# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://alberta.ca

**Date:** April 21, 2026  
**URL:** https://alberta.ca  
**Overall Grade:** C (76/100)  
**Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/08fe6092-7ff6-4138-8d73-5abad005fba0

## Top Findings

1. **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — Security > Security Headers
2. **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — Security > Content Security Policy
3. **[CRITICAL]** 1 button(s) with no accessible text — Accessibility > Link & Button Quality
4. **[WARNING]** 63 third-party resources (45% of weight) — Performance > Page Weight Inventory
5. **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy header is missing — Security > Security Headers

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## Lighthouse Scores

| Category | Score |
|----------|-------|
| Performance | 41 |
| Accessibility | 100 |
| Best Practices | 100 |
| SEO | 92 |

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## Security

### Security Headers (D — 50/100)

*5 of 10 headers properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Strict-Transport-Security is properly configured (consider adding preload)
- **[PASS]** X-Content-Type-Options is properly configured
- **[WARNING]** X-Frame-Options has unexpected value
- **[PASS]** Referrer-Policy is properly configured
- **[WARNING]** Permissions-Policy header is missing — Controls which browser features (camera, microphone, geolocation) are allowed. Set it to restrict unused features.
- **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — CSP is the most important header for preventing XSS attacks. See the CSP section for detailed analysis.
- **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy header is missing — COOP isolates your browsing context, preventing cross-origin side-channel attacks. Set to 'same-origin'.
- **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy header is missing — COEP prevents loading cross-origin resources without explicit permission. Required for SharedArrayBuffer and high-resolution timers.
- **[PASS]** X-Powered-By header is not present
- **[PASS]** Server header is present without version info

### Content Security Policy (F — 0/100)

*No enforcing CSP policy found*

- **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — CSP is the most effective defense against XSS attacks. Add a Content-Security-Policy header to restrict resource loading.

### TLS & Certificates (A+ — 100/100)

*TLS 1.3, 7 checks passed*

- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 is used
- **[PASS]** Strong cipher suite is used
- **[INFO]** HTTP/2 is not negotiated — HTTP/2 provides multiplexing and header compression for better performance.
- **[PASS]** Certificate is valid (expires in 43 days)
- **[PASS]** Certificate chain has 3 certificates
- **[PASS]** Certificate uses modern signature algorithm
- **[PASS]** Certificate covers 1 domain(s)
- **[PASS]** Certificate is issued by a trusted CA

### Cookie Security (A+ — 100/100)

*No cookies set — no cookie security risks*

- **[PASS]** No cookies set — no cookie security risks

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## Advanced Security

### Subresource Integrity (F — 20/100)

*0 of 12 external resources have SRI*

- **[WARNING]** External script from www.youtube.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.
- **[WARNING]** External script from scripts.clarity.ms lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.
- **[WARNING]** External script from www.googletagmanager.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.
- **[WARNING]** External script from www.clarity.ms lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.
- **[WARNING]** External script from www.googletagmanager.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.
- **[WARNING]** External script from www.googletagmanager.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.
- **[WARNING]** External script from www.googletagmanager.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.
- **[WARNING]** External script from www.googletagmanager.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.
- **[WARNING]** External script from www.googletagmanager.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.
- **[WARNING]** External script from www.youtube.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.
- **[WARNING]** External script from siteimproveanalytics.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.
- **[WARNING]** External script from www.youtube.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.

### JS Library Vulnerabilities (A+ — 100/100)

*No known vulnerabilities*

- **[PASS]** No known JavaScript library vulnerabilities detected

### Information Leakage (A+ — 100/100)

*No exposures*

- **[PASS]** security.txt is present — good practice
- **[PASS]** No sensitive files exposed

### Email Security (F — 0/100)

*no DMARC*

- **[WARNING]** No DMARC record found — Without DMARC, email receivers have no policy for handling authentication failures. Add a TXT record at _dmarc.<domain> starting with v=DMARC1.
- **[INFO]** DKIM, MTA-STS, and TLS-RPT not probed for this scan — Re-run the scan to grade DKIM, MTA-STS, and TLS-RPT. The current score reflects DMARC only.

