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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.

  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
3.0 s2.6 sMay 2Oct 172.9 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 2, 20262.8 s
May 9, 20262.8 s
May 16, 20262.8 s
May 23, 20262.8 s
May 30, 20262.8 s
Jun 6, 20262.8 s
Jun 13, 20262.8 s
Jun 20, 20262.8 s
Jun 27, 20262.8 s
Jul 4, 20262.9 s
Jul 11, 20262.9 s
Jul 18, 20263.0 s
Jul 25, 20263.0 s
Aug 1, 20263.0 s
Aug 8, 20262.9 s
Aug 15, 20262.8 s
Aug 22, 20262.8 s
Aug 29, 20262.7 s
Sep 5, 20262.7 s
Sep 12, 20262.7 s
Sep 19, 20262.7 s
Sep 26, 20262.7 s
Oct 3, 20262.7 s
Oct 10, 20262.8 s
Oct 17, 20262.9 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
239 ms148 msMay 2Oct 17220 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 2, 2026162 ms
May 9, 2026158 ms
May 16, 2026160 ms
May 23, 2026166 ms
May 30, 2026177 ms
Jun 6, 2026184 ms
Jun 13, 2026187 ms
Jun 20, 2026187 ms
Jun 27, 2026192 ms
Jul 4, 2026190 ms
Jul 11, 2026189 ms
Jul 18, 2026190 ms
Jul 25, 2026183 ms
Aug 1, 2026184 ms
Aug 8, 2026185 ms
Aug 15, 2026191 ms
Aug 22, 2026198 ms
Aug 29, 2026203 ms
Sep 5, 2026212 ms
Sep 12, 2026215 ms
Sep 19, 2026224 ms
Sep 26, 2026228 ms
Oct 3, 2026223 ms
Oct 10, 2026220 ms
Oct 17, 2026220 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 wallstreetprep.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

Speed

12 to fix29
  • Render-blocking requests

    9.2 s

    9 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 MB

    About 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 MB

    89 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.7 MB).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    1.1 s · 256 KiB

    About 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

    29/100

    Your 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 KiB

    6 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 ms

    Google 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 ms

    Google 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 ms

    Hubspot 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 KiB

    Polyfills 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 ms

    Web 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: 10 ms

    10 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 10 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

13 to fix33
  • 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 s

    The 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 s

    Your 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 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 17.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 39.0 s

    39.0 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 39.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Scripts 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 s

    Real visitors wait 2.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.11

    0.11

    For 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 s

    Real 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 s

    Real visitors wait 1.3 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.117

    0.117

    The 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).

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  • Real-user INP: 196 ms

    196 ms

    Real visitors wait 196 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

3 to fix53
  • Page weight: 6.6 MB in 210 requests

    6.6 MB

    Your 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 KiB

    1 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 g

    By 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.

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  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

Accessibility

3 to fixGoogle 8994
  • 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.

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  • 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

1 to fixGoogle 9298
  • 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

100
  • 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

100
  • 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

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 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

2 to fix81
  • 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

    8

    Before 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

    17

    Opening 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

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Stack

CMS
WordPress
Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Tag Manager

Hiring

Hiring
9 open roles
Teams
Instructors (8), Sales (1)
Job board
greenhouse

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