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iam.pearson.com

https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/?realm=pearson&authIndexType=service&authIndexValue=AuthN&client_id=PAICE-V2&goto=https%3A%2F%2Fpace.pearson.com%2F#login/

Scanned 3 months ago

62
Needs Attention
39 total checks
Passed
13
Warnings
22
Errors
4

Meta Information

  • Title Tag Warning

    Found 17 characters. Keep title between 30 and 60 characters.

    Fix: Add a unique <title> tag describing the main page intent in 30-60 characters.

  • Meta Description Error

    Missing meta description.

    Fix: Add <meta name="description" content="..."> in <head> with a clear page summary.

  • Canonical URL Warning

    Canonical link not found.

    Fix: Add <link rel="canonical" href="https://example.com/page"> to avoid duplicate URL ambiguity.

  • Favicon Pass

    Favicon found and reachable: themes/pearson/favicon.ico (HTTP 200).

    Favicon
  • Viewport Meta Pass

    Viewport configured: width=device-width, initial-scale=1

  • HTML Lang Pass

    Language declared as "en".

Content Structure

  • H1 Tag Warning

    Found 4 H1 tags.

    Fix: Use a single, descriptive <h1> that states the primary purpose of the page.

  • Heading Hierarchy Pass

    Valid heading flow across 13 headings.

  • Image Alt Text Error

    10 of 24 images are missing alt text.

    Fix: Add meaningful alt attributes to all informative images for accessibility and image SEO.

Technical Optimization

  • HTTPS Pass

    Page is served over HTTPS.

  • HSTS & HTTPS Redirect Warning

    2 HTTPS hardening issues detected.

    • • Missing Strict-Transport-Security header.
    • • Could not probe the HTTP version of this page.

    Fix: Set Strict-Transport-Security with a long max-age, add includeSubDomains, and redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS.

  • Security Headers Warning

    Missing: strict-transport-security, content-security-policy, x-frame-options, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy.

    Full HTTP headers (14)
    • • accept-ranges: bytes
    • • alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400
    • • content-length: 742
    • • content-type: text/html
    • • date: Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:44:46 GMT
    • • etag: "0db90c73d93e59daa85b41f9d29286e9"
    • • last-modified: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:40:35 GMT
    • • server: AmazonS3
    • • via: 1.1 39b40826af0edc71695f452720f76310.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
    • • x-amz-cf-id: rYxzpDOD6K_ty35TuayDLloeDRrShsk_cQ4T0B_E5Ee1rd5A0Hq8ZA==
    • • x-amz-cf-pop: MIA50-P4
    • • x-amz-server-side-encryption: AES256
    • • x-amz-version-id: DjBe7ydKhZc6CIc6YnXJTfuKL64P6bGD
    • • x-cache: Miss from cloudfront

    Fix: Add the missing security headers at your reverse proxy or application layer.

  • CSP Quality Warning

    Content-Security-Policy header is missing.

    • • Missing Content-Security-Policy header.

    Fix: Define a restrictive Content-Security-Policy and avoid unsafe directives such as unsafe-inline and unsafe-eval.

  • Cookie Security Pass

    No first-party cookies were set during the initial page load.

  • Server Version Disclosure Pass

    Server response headers do not expose version tokens.

  • Cloudflare Proxy Warning

    Domain does not appear to be behind Cloudflare.

  • Perceived Load Time Pass

    Loaded in 0.95s (perceived).

  • Render Blocking Resources Warning

    48 scripts and 5 styles may block rendering.

    • • script: https://cdn.cookielaw.org/consent/0d545d30-0e52-4bd4-bbe4-db2d55525649/OtAutoBlock.js
    • • script: https://cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/config/ThemeConfiguration.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/100.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/115.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1303.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1309.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1310.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/119.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1311.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1312.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1314.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1322.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1327.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1329.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1330.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1331.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1318.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1332.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/111.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1313.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1334.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1335.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1337.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1336.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1338.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/109.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1315.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/114.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1317.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/112.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1320.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1324.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1323.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1325.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1326.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1328.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1333.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1316.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/122.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1456.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/7.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/8.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1454.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1474.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1339.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1340.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • script: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1459.3d6bde62ed.js
    • • style: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/css/bootstrap-3.4.1-custom.11a781173068b0dfcdd39e62835f62b6.css
    • • style: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/css/structure.cfe93ef4daf8cdf3a30090a08341bbf5.css

    Fix: Defer non-critical scripts and inline critical CSS to improve first paint speed.

