Mercury.com SEO Score & Performance Report

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Desktop

Mobile

Score Analysis

LIVE

76OF 100

Needs Work

SEO

Perf

Page Title

Online Business Banking For Startups, Small Businesses & Scaling Companies

Google Search Preview|How your page appears in search results

SERP Score

Needs Work

mercury.com

https://mercury.com

Online Business Banking For Startups, Small Businesses & Scaling Companies

 Title may be truncated in search results(614px / 580px max)

Everything you do with money. All in one place. Apply in 10 minutes for business banking that transforms how you operate.

Snippet Quality

Title Length74 chars

030–60 optimal90

Description Length121 chars

070–160 optimal240

Power Word

CTA

URL Readable

HTTPS

No Truncation

Recommendations4 found

warningTitle too long (74 chars)

Keep under 60 characters

infoTitle likely truncated in SERP (~614px, limit ~580px)

Front-load important keywords since the end may be cut off

infoTitle lacks CTR-boosting power words

Consider adding words like "free", "guide", "best" to improve click-through rate

infoMeta description lacks a call-to-action

Add action verbs like "Learn", "Discover" to encourage clicks

Performance Report|Google PageSpeed Insights

Lighthouse v13.0.1Mar 4, 2026, 11:57 AM

Status200OK

Load Time0.43sFAST

HTML Size806 KBLARGE

CompressionGZIPON

HTTPSSecureSECURE

Render-Block3 scriptsFOUND

Poor

LCPPOOR

6.6 s

Largest Contentful Paint

FCPNEEDS WORK

2.4 s

First Contentful Paint

TBTPOOR

610 ms

Total Blocking Time

CLSNEEDS WORK

0.198

Cumulative Layout Shift

SINEEDS WORK

5.0 s

Speed Index

TTFBGOOD

Root document took 150 ms

Time to First Byte

FIDPOOR

290 ms

First Input Delay

Page Load FilmstripVisual timeline of how your page renders

0.4s

0.9s

1.3s

1.7s

2.2s

2.6s

3.0s

3.4s

Issues Found10 found

criticalLargest Contentful Paint: 6.6 s (poor)high

How to fixOptimize images, preload LCP element, reduce server response time. Target < 2.5s

What this meansLCP measures when the largest visible element finishes rendering.

SEO ImpactSlow LCP increases bounce rate and hurts Core Web Vitals ranking signal.

warningCLS: 0.198 (needs work)medium

How to fixAdd dimensions to images/videos, avoid dynamic content injection above the fold. Target CLS < 0.1

What this meansCLS measures unexpected layout shifts during page load.

SEO ImpactModerate CLS can still affect user experience and Core Web Vitals ranking.

criticalTotal Blocking Time: 610 ms (poor)high

How to fixBreak up long tasks, defer non-critical JavaScript, use web workers. Target < 200ms

What this meansTBT measures total time the main thread was blocked. It's a lab proxy for INP.

SEO ImpactHigh TBT means the page feels unresponsive. This directly impacts INP, a Core Web Vital.

warningReduce unused JavaScript - Est savings of 505 KiB (potential savings: 300ms) / 505 KB

How to fixReduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

infoAvoid enormous network payloads - Total size was 8,956 KiB

How to fixLarge network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

infoAvoid large layout shifts - 13 layout shifts found

How to fixThese are the largest layout shifts observed on the page. Each table item represents a single layout shift, and shows the element that shifted the most. Below each item are possible root causes that led to the layout shift. Some of these layout shifts may not be included in the CLS metric value due …

infoReduce JavaScript execution time - 1.6 s

How to fixConsider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

infoMinimize main-thread work - 3.1 s

How to fixConsider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

warningLarge HTML (806KB)

How to fixReduce HTML size, minify, and remove inline scripts/styles

warning3 render-blocking scripts in <head>

How to fixAdd async or defer to scripts

OpportunitiesPotential savings to improve load time

Reduce unused JavaScriptEst savings of 505 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