### API Surface (A+ — 100/100)

*API-surface probe didn't run on this scan*

- **[PASS]** API-surface probe didn't run on this scan

### Permissions-Policy (D — 40/100)

*No header set*

- **[WARNING]** No Permissions-Policy header — Consider adding a Permissions-Policy header to restrict browser feature access from embedded content.

### CORS Configuration (B — 80/100)

*No CORS headers*

- **[PASS]** No CORS headers present — secure default

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## Performance

### Page Weight Budget (D — 47/100)

*2.3 MB transferred, 74 requests*

- **[INFO]** Page weighs 5.4 MB (2.3 MB transferred)
- **[WARNING]** Images are 1.0 MB — compress or use modern formats — Convert images to WebP/AVIF and resize to display dimensions to reduce transfer size.
- **[WARNING]** JavaScript is 1.0 MB — consider code splitting or lazy loading — Large JavaScript bundles delay interactivity. Split code by route or defer non-critical scripts.
- **[INFO]** 74 HTTP requests
- **[INFO]** Estimated 0.48 g CO2 per page load

### Third-Party Impact (B — 70/100)

*45% third-party, 0 ms blocking*

- **[INFO]** Third-party code accounts for 45% of page weight (1.0 MiB of 2.3 MiB)
- **[PASS]** Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)

### Text Compression (A+ — 100/100)

*All text resources are compressed*

- **[PASS]** All text resources are compressed

### Image Optimization (B — 75/100)

*18 images, 0 KB saveable*

- **[PASS]** All images are well-optimized

### JS Execution Cost (F — 20/100)

*3577ms total JS execution*

- **[WARNING]** Unattributable: 516ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.alberta.ca/sites/default/files/js/js_V...: 488ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-586...: 464ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-P6M...: 438ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-H3GT...: 300ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** Third-party scripts: 2291ms (64% of total)

### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100)

*2 fonts (80 KB)*

- **[INFO]** 2 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

### JS Bundles (D — 40/100)

*13 scripts, 424 KB unused*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-EW2Q...: 68 KB unused (42%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-ZW8Y...: 67 KB unused (43%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-H3GT...: 64 KB unused (42%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-7CTV...: 63 KB unused (43%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-P6M...: 58 KB unused (35%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[INFO]** Total unused JavaScript: 424 KB

### Resource Caching (A+ — 100/100)

*All resources properly cached*

- **[PASS]** No caching issues found

### Critical Rendering Path (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected

### Resource Hints (A+ — 100/100)

*1 hints, 0 missing preconnects*

- **[PASS]** Page uses 1 resource hint(s)

### HTTP/3 (QUIC) (B — 75/100)

*HTTP/3 not advertised*

- **[INFO]** HTTP/3 (QUIC) is not advertised — HTTP/3 isn't advertised via Alt-Svc and the worker didn't negotiate h3. HTTP/3 reduces handshake latency (1-RTT instead of 2-3 RTTs) and is more resilient on lossy connections. Most modern CDNs (Cloudflare, Fastly, AWS CloudFront, Google Cloud CDN) support HTTP/3 with a single config switch -- consider enabling for mobile-heavy workloads.

### Compression Algorithm (C — 70/100)

*Main response served uncompressed*

- **[INFO]** Main HTML response has no Content-Encoding (uncompressed) — The main HTML document is served without compression. The Text Compression section above lists the broader picture; for the main response specifically, even gzip would shave ~70-80% off most text payloads.

### LCP Image Preload (A+ — 100/100)

*LCP preload audit not available*

- **[PASS]** LCP image preload audit not available for this scan

### Main HTML Cache-Control (C — 70/100)

*Main HTML max-age=21600 (~360min) is aggressive*

- **[WARNING]** Main HTML cached for 360 minutes -- risks stale auth / SPA state — Long max-age on the main HTML document means users may see outdated auth state, SPA shells, or A/B variants until the cache expires. Consider Cache-Control: no-cache (or max-age=300) for HTML and let your hashed assets (JS/CSS/images) carry the long cache instead.

### Server-Timing Observability (B — 85/100)

*No Server-Timing header found*

- **[INFO]** No Server-Timing header found — Server-Timing exposes backend timing breakdowns to browser DevTools (e.g., `db: 45ms; render: 120ms; cache: 2ms`). Useful for diagnosing slow pages without backend log access. Most modern frameworks (Next.js, Cloudflare Workers, Fastly) emit it automatically; absence on a managed platform usually means telemetry headers are stripped at the edge.