  • Compression Warning

    12 text resources look uncompressed.

    • • https://pace.pearson.com/ (text/html)
    • • https://pace.pearson.com/css/main.ab6cd2fa9d64a6f0e0ed.css (text/css)
    • • https://pace.pearson.com/css/vendors.ab6cd2fa9d64a6f0e0ed.css (text/css)
    • • https://pace.pearson.com/js/runtime~main.ab6cd2fa9d64a6f0e0ed.js (application/javascript)
    • • https://pace.pearson.com/js/main.ab6cd2fa9d64a6f0e0ed.js (application/javascript)
    • • https://pace.pearson.com/js/vendors.ab6cd2fa9d64a6f0e0ed.js (application/javascript)
    • • https://iam.pearson.com/auth/json/realms/pearson/serverinfo/* (application/json;charset=UTF-8)
    • • https://iam.pearson.com/auth/googleAnalyticsId.jsp (text/html;charset=UTF-8)
    • • https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/115.3d6bde62ed.js (text/javascript)
    • • https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1303.3d6bde62ed.js (text/javascript)
    • • https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1329.3d6bde62ed.js (text/javascript)
    • • https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1454.3d6bde62ed.js (text/javascript)

    Fix: Enable Brotli or Gzip compression for HTML, CSS, JS, and JSON responses.

  • Robots.txt Error

    robots.txt missing or inaccessible (404).

    Fix: Create a robots.txt file at https://iam.pearson.com/robots.txt and allow intended crawlers.

  • Sitemap File Warning

    Sitemap missing or inaccessible at https://iam.pearson.com/sitemap.xml (404).

    Fix: Publish a sitemap.xml and reference it in robots.txt with: Sitemap: https://iam.pearson.com/sitemap.xml

  • Crawl Directives Warning

    No robots meta tag defined.

    Fix: Add <meta name="robots" content="index,follow"> (or the intended directive) in <head>.

Accessibility Basics

  • Form Labels Pass

    All 11 controls are labeled.

  • Landmarks Warning

    Missing landmarks: header.

    Fix: Use semantic regions (<header>, <nav>, <main>, <footer>) for navigation and assistive tech.

  • Tap Target Size Warning

    7 interactive elements appear smaller than 48px.

    • • a.iconWrapper.mfa-icon-btn - 30x44px
    • • a#forgotPassword (Forgot password?) - 110x30px
    • • a#forgotUsername (Forgot username?) - 113x30px
    • • input#idToken2_0.btn.btn-lg - 335x36px
    • • button#change_cookie_link (Change Cookie Consents) - 158x30px
    • • button#onetrust-pc-btn-handler (Cookie Settings, Opens the preference center dialog) - 125x42px
    • • button#onetrust-accept-btn-handler (Allow and Continue) - 146x42px

    Fix: Increase target size to at least 48x48 CSS pixels for touch interactions.

Social & Rich Results

  • Open Graph Basics Warning

    Missing og:title or og:description.

    Fix: Add og:title and og:description tags to control social preview text.

  • Open Graph Image Warning

    og:image is missing.

    Fix: Add <meta property="og:image" content="https://..."> with a high-quality share image.

  • Twitter Card Warning

    twitter:card is missing.

    Fix: Add <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"> for better previews on X.

  • Structured Data Warning

    No JSON-LD schema scripts found.

    Fix: Add JSON-LD structured data matching your page type (Organization, Article, Product, etc.).

  • PWA Metadata Warning

    Manifest or Apple touch icon is missing.

    Fix: Link your web app manifest and apple-touch-icon for improved install/share experiences.

  • Open Graph/Twitter Quality Warning

    5 social preview quality issues detected.

