cortadogroup.com

Fix the following on-page SEO issues on https://cortadogroup.com/.
Apply each fix directly in the page template/source, without changing unrelated content or design.

1. [Critical] Every image has alt text
   Issue: 2/3 images have alt text.
   Fix:
     <img src="..." alt="Descriptive text of what the image actually shows">

2. [Critical] LCP (Largest Contentful Paint) within budget (<= 2.50s)
   Issue: Actual: 6.41s (Lab data (Lighthouse simulated load))
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

3. [Critical] INP (Interaction to Next Paint) within budget (<= 200ms)
   Issue: Actual: 330ms (Lab data (Lighthouse simulated load); Total Blocking Time used as a proxy for INP, since no lab equivalent exists)
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

4. [Important] Meta description length is ~120-165 characters
   Issue: 107 characters: "Cortado Group is the go-to-market execution firm private equity calls when the growth plan stops producing."
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

5. [Important] Images set width/height or aspect-ratio (prevents layout shift)
   Issue: 0/3 images have explicit dimensions.
   Fix:
     <img src="..." width="800" height="450" alt="...">

6. [Important] Lazy-loading applied correctly (hero eager, rest lazy)
   Issue: image #2 is missing loading="lazy"; image #3 is missing loading="lazy"
   Fix:
     <!-- hero/first image: omit loading, or set loading="eager" -->
     <img src="hero.jpg" alt="...">
     
     <!-- every other image: -->
     <img src="..." alt="..." loading="lazy">

7. [Important] Navigation signal present (breadcrumbs or SiteNavigationElement schema)
   Issue: No breadcrumb markup or SiteNavigationElement schema found.
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

8. [Important] Title/description are well-formed enough for an AI summary to quote directly
   Issue: Meta description is missing or out of length range. An AI assistant summarizing this page is more likely to paraphrase awkwardly or skip it.
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

9. [Important] Target keyword appears in the title tag
   Issue: Title: "Cortado Group | GTM Execution for PE-Backed Companies"
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

10. [Advisory] H1 and title tag share topical keywords
   Issue: Word overlap ratio: 8%. H1: "Execution that drives enterprise value." | Title: "Cortado Group | GTM Execution for PE-Backed Companies"
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

11. [Advisory] First paragraph has enough substance (>=30 words)
   Issue: 11 words: "Strategic Foundation, Enablement Center, Execution System — and how they connect."
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

12. [Advisory] Images use modern formats (WebP/AVIF)
   Issue: 0/3 images use WebP/AVIF.
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

13. [Advisory] 3-7 contextual internal links in article body
   Issue: 90 internal link(s) found in article body.
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

14. [Advisory] Heading levels don't skip (e.g. H1 straight to H3)
   Issue: H1:1 H2:5 H3:1 H4:8 H5:0 H6:0. Skips found: H2->H4, H2->H4
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

15. [Advisory] robots.txt has bot-specific rules (deliberate AI-crawler policy)
   Issue: Only a blanket 'User-agent: *' rule (or none) found. There is no evidence of a per-bot policy.
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

16. [Advisory] At least one rich schema type present (FAQPage, HowTo, Product, etc.)
   Issue: Rich types found: none.
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

17. [Advisory] Keyword density for "drives enterprise value" is in the classic 3-5% range
   Issue: "drives enterprise value" appears 3 time(s) across 1179 words (~0.8% density). Treat this as a rough guideline, not a target to write toward. Natural, reader-first phrasing matters more than hitting an exact number (over-optimizing risks tripping Google's keyword-stuffing spam policy; too little risks the page not clearly signaling its topic).
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

18. [Advisory] Target keyword appears in the meta description
   Issue: Meta description: "Cortado Group is the go-to-market execution firm private equity calls when the growth plan stops producing."
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

19. [Advisory] Target keyword appears in the first paragraph
   Issue: First paragraph: "Strategic Foundation, Enablement Center, Execution System — and how they connect."
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

20. [Advisory] At least one image alt attribute includes the target keyword
   Issue: 0/3 image alt attribute(s) contain "drives enterprise value".
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

21. [Advisory] Cache-Control or Expires header present
   Issue: Cache-Control/Expires: (none)
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

22. [Advisory] Content-Security-Policy header present
   Issue: Not present.
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

23. [Advisory] Permissions-Policy header present
   Issue: Not present.
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

24. [Advisory] Cookie Policy link present on the page
   Issue: No link matching "cookie" found on this page.
   Fix: no fixed snippet available. Use judgment based on the issue above.

25. [Advisory] Server supports HTTP/2 or later (via ALPN)
   Issue: ALPN negotiated: http/1.1
   Fix:
     Enable HTTP/2 in your reverse proxy/CDN (e.g. nginx: add `http2 on;` to the TLS server block, or `listen 443 ssl http2;` on older nginx).

After applying the fixes, re-run the SEO page auditor against this URL to confirm each check now passes.