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xrcventures.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 24 October 202617 issues · 83 checks
This review found 17 issues worth fixing on xrcventures.com, 4 of them high impact, across 83 checks. The most urgent: 1 button without a name. 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
84BClosest competitors among Squarespace websites
Compare side by sideOne score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.6 s
1.1 s
1.7 s
2.3 s
2.9 s
3.4 s
4.0 s
4.6 s
xrcventures.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
910 ms · 138 KiBAbout 138 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 910 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 65
65/100Your mobile performance score is 65 (desktop: 99). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
750 ms1 file blocks the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining it could save about 750 ms.
Improve image delivery
282 KiB14 images could be 282 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
190 KiB15 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (190 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 12 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 12 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
7 third-party services on the page
7 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and xrcnetwork.com and others), adding 488 KiB and 113 ms of main-thread time.
3 long tasks on the main thread
3 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 68 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 99 but mobile only 65. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.
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.
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Main-thread work: 0.6 s
A phone's processor spends 0.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 342 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 2 ms
2 msYour server sent the HTML in 2 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 6.5 s
6.5 sYour largest element takes 6.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Investing in the future of retail & commerce.”.
First Contentful Paint: 3.6 s
3.6 sThe first text or image appears after 3.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.7 s
5.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 6.6 s
6.6 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 6.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
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Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 23 ms
23 msScripts block the page for only 23 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
About 0.3 g of CO₂ per visit
0.27 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.27 g of CO₂e: 32.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
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Page weight: 977 KiB in 50 requests
977 KiBYour homepage downloads 977 KiB in 50 requests on a phone: scripts 496 KiB (22), images 317 KiB (17) and fonts 124 KiB (3). 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
1 button without a name
1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
1 text element with low contrast
1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 3 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
36 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 38 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 36 passed and 2 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No favicon declared
No favicon is declared in the HTML, so browser tabs and Google's mobile results may show a generic icon.
19 internal links, 8 external
The homepage links to 19 pages on xrcventures.com and 8 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 129 characters
Your meta description is 129 characters: “XRC Ventures is a pre-seed to Series A venture capital firm investing in the future of retail, consumer, and commerce t…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Investing in the future of retail & commerce.”.
Title: 48 characters
Your title is a healthy 48 characters: “XRC Ventures | Retail & Commerce Venture Capital”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.xrcventures.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.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.xrcventures.com/sitemap.xml.
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 /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 (348 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
2 pages with very little text
/contact and /apply have under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
13 internal pages checked
We fetched 13 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
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Linked pages load
All 13 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 13 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 13 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
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.
Security and trust
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
8 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (xrcventures.com).
Valid certificate (88 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YR2 verifies for xrcventures.com and is valid for another 88 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
Content-Security-Policy set
A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://xrcventures.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 22 links work
All 22 links checked from your homepage (14 internal, 8 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
xrcventures.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.
3 checks passed
Domain is 3 years old
3 yearsxrcventures.com was registered in Dec 2022 through Cloudflare, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only globalsign.com, letsencrypt.org, pki.goog and sectigo.com to issue certificates for xrcventures.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until Dec 2028
xrcventures.com is registered until Dec 2028.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 2 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
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 form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
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 339 words of copy
The homepage carries about 339 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Apply”.
5 calls to action
The homepage has 5 calls to action, for example “Get in Touch”, “Apply” and “Contact Us”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 85/100
Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.
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DMARC policy: quarantine
DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:48585877.spf05.hubspotemail.net ~all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google” and “k2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
2 trackers load before any consent
2Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
2 cookies set on arrival
2Opening the homepage sets 2 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
3 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 3 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Upkeep, stack and company
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- CMS
- Squarespace
- Framework
- Next.js
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Hosting
- Vercel
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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