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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 29 October 202644 issues · 88 checks
This review found 44 issues worth fixing on vectorsecurity.com, 24 of them high impact, across 88 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
72CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 3.7 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.8 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 4.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 4.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 4.2 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 4.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 4.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 4.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 4.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 123 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 124 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 127 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 131 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
0.6 s
1.1 s
1.7 s
2.2 s
2.8 s
3.3 s
3.9 s
4.5 s
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
11.8 s · 3.8 MB45 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (3.8 MB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
7.0 s · 3.0 MBAbout 3.0 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 7.0 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
8.9 s8 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 8.9 s.
Improve image delivery
1.6 s · 1.2 MB13 images could be 1.2 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.6 s faster on a phone.
Azure Web Services adds 1.6 s
1.6 sAzure Web Services costs a phone 1.6 s of main-thread work and 1.8 MB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Mobile performance score: 26
26/100Your mobile performance score is 26. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 7.4 s
A phone's processor spends 7.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Azure Web Services, Unpkg and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 3.7 MB and 3.1 s of main-thread time.
18 long tasks on the main thread
18 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 1.1 s. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Unpkg adds 457 ms
457 msUnpkg costs a phone 457 ms of main-thread work and 1.1 MB 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.
Google Tag Manager adds 438 ms
438 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 438 ms of main-thread work and 371 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.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 195 KiBAbout 195 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.
Legacy JavaScript
23 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 23 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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: 19 ms
19 msYour server sent the HTML in 19 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.
Real-user LCP: 4.8 s
4.8 sReal visitors wait 4.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user FCP: 3.4 s
3.4 sReal visitors see the first content after 3.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 9.7 s
9.7 sThe first text or image appears after 9.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 32.2 s
32.2 sYour largest element takes 32.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “A promotion graphic includes what customers receive as part…”.
Speed Index: 15.8 s
15.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 15.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 47.0 s
47.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 47.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 2.8 s
2.8 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 2.8 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 22% slower for real visitors
+22%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.4 s to 4.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user TTFB: 1.0 s
1.0 sReal visitors wait 1.0 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
16 images without width and height
16 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+6%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 123 ms to 131 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user INP: 146 ms
146 msReal visitors wait 146 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
2 images over 500 KB
2 images weigh 22.0 MB together. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
4 images far larger than shown
22.1 MB4 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example Zz1kMWY5MzQ2YzVlZjkxMWVlODU3YmI2MDc5MWQxMjE1Ng== at 4,160 px wide, shown at 147 px. Resized copies would save about 22.1 MB.
Page weight: 8.4 MB in 111 requests
8.4 MBYour homepage downloads 8.4 MB in 111 requests on a phone: scripts 6.3 MB (32), images 1.8 MB (39) and fonts 139 KiB (4). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
9 images in older formats
9 images (22.9 MB) 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.
10 images below the first screen load straight away
10 images further down the page (22.5 MB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 2.4 g of CO₂ per visit
2.38 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.38 g of CO₂e: 285.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
3 buttons without a name
3 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
Images must have alternative text (1 element)
Images must have alternative text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.
5 text elements with low contrast
5 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Heading levels should only increase by one (8 elements)
Heading levels should only increase by one: 8 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (6 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Headings should not be empty (2 elements)
Headings should not be empty: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
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.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (2 elements).
1 checks passed
41 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 48 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 41 passed and 7 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
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.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.
5 internal links, 0 external
The homepage links to 5 pages on vectorsecurity.com and 0 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 155 characters
Your meta description is 155 characters: “Compare professionally installed alarm systems and smart security from Vector Security. Get 24/7 monitoring and customi…”.
Title: 52 characters
Your title is a healthy 52 characters: “Alarm Systems & Security Solutions | Vector Security”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.vectorsecurity.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://www.vectorsecurity.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Most text only appears after JavaScript runs
13%A phone browser shows 504 words, but the HTML your server sends has only 67. GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot read that HTML without running JavaScript, so they see an almost empty page. Server-side rendering or pre-rendering fixes it.
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.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.vectorsecurity.com/llms.txt (7 KiB, 33 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
2 pages without an H1
https://www.vectorsecurity.com/shop-now and https://www.vectorsecurity.com/contact-us have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
2 internal pages checked
We fetched 2 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 2 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 2 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 2 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
5 small tap targets
5 of 22 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
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.”).
5 JavaScript errors while loading
5 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 (“Content security policy”).
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 social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust 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 504 words of copy
The homepage carries about 504 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: “Shop”.
4 calls to action
The homepage has 4 calls to action, for example “Shop Now”, “Learn More” and “Call Us at 888-832-8671”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 0 email links.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Osano) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
11 cookies set on arrival
11Opening the homepage sets 11 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
20 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 20 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: Osano
A consent management tool (Osano) loads with the page.
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 vectorsecurity.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
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Episerver
Company
- Employees
- 1,473
- Founded
- 1970
- Headquarters
- Warrendale
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