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versoco.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 29 October 202639 issues · 82 checks
This review found 39 issues worth fixing on versoco.com, 10 of them high impact, across 82 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
76CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.8 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 138 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 143 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 144 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 161 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 154 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
0.8 s
1.6 s
2.4 s
3.2 s
4.0 s
4.7 s
5.5 s
6.3 s
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.6 s · 1.2 MB50 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.2 MB).
Mobile performance score: 48
48/100Your mobile performance score is 48. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Cookiebot and Hubspot and others), adding 1.1 MB and 1.5 s of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
720 ms · 444 KiBAbout 444 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 720 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
1.1 MB5 images could be 1.1 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Google Tag Manager adds 962 ms
962 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 962 ms of main-thread work and 801 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: 3.2 s
A phone's processor spends 3.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
18 long tasks on the main thread
18 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 276 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 64 KiBAbout 64 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.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
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.
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Server response: 40 ms
40 msYour server sent the HTML in 40 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.
Largest Contentful Paint: 8.9 s
8.9 sYour largest element takes 8.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image. Most of its time is resource load delay (3.6 s).
Time to Interactive: 16.1 s
16.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.2 s
8.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 712 ms
712 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 712 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 20% slower for real visitors
+20%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.3 s to 2.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user TTFB: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors wait 1.1 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
8 images without width and height
8 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) got 10% slower for real visitors
+10%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 138 ms to 154 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user LCP: 2.3 s
2.3 sReal visitors wait 2.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 114 ms
114 msReal visitors wait 114 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.
Real-user FCP: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.089
0.089The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.089, good is under 0.1).
First Contentful Paint: 1.1 s
1.1 sThe first text or image appears after 1.1 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.2 MB in 100 requests
3.2 MBYour homepage downloads 3.2 MB in 100 requests on a phone: images 1.9 MB (41), scripts 1.2 MB (28) and fonts 80 KiB (3). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image far larger than shown
309 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example flute-news.png at 2,837 px wide, shown at 240 px. Resized copies would save about 309 KiB.
2 images below the first screen load straight away
2 images further down the page (355 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit
0.92 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.92 g of CO₂e: 110.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
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Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
All page content should be contained by landmarks (13 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 13 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
The skip-link target should exist and be focusable (3 elements)
The skip-link target should exist and be focusable: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
No main landmark
The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.
Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)
Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
Headings should not be empty (1 element)
Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 27 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
34 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 40 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 34 passed and 6 failed. 1 more 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.
Title is short (29 characters)
Your title is only 29 characters: “Billerud – Packaging tomorrow”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No XML sitemap
No XML sitemap at https://www.billerud.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
3 links crawlers can't follow
3 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
2 links with vague text
2 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.
233 internal links, 13 external
The homepage links to 233 pages on versoco.com and 13 external pages.
4 checks passed
Meta description: 152 characters
Your meta description is 152 characters: “We are a world leading company in high-performing paper and packaging materials – passionately committed to sustainabil…”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.billerud.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.
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.billerud.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 (1,123 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 page without an H1
https://www.billerud.com/products/graphic-and-label-papers has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
1 page slow to respond
https://www.billerud.com/products/packaging-materials/kraft-paper-medical took over 3 s to send its HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 196 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 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.
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
4 small tap targets
4 of 14 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()”.
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 analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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 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 489 words of copy
The homepage carries about 489 words of visible text.
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15 calls to action
The homepage has 15 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Contact Pulp” and “Subscribe & Contact”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.
Privacy and tracking
4 trackers load before any consent
4Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and LinkedIn Insight (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Cookiebot) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
16 cookies set on arrival
16Opening the homepage sets 16 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
24 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 24 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: Cookiebot
A consent management tool (Cookiebot) 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 versoco.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
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- Verso Pub Range1
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