Free Website Analysis
Grade your website in 30 seconds
Enter your URL and get a comprehensive report on performance, SEO, security, and accessibility — powered by Google Lighthouse.
Free. No sign-up required to start. Results in under a minute.
Performance
Speed & load times
SEO
Search visibility
Security
HTTPS & best practices
Accessibility
Usability for all
About this tool
this tool
Your website is often the first place a prospective customer, supplier or answer engine meets your business, yet most Australian SMEs have no clear read on how well it actually performs. A site can look fine on the owner's laptop while quietly loading slowly on a phone, missing basic search signals, or lacking the security and accessibility fundamentals that build trust. The Website Grader takes a URL and runs an automated audit, then returns a plain-English report so you can see where your site stands and what to fix first — without needing to be technical.
How it works
You enter your website address and the tool runs an automated analysis powered by Google Lighthouse, the same open-source engine Google uses to assess sites. It scores your site out of 100 across four areas — performance (how fast pages load and become usable), SEO (whether search engines can find, read and rank your content), security and best practices (including whether you're served over HTTPS), and accessibility (how usable the site is for everyone). It measures Google's Core Web Vitals and related loading metrics — things like how quickly the main content paints and how stable the layout is as it loads — and compares your mobile score against desktop, which matters because Google indexes mobile-first. It then runs a checklist of individual audits, marks each as passed, failed or needs-attention, and generates prioritised, category-by-category recommendations for the highest-impact improvements.
Who it’s for
Australian small and medium business owners who want a fast, jargon-free health check of their website's speed, search visibility, security and accessibility before deciding what to improve.
- Grades your site out of 100 across four areas — performance, SEO, security and best practices, and accessibility — using the Google Lighthouse engine, so the assessment reflects the same signals Google itself considers.
- Reports Google's Core Web Vitals and separate mobile and desktop performance scores, flagging when your mobile experience lags desktop — the version Google ranks on under mobile-first indexing.
- Turns raw audit results into a prioritised, plain-English action list grouped by category, so a non-technical owner knows what to fix first rather than being handed a wall of metrics.
Frequently asked questions
Is this an SEO audit or a speed test?
It's both, and more. Site speed and Core Web Vitals are one part of the report, but the grader also checks SEO fundamentals (titles, meta descriptions, structured data, mobile-friendliness), security basics like HTTPS, and accessibility. Because Google factors speed, mobile experience and security into rankings, these areas overlap — a slow or insecure site tends to score worse on search visibility too. The tool gives you a single overall grade plus a breakdown so you can see how the pieces fit together.
Why does my mobile score differ from my desktop score?
Mobile devices generally have less processing power and slower connections, so pages that feel instant on a desktop can lag on a phone. The grader tests both and shows them side by side. This matters because Google uses mobile-first indexing, meaning it primarily assesses the mobile version of your site when deciding how to rank it. If your mobile score sits well below desktop, the tool flags it as a priority — your customers and the search engines are seeing the slower version.
Does a good grade guarantee I'll rank well or win more customers?
No. The grade measures the technical health of your website — how fast, findable, secure and accessible it is — which are foundations for good search performance and a smooth visitor experience. But rankings and conversions also depend on your content quality, the competitiveness of your market, your offer, and how well the page turns visitors into enquiries. Think of a strong grade as removing the technical barriers holding your site back, not as a standalone promise of results. This is general information, not tailored marketing or technical advice.