### Server Response Intelligence (A+ — 100/100)

*2 server-response signal(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** `Vary` header declared: Cookie,Accept-Encoding — The page declares a `Vary` header, telling downstream caches which request headers the response varies on. Critical for content-negotiated responses (compression, language, cookies, device class).
- **[PASS]** `Last-Modified` present -- timestamp-based conditional GET supported — Consider also setting `ETag` for stronger revalidation -- ETags are content hashes that don't suffer from clock-skew or DST issues. Last-Modified alone is functional for conditional GETs and not a bug.

### Page Weight Inventory (F — 35/100)

*74 resources · 2.3 MB · 424 KB savings available*

- **[WARNING]** Page weight 2.3 MB exceeds 1 MB target by 1.3 MB
- **[INFO]** ~424 KB of savings available
- **[WARNING]** 63 third-party resources (45% of weight)
- **[INFO]** 1 resources over 200KB

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## Content Quality

### Links (A — 90/100)

*90 links checked, 88 healthy, 2 broken*

- **[WARNING]** 88 of 90 links are healthy
- **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://www.alberta.ca/ahcip — Found in <a href>. Get "https://www.alberta.ca/ahcip": context deadline exceeded
- **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://www.instagram.com/youralberta/ — Found in <a href>. Returns HTTP 429.

### Mixed Content (A+ — 100/100)

*No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.*

- **[PASS]** No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS

### Open Graph (A+ — 100/100)

*Open Graph tags are well configured for social sharing.*

- **[INFO]** og:title is short (21 characters) — Ideal length is 25–60 characters for social sharing previews.
- **[INFO]** og:description is short (49 characters) — Ideal length is 55–200 characters for social sharing previews.

### Structured Data (A+ — 100/100)

*1 JSON-LD block(s) found — structured data is well configured.*

- **[INFO]** Missing recommended property "description" for WebSite — Adding "description" can improve how search engines display your content.
- **[INFO]** Missing recommended property "potentialAction" for WebSite — Adding "potentialAction" can improve how search engines display your content.

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## Infrastructure

### DNS Records (B — 80/100)

*2 A records, 144 ms lookup*

- **[PASS]** Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
- **[PASS]** Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
- **[WARNING]** CNAME record at zone apex — A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.
- **[INFO]** No NS records found
- **[INFO]** No MX records — email not configured via DNS
- **[INFO]** No SPF record found in TXT records — SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.
- **[PASS]** DNS resolution time: 144 ms

### Subdomain Takeover (A+ — 100/100)

*No subdomain takeover risk detected*

- **[PASS]** CNAME does not point at a known takeover-able service

### DNSSEC (C — 50/100)

*DNSSEC posture not checked*

- **[INFO]** DNSSEC posture not checked — Could not query the validating resolver for DNSSEC status. Network or resolver outage.

### CAA Records (C — 50/100)

*CAA posture not checked*

- **[INFO]** CAA records not checked — Could not query the resolver for CAA records. Network or resolver outage.

### Reverse DNS (C — 50/100)

*PTR lookups not checked*

- **[INFO]** Reverse DNS posture not checked

### Multi-Resolver DNS Speed (C — 50/100)

*DNS speed not probed*

- **[INFO]** Multi-resolver DNS speed not probed

### Redirect Chain (A+ — 100/100)

*No redirects — direct access*

- **[PASS]** No redirects — direct access

### IPv6 Readiness (A+ — 100/100)

*IPv6 reachable (2 ms)*

- **[PASS]** IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2606:4700::6812:7a2, 2606:4700::6812:6a2

### Crawlability (A+ — 95/100)

*robots.txt present, sitemap with 4 URLs*

- **[PASS]** robots.txt is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is valid XML
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml contains 4 entries
- **[PASS]** Sitemap index with 4 child sitemaps
- **[INFO]** robots.txt does not reference a sitemap — Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

### URL Variants (A+ — 100/100)

*www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS*

- **[PASS]** HTTP correctly redirects to HTTPS permanently

### Domain Intelligence (A+ — 100/100)

*alberta.ca — via Webnames.ca Inc., 22 years, 4 months old, hosted on GOANET - Service Alberta, CA*

