't tap to call.

  • 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 1,893 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,893 words of visible text.

4 checks passed
  • 8 calls to action

    The homepage has 8 calls to action, for example “Apply for Ordination”, “Contact” and “Learn more here.”.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 1 customer or partner logo and 2 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 5 trackers load before any consent

    5

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and TikTok Pixel (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.

  • 11 cookies set on arrival

    11

    Opening the homepage sets 11 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.

  • 15 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 15 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

Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Singlehop Llc

Company

Founded
1962
Headquarters
Modesto

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