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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 2 November 202635 issues · 93 checks

This review found 35 issues worth fixing on vicinityenergy.us, 10 of them high impact, across 93 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
2.7 s1.6 sMay 16Oct 312.4 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.5 s
May 23, 20262.4 s
May 30, 20262.1 s
Jun 6, 20262.0 s
Jun 13, 20261.8 s
Jun 20, 20261.7 s
Jun 27, 20261.9 s
Jul 4, 20262.2 s
Jul 11, 20262.3 s
Jul 18, 20262.3 s
Jul 25, 20262.2 s
Aug 1, 20262.0 s
Aug 8, 20261.7 s
Aug 15, 20262.0 s
Aug 22, 20261.9 s
Aug 29, 20262.1 s
Sep 5, 20262.1 s
Sep 12, 20262.1 s
Sep 19, 20262.3 s
Sep 26, 20262.3 s
Oct 3, 20262.4 s
Oct 10, 20262.6 s
Oct 17, 20262.6 s
Oct 24, 20262.6 s
Oct 31, 20262.4 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
123 ms77 msMay 16Oct 31112 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 202696 ms
May 23, 202691 ms
May 30, 202691 ms
Jun 6, 202688 ms
Jun 13, 202682 ms
Jun 20, 202687 ms
Jun 27, 2026101 ms
Jul 4, 2026101 ms
Jul 11, 202699 ms
Jul 18, 2026100 ms
Jul 25, 202698 ms
Aug 1, 202698 ms
Aug 8, 202696 ms
Aug 15, 202695 ms
Aug 22, 202695 ms
Aug 29, 202695 ms
Sep 5, 2026104 ms
Sep 12, 2026104 ms
Sep 19, 202696 ms
Sep 26, 2026105 ms
Oct 3, 2026105 ms
Oct 10, 2026110 ms
Oct 17, 2026118 ms
Oct 24, 2026110 ms
Oct 31, 2026112 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 vicinityenergy.us (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

Speed

11 to fix54
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    3.0 s · 1.2 MB

    About 1.2 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.0 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    2.1 s

    48 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.1 s.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, YouTube and Hubspot and others), adding 2.1 MB and 841 ms of main-thread time.

  • Mobile performance score: 54

    54/100

    Your mobile performance score is 54. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    750 ms · 209 KiB

    About 209 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.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 337 ms

    337 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 337 ms of main-thread work and 655 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.

  • YouTube adds 300 ms

    300 ms

    YouTube costs a phone 300 ms of main-thread work and 1,005 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.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    353 KiB

    10 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (353 KiB).

  • Main-thread work: 2.6 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 2,330 HTML elements

    The page has 2,330 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Hubspot adds 169 ms

    169 ms

    Hubspot costs a phone 169 ms of main-thread work and 347 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.

  • 6 long tasks on the main thread

    6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 119 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Font display

    100 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).

  • Legacy JavaScript

    27 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 27 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Improve image delivery

    26 KiB

    1 image could be 26 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Minify JavaScript

    7 KiB

    7 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Minify CSS

    6 KiB

    6 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • 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: 7 ms

    7 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

8 to fix100
  • 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.

  • First Contentful Paint: 10.5 s

    10.5 s

    The first text or image appears after 10.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 10.5 s

    10.5 s

    Your largest element takes 10.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.

  • Time to Interactive: 32.0 s

    32.0 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 32.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 12.9 s

    12.9 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 12.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user FCP: 2.2 s

    2.2 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 2.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.5 s

    1.5 s

    Real visitors wait 1.5 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) got 19% slower for real visitors

    +19%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 96 ms to 112 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    +3%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.5 s to 2.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.4 s

    2.4 s

    Real visitors wait 2.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 112 ms

    112 ms

    Real visitors wait 112 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.

  • Total Blocking Time: 123 ms

    123 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 123 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 6.1 MB in 192 requests

    6.1 MB

    Your homepage downloads 6.1 MB in 192 requests on a phone: images 2.5 MB (52), scripts 2.4 MB (56) and fonts 837 KiB (9). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image in older formats

    1 image (108 KiB) is 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.

  • 1 image below the first screen load straight away

    1 image further down the page (27 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.7 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.73 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.73 g of CO₂e: 207.5 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 are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

7 to fixGoogle 9193
  • 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.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (37 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 37 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 4 links without text

    4 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • 2 form fields without a label

    2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h4 and h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 58 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 49 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 56 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 49 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

3 to fixGoogle 9285
  • No H1 headline

    There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • 10 links with vague text

    10 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 incomplete here.

  • 330 internal links, 8 external

    The homepage links to 330 pages on vicinityenergy.us and 8 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Meta description: 131 characters

    Your meta description is 131 characters: “Vicinity Energy provides district steam, chilled water, and carbon-free steam to commercial properties and campuses acr…”.

  • Title: 57 characters

    Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “Vicinity Energy - The Leader in District Energy Solutions”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.vicinityenergy.us/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, ImageObject, Organization, WebPage and WebSite.

  • 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.vicinityenergy.us/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
4 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: 4 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,559 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://www.vicinityenergy.us/llms.txt (3 KiB, 27 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 1 link to non-canonical URLs

    Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example https://www.vicinityenergy.us/industries/colleges-universities, whose canonical is https://www.vicinityenergy.us/industries/higher-education. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 81 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • 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 small tap targets

    2 of 7 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • Browser-reported issues

    Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).

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  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix81
  • 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 phone number on the homepage

    A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.

  • 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 opening hours

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

  • 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 989 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 989 words of visible text.

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Learn more”.

  • 26 calls to action

    The homepage has 26 calls to action, for example “Talk to sales”, “Contact” and “Learn more”.

  • 1 short form

    A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 42 testimonial or review blocks and 1 customer or partner logo.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and HubSpot.

Privacy and tracking

  • 5 trackers load before any consent

    5

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and LinkedIn Insight (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 10 cookies set on arrival

    10

    Opening the homepage sets 10 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 29 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 29 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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  • Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner

    A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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Upkeep, stack and company

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CMS
WordPress
Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Cloudflare

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