- **[PASS]** Domain registered until Mar 23, 2027 (11 months remaining)
- **[INFO]** DNSSEC is not enabled — DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
- **[PASS]** Registrar: Webnames.ca Inc.
- **[WARNING]** Registrar lock is NOT enabled — The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.
- **[PASS]** Hosting: GOANET - Service Alberta, CA

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## Compliance

### WCAG Compliance (A+ — 100/100)

*No testable criteria*


### Cookie Consent & Privacy (A+ — 95/100)

*privacy policy found*

- **[PASS]** Privacy policy link found
- **[INFO]** No terms of service link detected
- **[INFO]** No cookie consent banner detected
- **[INFO]** This is an automated check, not legal advice — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators of consent management. This does not constitute a legal compliance assessment. Consult a privacy professional for GDPR/CCPA compliance.

### Consent UX Depth (A+ — 100/100)

*No consent-UX depth issues detected*

- **[PASS]** No consent-UX depth issues detected

### Tracker Inventory (A+ — 100/100)

*3 known tracker(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** 3 known tracker(s) detected — Inventory of trackers loaded by the page (matched against a curated SDK URL registry):

tag-manager: Google Tag Manager | analytics: Google Analytics 4 | session-replay: Microsoft Clarity

Each entry maps a script URL pattern to a known vendor SDK. This is purely informational -- consent posture / pre-consent firing is graded by the consent analyzer.

### Language & i18n (A+ — 100/100)

*Lang attribute + Content-Language header*

- **[PASS]** <html lang> attribute is present
- **[PASS]** <html lang> value is valid
- **[PASS]** Content-Language header is set
- **[PASS]** Language signals are consistent

### Hreflang Configuration (A+ — 100/100)

*No hreflang tags on this page*

- **[PASS]** No hreflang tags found (single-language site)

### Internationalization Extras (A+ — 100/100)

*No additional i18n signals detected*

- **[PASS]** No additional i18n signals detected

### Readability & Typography (A+ — 100/100)

*Font sizes and tap targets checked*


### Viewport Configuration (A+ — 100/100)

*Viewport properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Viewport meta tag is present
- **[PASS]** width=device-width is set
- **[PASS]** User zooming is allowed

### Accessibility Statement (A — 85/100)

*Statement found, no conformance level*

- **[INFO]** Accessibility statement found but lacks WCAG conformance level — Mature accessibility statements declare a target conformance level (e.g., WCAG 2.1 AA). Without a stated level, users and reviewers cannot tell what the statement actually commits to.

### GDPR Article 13 Disclosures (F — 25/100)

*0 / 8 Art. 13 categories matched in homepage body*

- **[WARNING]** GDPR Article 13 disclosure coverage: 0 / 8 categories — Scanned the homepage body text AND the linked /privacy page for GDPR Article 13 disclosures. Matched 0 of 8 categories: . Missing: Data Protection Officer contact (where applicable), Data retention period, Data subject rights (access, erasure, rectification, etc.), Identity / contact details of the data controller, International data transfers, Legal basis for processing, Recipients of personal data, Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Note: only the FIRST same-origin privacy-policy link is followed; deeper sub-pages (e.g. /legal/data-subject-rights) are not fetched.

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## Legal

### Legal Page Ecosystem (D — 45/100)

*2 of 7 expected legal pages detected*

- **[PASS]** Privacy Policy detected — Found at /privacystatement, linked from footer.
- **[WARNING]** Terms of Service not detected — No link matching common Terms of Service URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Terms of Service, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Cookie Policy not detected — No link matching common Cookie Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Cookie Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[PASS]** Accessibility Statement detected — Found at /accessibility, linked from footer.
- **[INFO]** DMCA / Copyright Notice not detected — No link matching common DMCA / Copyright Notice URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a DMCA / Copyright Notice, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Refund / Returns Policy not detected — No link matching common Refund / Returns Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Refund / Returns Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Acceptable Use Policy not detected — No link matching common Acceptable Use Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Acceptable Use Policy, especially those collecting user data.

