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wallstreetprep.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 19 October 202635 issues · 85 checks
This review found 35 issues worth fixing on wallstreetprep.com, 16 of them high impact, across 85 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
71CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 162 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 158 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 160 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 166 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 177 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 184 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 192 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 190 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 189 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 190 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 183 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 184 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 185 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 191 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 198 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 203 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 212 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 215 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 224 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 228 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 223 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 220 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 220 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
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Render-blocking requests
9.2 s9 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 9.2 s.
Reduce unused JavaScript
5.3 s · 1.1 MBAbout 1.1 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 5.3 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
4.6 s · 1.7 MB89 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.7 MB).
Reduce unused CSS
1.1 s · 256 KiBAbout 256 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.1 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 29
29/100Your mobile performance score is 29 (desktop: 47). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 5.3 s
A phone's processor spends 5.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.1 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 (Google Tag Manager, Google CDN and Facebook and others), adding 2.6 MB and 1.5 s of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
100 ms · 460 KiB6 images could be 460 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 100 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 387 ms
387 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 387 ms of main-thread work and 681 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 360 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Google CDN adds 273 ms
273 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 273 ms of main-thread work and 739 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.
Hubspot adds 220 ms
220 msHubspot costs a phone 220 ms of main-thread work and 515 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.
Legacy JavaScript
100 ms · 31 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 31 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 100 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 10 ms
10 msYour server sent the HTML in 10 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.
First Contentful Paint: 17.4 s
17.4 sThe first text or image appears after 17.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 31.1 s
31.1 sYour largest element takes 31.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Learn Real-World Finance Skills From Wall Street's Top Trai…”.
Speed Index: 17.4 s
17.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 17.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 39.0 s
39.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 39.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.0 s
1.0 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.0 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user LCP: 2.7 s
2.7 sReal visitors wait 2.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.11
0.11For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.11 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Tap response (INP) got 38% slower for real visitors
+38%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 162 ms to 220 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user FCP: 2.3 s
2.3 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors wait 1.3 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.117
0.117The layout shifts by 0.117 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
15 images without width and height
15 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
0%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.8 s to 2.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
1 checks passed
Real-user INP: 196 ms
196 msReal visitors wait 196 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 6.6 MB in 210 requests
6.6 MBYour homepage downloads 6.6 MB in 210 requests on a phone: scripts 2.9 MB (75), fonts 1.6 MB (8) and images 1.1 MB (57). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image far larger than shown
390 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example AI-for-Business-and-Finance-Certificate.webp at 5,761 px wide, shown at 154 px. Resized copies would save about 390 KiB.
2 images below the first screen load straight away
2 images further down the page (469 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 1.9 g of CO₂ per visit
1.86 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.86 g of CO₂e: 223.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
1 button without a name
1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
36 text elements with low contrast
36 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (12 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 12 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h4, h2 → h4 and h2 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 43 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
39 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 43 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 39 passed and 4 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
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.
166 internal links, 41 external
The homepage links to 166 pages on wallstreetprep.com and 41 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 155 characters
Your meta description is 155 characters: “Financial modeling self-study courses and instructor-led financial modeling training. Financial Statement Modeling, Val…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Learn Real-World Finance Skills From Wall Street's Top Training Firm”.
Title: 58 characters
Your title is a healthy 58 characters: “Financial Modeling Courses and Investment Banking Training”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.wallstreetprep.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, Organization, WebPage and WebSite.
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.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.wallstreetprep.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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 (1,576 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 66 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
5 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 5 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 5 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
10 small tap targets
10 of 19 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 checks passed
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
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.
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 767 words of copy
The homepage carries about 767 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
6 calls to action
The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Buy-Side Financial Modeling”, “Support/Contact Us” and “Learn more”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 13 testimonial or review blocks and 2 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Cloudflare Web Analytics.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 0 email links.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Privacy and tracking
8 trackers load before any consent
8Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and LinkedIn Insight and 3 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (CookieYes) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
17 cookies set on arrival
17Opening the homepage sets 17 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
40 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 40 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: CookieYes
A consent management tool (CookieYes) 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 wallstreetprep.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
Hiring
- Hiring
- 9 open roles
- Teams
- Instructors (8), Sales (1)
- Job board
- greenhouse
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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