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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 29 October 202636 issues · 79 checks
This review found 36 issues worth fixing on umusicpub.com, 13 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.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
74CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 9.1 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 9.1 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 9.1 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 8.9 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 8.6 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 6.5 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 6.7 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 7.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 7.6 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 7.4 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 7.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 7.4 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 7.4 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 7.5 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 7.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 6.9 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 6.7 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 6.7 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 6.8 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 7.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 7.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 238 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 238 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 234 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 234 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 236 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 133 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 135 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 134 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 134 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
How it loaded on a phone
2.4 s
4.7 s
7.1 s
9.5 s
11.8 s
14.2 s
16.5 s
18.9 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
3.9 s · 675 KiBAbout 675 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.9 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.2 s · 243 KiB7 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (243 KiB).
Main-thread work: 10.6 s
A phone's processor spends 10.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 6.9 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Mobile performance score: 42
42/100Your mobile performance score is 42. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
5 third-party services on the page
5 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, transcend-cdn.com and Vimeo and others), adding 1.4 MB and 407 ms of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
500 ms2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 500 ms.
Vimeo adds 45 ms
45 msVimeo costs a phone 45 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.
Server response: 600 ms
600 msYour server takes 600 ms to send the HTML. Google recommends under 600 ms; everything else waits for it.
sanity.io adds 0 ms
0 mssanity.io costs a phone 0 ms of main-thread work and 435 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.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 182 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.
Reduce unused CSS
120 ms · 22 KiBAbout 22 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 120 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
65 KiB2 images could be 65 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
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.
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.
Real-user FCP: 9.8 s
9.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 9.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 5.8 s
5.8 sReal visitors wait 5.8 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest Contentful Paint: 16.2 s
16.2 sYour largest element takes 16.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Bob Dylan”. Most of its time is element render delay (12.7 s).
Speed Index: 27.1 s
27.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 27.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 16.4 s
16.4 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 939 ms
939 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 939 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s
2.0 sThe first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
4 checks passed
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Tap response (INP) got 44% faster for real visitors
-44%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 238 ms to 134 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 20% faster for real visitors
-20%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 9.1 s to 7.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.5 MB in 90 requests
2.5 MBYour homepage downloads 2.5 MB in 90 requests on a phone: scripts 1.4 MB (42), images 571 KiB (13) and HTML 240 KiB (2). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
0181151290b3ed402477bfd607d4c74e09b7fc8a-1080x1080.jpg is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).
About 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit
0.70 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.70 g of CO₂e: 83.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
Main landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)
Main landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Document should not have more than one main landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one main landmark: 1 element on the page fails 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.
Frames without titles
1 frame has no title, so screen-reader users cannot tell what it contains.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 20 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 44 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 41 passed and 3 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“A worldahead” and “OurIconicRoster”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
59 internal links, 12 external
The homepage links to 59 pages on umusicpub.com and 12 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 132 characters
Your meta description is 132 characters: “UMPG exists to advance the collaborative, personal, imperfect, human act of creating songs. Wherever songs go, we are a…”.
Title: 55 characters
Your title is a healthy 55 characters: “Home | Universal Music Publishing Group | United States”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.umusicpub.com/us.
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://www.umusicpub.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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 https://www.umusicpub.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 (937 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
3 pages share a meta description
https://www.umusicpub.com/ar, https://www.umusicpub.com/au and https://www.umusicpub.com/nl use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
3 pages without an H1
https://www.umusicpub.com/us/film-tv-and-media, https://www.umusicpub.com/us/business-and-legal-affairs and https://www.umusicpub.com/us/contact have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
1 page slow to respond
https://www.umusicpub.com/ar took over 3 s to send its HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 55 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
13 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 13 pages that loaded have a meta description.
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 13 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
2 third-party cookies
2 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Uncaught TypeError: Cannot assign to read only property 'open' of object '#<Window>'”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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.
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
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 937 words of copy
The homepage carries about 937 words of visible text.
2 checks passed
2 calls to action
The homepage has 2 calls to action, for example “Contact” and “License Request”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Privacy and tracking
2 trackers load before any consent
2Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (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.
5 cookies set on arrival
5Opening the homepage sets 5 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.
6 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 6 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 umusicpub.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- Next.js
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Imperva
Company
- Founded
- 1972
- Headquarters
- Santa Monica
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