Audit Result

UUID: 01a05ad6-01fb-71fd-88b1-a03af29f28c8

gradsync.tech

https://gradsync.tech/

Scanned 5 days ago

73
Fair Score
39 total checks
Passed
19
Warnings
19
Errors
1

Meta Information

  • Title Tag Warning

    Found 8 characters. Keep title between 30 and 60 characters.

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

  • 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: /gradsynclogoapp.png (HTTP 200).

    Favicon
  • Viewport configured: width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0

  • HTML Lang Pass

    Language declared as "en".

Content Structure

  • H1 Tag Warning

    Found 2 H1 tags.

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

  • Valid heading flow across 34 headings.

  • All 20 images include alt text.

Technical Optimization

  • HTTPS Pass

    Page is served over HTTPS.

  • 2 HTTPS hardening issues detected.

    • • HSTS is missing includeSubDomains.
    • • Could not probe the HTTP version of this page.
    • • Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000

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

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

    Full HTTP headers (13)
    • • access-control-allow-origin: *
    • • age: 494347
    • • cache-control: public, max-age=0, must-revalidate
    • • content-disposition: inline
    • • content-encoding: br
    • • content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
    • • date: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:39:27 GMT
    • • etag: W/"46ed553f424bbb0867e18c9ba4949a71"
    • • last-modified: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:20:19 GMT
    • • server: Vercel
    • • strict-transport-security: max-age=63072000
    • • x-vercel-cache: HIT
    • • x-vercel-id: iad1::9q8bz-1788230367429-0afad9ff382a

    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.

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

  • Server response headers do not expose version tokens.

  • Domain does not appear to be behind Cloudflare.

  • Loaded in 0.60s (perceived).

  • 1 scripts and 2 styles may block rendering.

    • • script: https://gradsync.tech/registerSW.js
    • • style: https://gradsync.tech/assets/vendor-BURkgF8R.css
    • • style: https://gradsync.tech/assets/index-Bf_EOkbi.css

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

  • Compression Warning

    4 text resources look uncompressed.

    • • https://gradsync.tech/registerSW.js (application/javascript; charset=utf-8)
    • • https://gradsync-api-1e2d76121553.herokuapp.com/api/analytics/public/in-demand-skills?category=Engineering (application/json; charset=utf-8)
    • • https://gradsync-api-1e2d76121553.herokuapp.com/api/users/employers (application/json; charset=utf-8)
    • • https://gradsync-api-1e2d76121553.herokuapp.com/api/jobs (application/json; charset=utf-8)

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

  • Robots.txt Pass

    Found robots.txt (200).

  • Found sitemap (200) at https://gradsync.tech/sitemap.xml.

  • No robots meta tag defined.

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

Accessibility Basics

  • All 0 controls are labeled.

  • Landmarks Warning

    Missing landmarks: main, footer.

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

  • Tap Target Size Warning

    22 interactive elements appear smaller than 48px.

    • • a.cursor-pointer.text-gray-300 (Find Jobs) - 57x20px
    • • a.cursor-pointer.text-gray-300 (Hire) - 25x20px
    • • a.cursor-pointer.text-gray-300 (Demo) - 37x20px
    • • button.flex.items-center (Install App) - 116x34px
    • • a.cursor-pointer.text-gray-300 (Login) - 57x36px
    • • a.bg-gradient-to-r.from-blue-600 (Sign Up) - 96x36px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Engineering) - 109x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Design) - 76x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Marketing) - 97x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Sales) - 68x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (IT & Software) - 122x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Customer Service) - 145x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Product) - 81x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Operations) - 104x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Finance) - 83x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Hospitality & Tourism) - 164x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Education & Teaching) - 170x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Law Enforcement & Security) - 212x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Healthcare & Medical) - 168x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Psychology & Human Services) - 219x42px
    • • button.px-4.py-2 (Other) - 71x42px
    • • button.text-blue-600.hover:text-blue-700 (Sign in) - 50x24px

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

Social & Rich Results

  • Missing og:title or og:description.

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

  • 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.).

  • Manifest and Apple touch icon are configured.

  • 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

  • Checked 2 links. No broken internal links found.

  • No broken external links found in checked URLs.

  • Link Format Warning

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

    • • href="(empty)" text="Find Jobs"
    • • href="(empty)" text="Hire"
    • • href="(empty)" text="Demo"

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

Performance & Runtime

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 1.29s.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.023.

  • Total Blocking Time estimate: 181ms.

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

  • 3 JavaScript runtime issues detected.

    • • Request failed: https://gradsync-api-1e2d76121553.herokuapp.com/api/auth/me (HTTP 401, type: xhr)
    • • Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 (Unauthorized) [https://gradsync-api-1e2d76121553.herokuapp.com/api/auth/me:1]
    • • Auth check failed: 401 [https://gradsync.tech/assets/index-DoWLnwme.js:2]

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