### Copyright Notice (A+ — 100/100)

*© 2026 Government of Alberta Back to top*

- **[PASS]** Copyright notice is up to date — Copyright notice is up to date: © 2026 Government of Alberta Back to top
- **[PASS]** Copyright holder: Government of Alberta Back to top

### Regulatory Indicators

*2 regulatory indicator(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** This is a technical scan, not a legal assessment — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators that may suggest regulatory relevance. This is not a compliance audit and should not be relied upon for legal decisions. Consult qualified legal counsel for compliance assessments.
- **[INFO]** GDPR indicators detected (moderate confidence) — Indicators suggesting GDPR may be relevant: Privacy policy page found. EU General Data Protection Regulation — governs collection and processing of personal data of EU residents.
- **[INFO]** ADA indicators detected (moderate confidence) — Indicators suggesting ADA may be relevant: Accessibility statement page found. Americans with Disabilities Act / Section 508 — requires digital accessibility for people with disabilities.

### Third-Party Data Sharing

*2 third-party service(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** Data inventory for transparency purposes — This inventory identifies third-party services that receive data from your site visitors. Under regulations like GDPR (Article 30), maintaining records of data processing activities is commonly considered a best practice. This automated scan provides a starting point — it may not capture all data flows.
- **[INFO]** 2 third-party services across 2 categories — 2 third-party services detected across 2 categories: Analytics (1), Tag Management (1). Each of these services receives some user data from your site visitors.
- **[INFO]** Google Analytics (Analytics) — Detected via script URL. Typically collects: Page views, User behavior, Demographics, Device info, IP address. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. Data Processing Agreement available.
- **[INFO]** Google Tag Manager (Tag Management) — Detected via script URL. Typically collects: Orchestrates other tracking scripts, Page views. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. Data Processing Agreement available.

### Compliance Badges (C — 55/100)

*0 compliance badge(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** No compliance badges detected — No recognized compliance certification badges or seals were found. This is common — many sites do not display compliance badges.

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## Availability

### CDN & Delivery (D — 50/100)

*No CDN detected*

- **[WARNING]** No CDN detected — A CDN can significantly improve load times for users around the world by caching content at edge nodes closer to them.

### HTTP Caching (F — 30/100)

*No cache headers*

- **[WARNING]** No Cache-Control header found — Browsers will use heuristic caching, which can be unpredictable. Set explicit cache headers.

### Operational Status Page (B — 80/100)

*No status page link detected*

- **[INFO]** No operational status page link detected — Status pages communicate planned maintenance and incidents to users -- a hallmark of operationally-mature services. Most SaaS teams publish one via Atlassian Statuspage, Instatus, BetterUptime, or a self-hosted Cachet. Smaller sites legitimately don't need one; flagged as Info, not a failure.

### Health Check Endpoint (B — 80/100)

*Health endpoint probe data unavailable*

- **[INFO]** Health endpoint probe data unavailable

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## Accessibility

### Landmark Structure (B — 80/100)

*7 landmarks*

- **[PASS]** <main> landmark present
- **[PASS]** 4 <nav> landmark(s) found
- **[WARNING]** 3 of 4 <nav> elements are unlabeled — Multiple navigations need aria-label to distinguish them for screen readers.
- **[PASS]** Skip navigation link present
- **[WARNING]** Skip link target(s) don't exist on page: #main — The skip-link anchor (e.g., `href="#main"`) points at an ID that has no corresponding element on the page. Activating the link does nothing -- a silent WCAG 2.4.1 failure that the visual link presence hides. Add `id="main"` (or whichever matches the href) to the target landmark.

### Heading Hierarchy (A+ — 100/100)

*11 headings*

- **[PASS]** Single H1 present

### Heading Text Quality (A+ — 100/100)

*All 11 heading(s) have substantive, well-formed text*

- **[PASS]** Heading text quality is clean -- no placeholder, length, or styling issues

### Alt Text Quality (A+ — 100/100)

*All 7 images OK*

- **[PASS]** 6 decorative image(s) correctly marked
- **[PASS]** 1 image(s) with good alt text

### Form Accessibility (A+ — 100/100)

*All 1 controls labeled*

- **[PASS]** 1 control(s) properly labeled

### Link & Button Quality (B — 73/100)

*2 issue(s) across 74 links and 8 buttons*

- **[WARNING]** 1 link(s) with generic text — Generic link text like 'click here' doesn't describe the destination.
- **[WARNING]** 5 link(s) open in new tab without warning — Add '(opens in new tab)' to link text or aria-label.
- **[CRITICAL]** 1 button(s) with no accessible text — Icon-only buttons need an aria-label so screen readers can announce them.
- **[PASS]** 68 link(s) with descriptive text