0.3s potential savings 505 KB transferable

Avoid enormous network payloadsTotal size was 8,956 KiB

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

DiagnosticsAdditional performance insights

Avoid large layout shifts

These are the largest layout shifts observed on the page. Each table item represents a single layout shift, and shows the element that shifted the most. Below each item are possible root causes that led to the layout shift. Some of these layout shifts may not be included in the CLS metric value due …

13 layout shifts found

Reduce JavaScript execution time

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

1.6 s

Minimize main-thread work

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

3.1 s

3rd parties

Screenshot Thumbnails

Tasks

Network Round Trip Times

LCP breakdown

Minify JavaScript

Avoid long main-thread tasks

Script Treemap Data

Image elements have explicit `width` and `height`

Duplicated JavaScript

Minify CSS

Resources Summary

Network Requests

Metrics

Font display

Document request latency

Avoid multiple page redirects

Optimize DOM size

Final Screenshot

Avoid non-composited animations

User Timing marks and measures

Server Backend Latencies

Initial server response time was short

Diagnostics

Reduce unused CSS

Optimize viewport for mobile

Heading Structure|Content hierarchy and heading tags

100 / 100

H1

ideal: 1

H2

ideal: 2+

H3

ideal: optional

H4

ideal: optional

Heading Hierarchy17 total

H1Radically different banking

H2Everything you do with money.All in one place.

H2You’re creating something to stand the test of time. So are we.

H2Whatever you’re building, you’re in the right place.

H2$650M in annual revenue and profitable

H2Mercury lands $300M Series C

H2Fast Company’s Most Innovative

H2Banking – redesigned from the ground up.

H2Mercury for business

H2Mercury for personal

H2Disclaimers and footnotes

H3Apply online in 10 minutes

H3Get a credit card instantly

H3Tackle banking tasks in seconds

H3Send no-fee USD payments around the globe

H3Earn 1.5% cashback on credit spend

H3Earn up to 3.71% yield with Mercury Treasury

Structured Data|Schema markup, Open Graph and Twitter Cards

100 / 100

JSON-LD Schema

1 found

FinancialService

Open Graph

7 tags

Twitter Cards

5 tags

Microdata

Not found

Schema Types Detected

FinancialService

Open Graph Tags

og:titleOnline Business Banking For Startups, Small Businesses & Scaling Companies

og:descriptionEverything you do with money. All in one place. Apply in 10 minutes for business banking that transforms how you operate.

og:imagehttps://www.datocms-assets.com/115132/1746056008-2025-04-30_fem_homepage-social_1200x630.webp?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200

og:urlhttps://mercury.com

og:typewebsite

og:site_nameMercury

og:localeen_US

Image Optimization|Alt text, lazy loading and dimensions

75 / 100

Total Images

Missing Alt Text

100% have alt text

Missing Dimensions

Lazy Loaded

66%

23 of 35 images

Recommendations2

warning10 images with empty alt

Add meaningful alt text (empty is OK for decorative images)

info26 images without explicit dimensions

Add width/height to prevent layout shifts (CLS)

Link Analysis|Internal, external and nofollow links

90 / 100

Total Links

127

Internal

76% of all links

External

24% of all links

Nofollow

Link Distribution

76% Internal

24% External

24 links with empty anchor text

External Links

demo.mercury.comTry the Demo

support.mercury.comHelp CenterOpens in new tab

app.mercury.comLog In

app.mercury.comOpen Account

app.mercury.comLog In

app.mercury.comOpen Account

app.mercury.comLog In

+20 more

Recommendations1

info24 links with empty anchor text

Add descriptive anchor text to links

Indexability|Robots, canonical and sitemap

100 / 100

Canonical URL

Set

https://mercury.com

Noindex

Allowed

Robots.txt

Found

Sitemap

Found

https://mercury.com/sitemap.xml

Crawl Directives

Meta RobotsNot set

X-Robots-TagNot set

GooglebotNot set

NofollowNo — links followed

Canonicalhttps://mercury.com

Page URLhttps://mercury.com

Content Structure|Content quality and semantic HTML

80 / 100

Word Count

33659

Paragraphs

114

All good length

Lists

Words per Heading

1980

Ideal: 100-300

Title vs H1 Alignment1780% similar

TITLE TAG

Online Business Banking For Startups, Small Businesses & Scaling Companies

H1 TAG

Radically different banking

Semantic HTML Elements14 sections

<main>

<nav>

Recommendations2

warningTitle and H1 have low similarity (18%)