    • • ISSUE: og:url should be an absolute URL.
    • • ISSUE: og:title should typically be between 10 and 70 characters.
    • • ISSUE: og:description should typically be between 50 and 200 characters.
    • • ISSUE: Use an absolute URL for og:image or twitter:image.
    • • ISSUE: twitter:card is missing.
    • • GUIDELINE: Optimal og:title length: 40-60 characters (acceptable: 10-70).
    • • GUIDELINE: Optimal og:description length: 110-160 characters (acceptable: 50-200).
    • • GUIDELINE: Optimal preview image size: 1200x630 pixels.
    • • GUIDELINE: Optimal preview image aspect ratio: 1.91:1.
    • • GUIDELINE: Optimal preview image file size: under 5 MB.
    • • GUIDELINE: Recommended twitter:card: summary_large_image.

    Fix: Use absolute OG/Twitter URLs, keep metadata lengths in recommended ranges, and provide a preview image near 1200x630 under 5MB.

Links Analysis

  • Internal Links Error

    5 internal links returned errors.

    • • https://iam.pearson.com/chat_assistant (HTTP 404)
    • • https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/key%20'customLocalization.footer.links.aboutHref%20(en-US)'%20returned%20an%20object%20instead%20of%20string. (HTTP 404)
    • • https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/key%20'customLocalization.footer.links.licenseHref%20(en-US)'%20returned%20an%20object%20instead%20of%20string. (HTTP 404)
    • • https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/key%20'customLocalization.footer.links.termsSaleHref%20(en-US)'%20returned%20an%20object%20instead%20of%20string. (HTTP 404)
    • • https://iam.pearson.com/auth/XUI/key%20'customLocalization.footer.links.privacyPolicyHref%20(en-US)'%20returned%20an%20object%20instead%20of%20string. (HTTP 404)

    Fix: Fix or remove the listed internal URLs, and ensure routes/pages return 200 responses.

  • External Links Warning

    2 external links returned errors or timed out.

    • • http://www.pearsoned.com/permissions/ (timeout)
    • • https://qiactive.com/choose-share/pearsonPolicy/showLegalLinks?countryCode=US&policyDescription=Business+Associate+Addendum (HTTP 500)

    Fix: Replace dead external URLs or point to working alternatives.

  • Link Format Warning

    10 links are empty, invalid, or placeholder-only.

    • • href="#" text="Back to Help Topics"
    • • href="#"
    • • href="(empty)" text="Back"
    • • href="(empty)" text="Higher Education Support"
    • • href="(empty)" text="English Language Learning (ELL) Support"
    • • href="(empty)" text="Pearson UK Support"
    • • href="(empty)" text="US Clinical Assessments Support"
    • • href="#" text="Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information"
    • • href="#" text="Modern Slavery Statement"
    • • href="#" text="Patent Notice"

    Fix: Replace empty/#/javascript href values with real destinations or use buttons for non-navigation actions.

Performance & Runtime

  • Core Web Vitals: LCP Pass

    Largest Contentful Paint: 1.11s.

  • Core Web Vitals: CLS Pass

    Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.017.

  • Main Thread Blocking (TBT) Pass

    Total Blocking Time estimate: 171ms.

  • Broken Assets Pass

    No failed CSS/JS/image/font/media requests detected.

  • JavaScript Runtime Errors Warning

    10 JavaScript runtime issues detected.

    • • Request failed: https://pace.pearson.com/dashboard-api/user/info? (HTTP 401, type: xhr)
    • • Request failed: https://iam.pearson.com/auth/json/sessions?_action=getSessionInfo (HTTP 401, type: xhr)
    • • Request failed: https://iam.pearson.com/openidm/endpoint/consentpolicy?action=get&clientID=PAICE-V2 (HTTP 404, type: xhr)
    • • Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 () [https://pace.pearson.com/dashboard-api/user/info?:1]
    • • Blocked script execution in 'about:blank' because the document's frame is sandboxed and the 'allow-scripts' permission is not set. [https://cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202601.1.0/otBannerSdk.js:7]
    • • Blocked script execution in 'about:blank' because the document's frame is sandboxed and the 'allow-scripts' permission is not set. [about:blank:1]
    • • Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 () [https://iam.pearson.com/auth/json/sessions?_action=getSessionInfo:1]
    • • Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 () [https://iam.pearson.com/openidm/endpoint/consentpolicy?action=get&clientID=PAICE-V2:1]
    • • Request failed with status code 401
    • • Failed to execute 'appendChild' on 'Node': Identifier 'qgPasswordKeyboardFixApplied' has already been declared

    Fix: Fix JS files returning 404/failed requests and resolve the listed runtime exceptions.