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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 1 November 202638 issues · 86 checks

This review found 38 issues worth fixing on zdperformancemarketing.com, 13 of them high impact, across 86 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
3.1 s1.5 sMay 9Oct 241.7 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.7 s
May 16, 20262.8 s
May 23, 20262.7 s
May 30, 20262.4 s
Jun 6, 20262.4 s
Jun 13, 20262.3 s
Jun 20, 20262.2 s
Jun 27, 20262.4 s
Jul 4, 20262.5 s
Jul 11, 20262.4 s
Jul 18, 20262.7 s
Jul 25, 20262.7 s
Aug 1, 20262.6 s
Aug 8, 20262.8 s
Aug 15, 20262.9 s
Aug 22, 20262.7 s
Aug 29, 20262.9 s
Sep 5, 20262.6 s
Sep 12, 20262.3 s
Sep 19, 20262.2 s
Sep 26, 20261.9 s
Oct 3, 20261.8 s
Oct 10, 20261.9 s
Oct 17, 20261.7 s
Oct 24, 20261.7 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
147 ms111 msMay 9Oct 24117 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026129 ms
May 16, 2026118 ms
May 23, 2026123 ms
May 30, 2026125 ms
Jun 6, 2026117 ms
Jun 13, 2026126 ms
Jun 20, 2026125 ms
Jun 27, 2026122 ms
Jul 4, 2026131 ms
Jul 11, 2026134 ms
Jul 18, 2026141 ms
Jul 25, 2026137 ms
Aug 1, 2026127 ms
Aug 8, 2026124 ms
Aug 15, 2026129 ms
Aug 22, 2026130 ms
Aug 29, 2026141 ms
Sep 5, 2026143 ms
Sep 12, 2026137 ms
Sep 19, 2026142 ms
Sep 26, 2026138 ms
Oct 3, 2026132 ms
Oct 10, 2026123 ms
Oct 17, 2026115 ms
Oct 24, 2026117 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 zdperformancemarketing.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. zdperformancemarketing.com at 0.5 s0.5 s
  2. zdperformancemarketing.com at 1.0 s1.0 s
  3. zdperformancemarketing.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  4. zdperformancemarketing.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  5. zdperformancemarketing.com at 2.4 s2.4 s
  6. zdperformancemarketing.com at 2.9 s2.9 s
  7. zdperformancemarketing.com at 3.4 s3.4 s
  8. zdperformancemarketing.com at 3.9 s3.9 s

Speed

9 to fix50
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    2.3 s · 450 KiB

    About 450 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.3 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    2.5 s

    12 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.5 s.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    1.4 s · 196 KiB

    9 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (196 KiB).

  • Mobile performance score: 50

    50/100

    Your mobile performance score is 50. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, ziffstatic.com and Ziff Davis Tech and others), adding 1.1 MB and 398 ms of main-thread time.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 104 KiB

    About 104 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.

  • 4 long tasks on the main thread

    4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 311 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 209 ms

    209 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 209 ms of main-thread work and 299 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.

  • Ziff Davis Tech adds 31 ms

    31 ms

    Ziff Davis Tech costs a phone 31 ms of main-thread work and 346 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

    200 ms · 24 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 24 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 200 ms faster on a phone.

  • Font display

    200 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 200 ms).

  • Minify JavaScript

    15 KiB

    15 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • 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.

2 checks passed
  • Main-thread work: 1.9 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 787 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

10 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.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 15.2 s

    15.2 s

    Your largest element takes 15.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “We and our 1031 partner(s) store and access personal data, …”.

  • Time to Interactive: 15.2 s

    15.2 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 15.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 4.2 s

    4.2 s

    The first text or image appears after 4.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 8.1 s

    8.1 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 8.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user LCP: 2.5 s

    2.5 s

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

  • Real-user FCP: 2.2 s

    2.2 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 2.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors wait 1.2 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 367 ms

    367 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 367 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 2 images without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -6%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 129 ms to 117 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user CLS: 0.07

    0.07

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.07 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 39% faster for real visitors

    -39%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.7 s to 1.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 17.7 MB in 69 requests

    17.7 MB

    Your homepage downloads 17.7 MB in 69 requests on a phone: media 15.4 MB (2), scripts 1.1 MB (16) and fonts 653 KiB (9). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 5.0 g of CO₂ per visit

    5.01 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 5.01 g of CO₂e: 600.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

3 checks passed
  • 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

9 to fixGoogle 9389
  • 5 text elements with low contrast

    5 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • Positive tabindex

    3 elements have a tabindex above 0, which scrambles the keyboard order.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (9 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 9 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (2 elements)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Contentinfo landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)

    Contentinfo landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Document should not have more than one banner landmark (1 element)

    Document should not have more than one banner landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Document should not have more than one contentinfo landmark (1 element)

    Document should not have more than one contentinfo landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 2 links without text

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

  • ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (1 element)

    ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (2 elements).

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 7 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 42 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 42 passed and 8 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 9281
  • No H1 headline

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

  • Structured data has 1 problem

    Structured data found (BreadcrumbList, WebPage and WebSite) but with 1 problem, for example “WebPage: keywords is an empty list”.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • 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.

  • 60 internal links, 7 external

    The homepage links to 60 pages on zdperformancemarketing.com and 7 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • Meta description: 152 characters

    Your meta description is 152 characters: “Ziff Davis Performance Marketing is the world's largest B2B tech performance marketing brand which was formed out of me…”.

  • Title: 39 characters

    Your title is a healthy 39 characters: “Home - Ziff Davis Performance Marketing”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://zdperformancemarketing.com/.

  • 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://zdperformancemarketing.com/sitemap_index.xml.

AI search readiness

2 to fix53
  • robots.txt blocks 4 AI answer engine crawlers

    4 of 6

    Your robots.txt shuts out ChatGPT search (OAI-SearchBot), ChatGPT (ChatGPT-User), Perplexity (PerplexityBot) and Perplexity (Perplexity-User). These fetch pages to answer people's questions and cite the source, so your site can't be quoted or linked in those answers.

  • 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://zdperformancemarketing.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.

  • Opted out of AI training for 5 crawlers

    robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended and CCBot, which collect pages to train models. That's a legitimate choice and doesn't by itself stop the site appearing in AI answers.

1 checks passed
  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (548 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 4 pages without an H1

    https://zdperformancemarketing.com/services, https://zdperformancemarketing.com/resources, https://zdperformancemarketing.com/privacy-policy and https://zdperformancemarketing.com/gdpr-compliance-documentation have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 14 internal pages checked

    We fetched 14 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.

6 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 14 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 14 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • 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 14 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 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”.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    10 of 12 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

1 to fix92
  • 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 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 492 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 492 words of visible text.

5 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “GET STARTED”.

  • 7 calls to action

    The homepage has 7 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Get Started” and “Learn more”.

  • 1 short form

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

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 2 testimonial or review blocks and 2 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Cloudflare Web Analytics.

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 (OneTrust) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 11 cookies set on arrival

    11

    Opening the homepage sets 11 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 19 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 19 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: OneTrust

    A consent management tool (OneTrust) loads with the page.

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