Align your <title> and <h1> to reinforce the main topic

warningPoor content chunking (1980 words/heading)

Add more headings to break content into digestible chunks (aim for 150-200 words per section)

AI Readability|How easily AI models can process your content

65 / 100

Reading Level

Difficult

Moderately complex

Total Words

33659

Sentences

2021

Avg Sentence Length

17 words

Vocabulary Richness

11%

3684 unique words

Opening Paragraph2 words

Business Banking

Recommendations3

warningDifficult to read (Flesch: 49)

Break complex sentences. Aim for Flesch score 60+

infoLow vocabulary diversity

Use varied vocabulary to provide richer context for AI

infoFirst paragraph is too short for AI summarization

Make the first paragraph a comprehensive summary (30-50 words)

AI Citation Potential|How likely AI will quote your content

90 / 100

Named Entities

346

103% density

FAQ Patterns

No FAQ Schema

Citations

Lists & Tables

60 items, 0 tables

Top Named Entities

Mercury46Financial17Choice Financial Group17Credit12Choice10Group10Column10Members10Capital8Not8Checking7Business7Grouptypespanvalue7Bank7Morgan6Consultants6Estate6Mercurys6Treasury6Business Checking6

Quotable Content

Mercury has completely changed my expectations of what banking should do. The vision and craft is so far beyond what traditional banking can provide.

Unlike most financial institutions, Mercury is built on software. Everything can be done within the app in 1-2 minutes.

Building an ecommerce brand with millions of customers means constant change. Mercury is the one part of our finance stack that always keeps pace.

Recommendations1

warningNo FAQ-style content detected

Add question-and-answer sections with heading questions (H2/H3 with "?")

Content Freshness|Date signals and cache headers

75 / 100

Date Signals

None

No date signals found on page

Cache Control

Set

s-maxage=86400, stale-while-revalidate=31449600

ETag

Not set

Date Signals

Last-Modified HeaderNot found

Published DateNot found

Modified DateNot found

Recommendations2

warningNo datePublished or dateModified in structured data

Add datePublished and dateModified to your JSON-LD schema.

infoNo date/time signals found anywhere on page

Add <time datetime="..."> elements or schema dates to help AI assess content freshness

Security Headers|HTTP security headers analysis

55 / 100

Content-Security-Policy

Prevents XSS and injection attacks

MISSING

Strict-Transport-Security

Forces HTTPS connections

max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload

SET

X-Frame-Options

Prevents clickjacking attacks

MISSING

X-Content-Type-Options

Prevents MIME-type sniffing

nosniff

SET

Referrer-Policy

Controls referrer information

MISSING

Permissions-Policy

Controls browser features

MISSING

Recommendations4

criticalMissing Content-Security-Policy header

Add Content-Security-Policy header to prevent XSS and data injection attacks

warningMissing X-Frame-Options header

Add X-Frame-Options: DENY or SAMEORIGIN to prevent clickjacking

infoMissing Referrer-Policy header

Add Referrer-Policy header (e.g., strict-origin-when-cross-origin)

infoMissing Permissions-Policy header

Add Permissions-Policy header to control browser features

Trust Signals|Essential trust-building pages

95 / 100

Contact Page

FOUND

A contact page builds trust with visitors and search engines

/contact

About Page

FOUND

An about page establishes credibility and expertise

/about

FOUND

Required for compliance and builds user trust

/legal/privacy

MISSING

Protects both the site owner and users

Recommendations1

infoMissing trust pages: terms

Consider adding links to: terms

Tech Stack|8 technologies detected

90 / 100

Analytics1

🛠️

Analytics

Script signature

javascript

CDN2

☁️

Cloudflare

Server: cloudflare

header

🛠️

unpkg

Script signature

javascript

Frameworks5

⚛️

React

Script signature

javascript

▲

Next.js

Script signature

javascript

🛠️

Ember.js

Script signature

javascript

🛠️

Fetch API

Script signature

javascript

📝

WordPress

Script signature

javascript

mercury.com SEO Analysis