### Form Input Types (A+ — 100/100)

*1 form control(s) checked, no type mismatches*

- **[PASS]** No input-type mismatches detected

### Form Input Quality (A+ — 100/100)

*1 form control(s) checked, no input-semantic issues*

- **[PASS]** All form input semantics look correct

### Mobile Keyboard & Autofill (A+ — 100/100)

*No autofill-eligible form controls*

- **[PASS]** No autofill-eligible form controls (no name/email/tel/address fields)

### Document Language (A+ — 100/100)

*Lang attribute set to "en"*

- **[PASS]** <html lang="en"> is set and valid

### Tabindex Anti-Patterns (A+ — 100/100)

*No explicit tabindex attributes found*

- **[PASS]** No explicit tabindex attributes found

### Iframe Accessibility (A+ — 100/100)

*No iframes on this page*

- **[PASS]** No iframes on this page

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## UX

### 404 Error Page (A — 90/100)

*HTTP 404, custom page*

- **[PASS]** Correct 404 status code returned
- **[PASS]** Custom styled 404 page
- **[PASS]** Navigation links present on 404 page
- **[PASS]** Homepage link present on 404 page
- **[PASS]** Search form present on 404 page

### Favicon & Branding (F — 15/100)

*1 icon(s) detected*

- **[WARNING]** No favicon.ico at site root — Some older browsers, bookmark tools, and RSS readers look for /favicon.ico. Add one as a fallback.
- **[PASS]** HTML icon links detected
- **[INFO]** No apple-touch-icon detected — iOS devices use this when users add your site to their home screen. Add <link rel='apple-touch-icon' sizes='180x180' href='/apple-touch-icon.png'>.

### Web Manifest (D — 40/100)

*Not found*

- **[INFO]** No web manifest found — No manifest at standard paths (/manifest.json, /site.webmanifest). A manifest is optional but enables PWA features like home screen installation and standalone display.

### PWA Depth (A+ — 100/100)

*No PWA depth issues detected*

- **[PASS]** No PWA depth issues detected

### Dark Mode Support (D — 40/100)

*No dark mode signals*

- **[INFO]** No dark mode signals detected — Consider adding CSS with @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) and <meta name='color-scheme' content='light dark'>.
- **[INFO]** Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles — External CSS files may contain prefers-color-scheme rules not visible to this scan.

### Print Stylesheet (A+ — 100/100)

*Print styles detected*

- **[PASS]** External print stylesheet detected

### Navigation UX (F — 30/100)

*1 navigation pattern(s)*

- **[PASS]** Skip navigation link detected
- **[PASS]** 4 navigation landmark(s) detected

### Mobile UX Depth (A+ — 97/100)

*1 mobile-depth signal(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** No `<meta name="theme-color">` -- browser chrome falls back to default — Without `theme-color`, Android Chrome's status bar and iOS Safari's toolbar fall back to a generic gray. Adding a single hex color in `<meta name="theme-color" content="#0066cc">` tints them to your brand color across all mobile browsers.

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## SEO

### Canonical URL (A+ — 95/100)

*Properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Canonical tag present
- **[PASS]** Canonical is self-referencing
- **[PASS]** Canonical matches final URL after redirects
- **[PASS]** Canonical target returns 200
- **[INFO]** Canonical points to a different domain

### Meta Tags (B — 80/100)

*Title optimized*

- **[PASS]** Page title is set
- **[PASS]** Title length (34 chars) is optimal
- **[WARNING]** No meta description tag found — Without a meta description, Google auto-generates a snippet from page content -- usually less click-attractive than a hand-written summary. Add `<meta name="description" content="...">` with a 70-160 char summary.
- **[INFO]** Title and H1 have very different wording — Alignment helps users confirm they've reached the right page.

