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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202631 issues · 79 checks

This review found 31 issues worth fixing on workspace.app, 12 of them high impact, across 79 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
3.6 s2.8 sMay 16Oct 312.9 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20263.4 s
May 23, 20263.4 s
May 30, 20263.4 s
Jun 6, 20263.4 s
Jun 13, 20263.4 s
Jun 20, 20263.4 s
Jun 27, 20263.5 s
Jul 4, 20263.5 s
Jul 11, 20263.4 s
Jul 18, 20263.4 s
Jul 25, 20263.3 s
Aug 1, 20263.1 s
Aug 8, 20263.0 s
Aug 15, 20263.0 s
Aug 22, 20263.1 s
Aug 29, 20263.2 s
Sep 5, 20263.3 s
Sep 12, 20263.3 s
Sep 19, 20263.2 s
Sep 26, 20263.2 s
Oct 3, 20263.1 s
Oct 10, 20263.0 s
Oct 17, 20263.0 s
Oct 24, 20263.0 s
Oct 31, 20262.9 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
209 ms151 msMay 16Oct 31158 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026178 ms
May 23, 2026183 ms
May 30, 2026194 ms
Jun 6, 2026202 ms
Jun 13, 2026199 ms
Jun 20, 2026189 ms
Jun 27, 2026179 ms
Jul 4, 2026174 ms
Jul 11, 2026176 ms
Jul 18, 2026176 ms
Jul 25, 2026178 ms
Aug 1, 2026180 ms
Aug 8, 2026177 ms
Aug 15, 2026179 ms
Aug 22, 2026177 ms
Aug 29, 2026176 ms
Sep 5, 2026182 ms
Sep 12, 2026182 ms
Sep 19, 2026181 ms
Sep 26, 2026179 ms
Oct 3, 2026170 ms
Oct 10, 2026169 ms
Oct 17, 2026166 ms
Oct 24, 2026163 ms
Oct 31, 2026158 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 workspace.app (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

Speed

8 to fix41
  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    2.5 s · 536 KiB

    21 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (536 KiB).

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.4 s · 399 KiB

    About 399 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.4 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.5 s

    6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.5 s.

  • Mobile performance score: 41

    41/100

    Your mobile performance score is 41. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Minify JavaScript

    300 ms · 60 KiB

    60 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 54 KiB

    About 54 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • Font display

    350 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 350 ms).

  • Google Tag Manager adds 239 ms

    239 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 239 ms of main-thread work and 429 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.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, TrustArc and Adobe Tag Manager and others), adding 642 KiB and 359 ms of main-thread time.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    200 ms · 17 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 17 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 200 ms faster on a phone.

  • 5 long tasks on the main thread

    5 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 175 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • 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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  • Main-thread work: 1.5 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 981 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 13 ms

    13 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 13 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

9 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.

  • Speed Index: 20.1 s

    20.1 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 20.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 8.3 s

    8.3 s

    Your largest element takes 8.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Citrix Workspace app is the easy-to-install client software…”.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.462

    0.462

    The layout shifts by 0.462 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • Time to Interactive: 11.3 s

    11.3 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 11.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.9 s

    1.9 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.1 s

    1.1 s

    Real visitors wait 1.1 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.9 s

    1.9 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 3 images without width and height

    3 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.1 s

    2.1 s

    Real visitors wait 2.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 147 ms

    147 ms

    Real visitors wait 147 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.

  • Tap response (INP) got 11% faster for real visitors

    -11%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 178 ms to 158 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 14% faster for real visitors

    -14%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.4 s to 2.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Total Blocking Time: 188 ms

    188 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 188 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

100
  • About 0.4 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.44 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.44 g of CO₂e: 52.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • Page weight: 1.5 MB in 61 requests

    1.5 MB

    Your homepage downloads 1.5 MB in 61 requests on a phone: scripts 889 KiB (25), fonts 523 KiB (10) and images 72 KiB (5). That is a lean page.

  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

  • Images are sized for phones

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

Accessibility

2 to fixGoogle 9497
  • Invalid ARIA attributes

    1 element use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 5 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 45 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 47 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 2 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

3 to fixGoogle 8592
  • No structured data

    No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.

  • 21 links crawlers can't follow

    21 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.

  • 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.

  • 67 internal links, 22 external

    The homepage links to 67 pages on workspace.app and 22 external pages.

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  • Meta description: 99 characters

    Your meta description is 99 characters: “Learn about Citrix Workspace app and learn how to install Citrix Workspace app in three easy steps.”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Citrix Workspace™ app”.

  • Title: 57 characters

    Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “Citrix Workspace App for Windows, Mac and Chrome - Citrix”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.citrix.com/platform/citrix-workspace-app.html.

  • 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.citrix.com/sitemap-index.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • 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.citrix.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.

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  • 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 (763 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

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.citrix.com/solutions/digital-workspace/business-continuity-strategy, whose canonical is https://www.citrix.com/solutions/deliver-mission-critical-applications.html. 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 58 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

2 to fixGoogle 7791
  • Deprecated browser APIs

    The page uses 2 deprecated browser APIs 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 “Error with Permissions-Policy header: Parse of permissions policy failed because of errors reported by structured heade…”.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    22 of 23 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

5 to fix50
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Only about 233 words

    The homepage has only about 233 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • 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.

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  • 6 calls to action

    The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Download the app”, “Learn more” and “Contact us”.

  • 1 short form

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

Privacy and tracking

  • 2 trackers load before any consent

    2

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (TrustArc) 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, 2 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 15 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 15 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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  • Consent tool: TrustArc

    A consent management tool (TrustArc) 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 workspace.app, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

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