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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 26 October 202640 issues · 88 checks

This review found 40 issues worth fixing on zam.com, 17 of them high impact, across 88 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
8.2 s6.5 sMay 2Oct 177.6 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 2, 20267.2 s
May 9, 20266.9 s
May 16, 20267.6 s
May 23, 20267.6 s
May 30, 20267.3 s
Jun 6, 20267.3 s
Jun 13, 20267.4 s
Jun 20, 20267.2 s
Jun 27, 20267.2 s
Jul 4, 20268.0 s
Jul 11, 20267.8 s
Jul 18, 20267.8 s
Jul 25, 20267.8 s
Aug 1, 20267.2 s
Aug 8, 20267.0 s
Aug 15, 20267.1 s
Aug 22, 20267.0 s
Aug 29, 20267.2 s
Sep 5, 20267.0 s
Sep 12, 20267.0 s
Sep 19, 20267.0 s
Sep 26, 20266.7 s
Oct 3, 20267.1 s
Oct 10, 20267.6 s
Oct 17, 20267.6 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
264 ms247 msJul 4Jul 25249 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
Jul 4, 2026262 ms
Jul 11, 2026262 ms
Jul 18, 2026262 ms
Jul 25, 2026249 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 zam.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. zam.com at 0.5 s0.5 s
  2. zam.com at 1.0 s1.0 s
  3. zam.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  4. zam.com at 2.1 s2.1 s
  5. zam.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  6. zam.com at 3.1 s3.1 s
  7. zam.com at 3.6 s3.6 s
  8. zam.com at 4.1 s4.1 s

Speed

8 to fix58
  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    8.2 s · 15.5 MB

    103 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (15.5 MB).

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    5.1 s · 628 KiB

    About 628 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 5.1 s faster on a phone.

  • Improve image delivery

    3.8 s · 1.6 MB

    9 images could be 1.6 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.8 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.9 s

    30 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.9 s.

  • Mobile performance score: 58

    58/100

    Your mobile performance score is 58 (desktop: 77). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    600 ms · 85 KiB

    About 85 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.

  • 5 third-party services on the page

    5 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Vimeo and Google CDN and others), adding 4.2 MB and 224 ms of main-thread time.

  • Vimeo adds 85 ms

    85 ms

    Vimeo costs a phone 85 ms of main-thread work and 3.9 MB 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.

  • Font display

    150 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 150 ms).

  • 6 long tasks on the main thread

    6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 148 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    17 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 17 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • 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.

  • Minify CSS

    3 KiB

    3 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

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  • Main-thread work: 2.0 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 852 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 4 ms

    4 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 4 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

9 to fix50
  • 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.

  • Real-user LCP: 7.5 s

    7.5 s

    Real visitors wait 7.5 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user FCP: 4.4 s

    4.4 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 4.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 2.9 s

    2.9 s

    Real visitors wait 2.9 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 26.2 s

    26.2 s

    Your largest element takes 26.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “... WELCOME TO ZAM A FULL SERVICE GAMING AGENCY Publishing …”.

  • Time to Interactive: 27.0 s

    27.0 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 27.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 11.0 s

    11.0 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 11.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.3 s

    2.3 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 258 ms

    258 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 258 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -2%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 262 ms to 249 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    +8%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 7.2 s to 7.6 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

4 to fix36
  • Page weight: 31.0 MB in 166 requests

    31.0 MB

    Your homepage downloads 31.0 MB in 166 requests on a phone: media 19.8 MB (6), images 6.4 MB (60) and other files 3.2 MB (20). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image over 500 KB

    Helmet-Guy-1-1-768x1013.png weighs 674 KiB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    Helmet-Guy-1-1-768x1013.png is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).

  • 3 images in older formats

    3 images (874 KiB) are 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.

  • About 8.8 g of CO₂ per visit

    8.78 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 8.78 g of CO₂e: 1054.1 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

6 to fixGoogle 8890
  • [role="img"] and [role="image"] elements must have alternative text (30 elements)

    [role="img"] and [role="image"] elements must have alternative text: 30 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 2 tap targets too small

    2 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (22 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 22 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.

  • 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.

  • 21 links without text

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

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 27 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 32 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 39 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 32 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

1 to fixGoogle 10090
  • No H1 headline

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

  • 76 internal links, 2 external

    The homepage links to 76 pages on zam.com and 2 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 126 characters

    Your meta description is 126 characters: “ZAM specializes in building highly engaged communities and comprehensive publishing solutions for our partners in video…”.

  • Title: 59 characters

    Your title is a healthy 59 characters: “Marketing, Creative & User Research Agency for Gaming - ZAM”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.zam.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, ImageObject, 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 and points crawlers to your sitemap.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.zam.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.zam.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 (532 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

2 to fix90
  • 1 page without a meta description

    https://www.zam.com/privacy-policy has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 7 pages without an H1

    https://www.zam.com/pubgmobile, https://www.zam.com/synced, https://www.zam.com/trovo, https://www.zam.com/alchemystars, https://www.zam.com/undawn and https://www.zam.com/nikke and 1 other have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 2 pages slow to respond

    https://www.zam.com/synced and https://www.zam.com/trovo took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.

  • 7 internal pages checked

    We fetched 7 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.

5 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 7 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • Canonical URLs point to themselves

    No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • No linked page is hidden from search

    None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.

  • Every page has a title

    All 7 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

3 to fixGoogle 5888
  • 3 third-party cookies

    3 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.

  • Deprecated browser APIs

    The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).

  • 3 JavaScript errors while loading

    3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.

  • Browser-reported issues

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

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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 fix67
  • 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 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.

  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 1 customer or partner logo. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • Only about 184 words

    The homepage has only about 184 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • 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.

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  • 6 calls to action

    The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “JOIN US”, “CONTACT US” and “[email protected]”.

  • 1 short form

    A short form (3 fields at most) is right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 2 email links.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 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). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.

  • 4 cookies set on arrival

    4

    Opening the homepage sets 4 cookies, 2 of them by other companies (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.

  • 7 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 7 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

CMS
WordPress
Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Analytics

Hiring

Hiring
8 open roles
Teams
100175: Media Wowhead (5), 200240: Agency Marketing (2), Agency (1)
Job board
greenhouse

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