### Title Style Depth (A+ — 100/100)

*Title style is clean -- consistent separator, no stale year, no keyword stuffing*

- **[PASS]** Title style is clean

### Content Depth (B — 80/100)

*505 words, Very Difficult*

- **[PASS]** Page has 505 words of content
- **[INFO]** Reading level: Very Difficult (grade 15)

### Internal Links (A+ — 100/100)

*55 internal, 19 external*

- **[PASS]** 55 internal links (74%)
- **[PASS]** 99% of links use descriptive anchor text
- **[INFO]** 55 internal / 19 external links

### Image SEO (A+ — 100/100)

*7 images, 7 descriptive filenames*

- **[PASS]** All images have descriptive filenames

### Hreflang

*0 hreflang tags*


### Hreflang URL Quality (A+ — 100/100)

*No hreflang tags on the page*

- **[PASS]** No hreflang tags on the page

### Hreflang Completeness (A+ — 100/100)

*No hreflang tags on this page -- check is N/A (single-language site or unannotated)*

- **[PASS]** No hreflang tags found -- completeness check is N/A

### Sitemap Freshness (C — 70/100)

*Sitemap exists but no <lastmod> entries*

- **[INFO]** Sitemap has no <lastmod> entries — Without lastmod, Google can't tell which URLs have changed since the last crawl -- it falls back to crawling everything periodically. Adding lastmod (date or ISO 8601 timestamp) on each <url> entry signals freshness so the crawler prioritizes recently-modified pages.

### Sitemap × Robots Consistency (A+ — 100/100)

*No sitemap-vs-robots conflicts detected*

- **[PASS]** Sitemap URLs are not blocked by robots.txt

### Sitemap Hygiene (A+ — 100/100)

*Sitemap structure / size look healthy (4 URLs, unknown size)*

- **[PASS]** Sitemap structure / size look healthy (4 URLs)

### Markup Quality (A+ — 95/100)

*1 markup-quality issue(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** 4 redundant ARIA role attribute(s) on native semantic element(s) — The W3C "ARIA in HTML" spec calls this its first rule: don't use ARIA when a native HTML element already conveys the semantics. `<button role="button">`, `<a href role="link">`, `<nav role="navigation">`, `<main role="main">` -- the role attribute either does nothing or shadows the native semantic, occasionally breaking assistive-tech behaviors. Remove the redundant role.

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## Sustainability

### CO2 Per Page Load (B — 70/100)

*0.55g CO2 per view*

- **[INFO]** 0.55g CO2 per page view — This page transfers 2.3 MB, producing an estimated 0.55g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.01g, network 0.11g, end-user device 0.42g.
- **[INFO]** At 10,000 monthly views: 65.4 kg CO2/year — With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 65.4 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 8176 smartphones.
- **[PASS]** Green hosting reduces data center emissions

### Green Hosting (B — 80/100)

*Green (hosting)*

- **[PASS]** Cloudflare uses renewable energy
- **[INFO]** Cloudflare: Verified by the Green Web Foundation
- **[INFO]** Green hosting status based on known provider commitments — Green hosting detection uses a curated database of provider renewable energy commitments. This is not a real-time verification. For authoritative checks, visit thegreenwebfoundation.org.

### Repeat Visit Weight (A+ — 100/100)

*99% cached*

- **[PASS]** 99% reduction on repeat visits — Returning visitors download only 13 KB (vs 2358 KB first visit). 73 of 74 resources are served from browser cache, saving 0.54g CO2 per repeat visit.
- **[INFO]** Repeat visit: 0.00g CO2 (first visit: 0.55g)

### Carbon Budget (B — 70/100)

*44th percentile*

- **[INFO]** 0.55g CO2 — below the median website (0.60g) — Better than an estimated 56% of websites, but above the sustainability target of 0.50g. Reducing page weight would help reach the target.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 44th percentile — Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.

### Transfer Efficiency (B — 80/100)

*82% efficient*

- **[INFO]** Transfer efficiency: 82% — An estimated 423 KB (18%) could be eliminated: 0 KB via better compression, 0 KB via modern image formats, 423 KB of unused JavaScript. This wasted data produces 0.10g of unnecessary CO2 per page view.

### Web Font Weight Variants (B — 90/100)

*No detectable Google Fonts weights*

- **[INFO]** No detectable Google Fonts weights — The analyzer detects font weights via Google Fonts URL parameters (~70% of font-using sites). Self-hosted fonts and non-Google CDN fonts aren't visible to URL-based detection. If you self-host fonts, manually audit how many @font-face weights you ship -- 2-3 weights per family is typically enough; 5+ is usually unused payload.

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