Dear Daniel, Maybe Audit Your Own Website First

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Tuesday, Oct 21, 2025
TL;DR: When a 'web designer' cold-emails me to fix my own website... and his own fails Lighthouse checks. A rant about lazy, AI-generated outreach.

Dear Daniel, Maybe Audit Your Own Website First

Yesterday, I received this message through my website’s contact form:

“Beloved website owner, I’m Daniel from Web Design Algorithms, and I’ve been helping businesses around the world with professional web and app design services since 2012…”

You can probably guess the rest: “your site isn’t mobile-friendly,” “not Google compliant,” “we can help redesign it.”
Classic cold-pitch template.

Screenshot of spam message from Daniel

Step 1: Do Your Homework

Daniel didn’t even bother addressing me by name — though my name is right there in the domain.
That alone already screams “AI-generated spam.” But I was curious… so I checked out his own website:
webdesignsalgorithms.com.

Spoiler: it’s not a design agency. It’s just an affiliate landing page for Hostinger.
No past work, no testimonials, no real contact info. Just a wall of generic copy and affiliate links.

Step 2: Measure Before You Preach

Since Daniel wanted to talk about "improvements," I ran a Lighthouse audit on both our sites.

Desktop Performance

MetricMy SiteDaniel's Site
Performance100%82%
SEO100%58%
Best Practices100%57%

Mobile Performance

MetricMy SiteDaniel's Site
Performance98%74%
SEO100%58%
Best Practices100%59%

Screenshots attached below.

Lighthouse report for alybadawy.com desktop Lighthouse report for webdesignsalgorithms.com desktop

Step 3: “Google Compliance Standards”? Seriously?

This line made me laugh out loud:

“...may not meet current web security and Google compliance standards.”

There’s no such thing as “Google compliance standards” for web development.
When I searched it, the top results were ISO certifications Google applies to its own internal systems, not something any random website can “comply” with.

If you’re going to use buzzwords, at least make sure they exist.

Lighthouse report for webdesignsalgorithms.com desktop

Step 4: Stop Spamming Developers

Messages like these are why genuine cold outreach gets ignored.
They’re lazy, templated, and disrespectful to professionals who actually know what they’re doing.

If you want to build relationships, start by showing you’ve read the site you’re contacting.
Mention something specific. Comment on a project. Use the person’s name. Anything human.

Otherwise, you’re not doing marketing — you’re just doing digital littering.

Header concept — inbox full of spam emails glitching over a perfect Lighthouse 100% score

Closing Thoughts

I don’t mind cold emails when they’re relevant and personal.
But this one? It’s the kind of AI-generated nonsense that gives web designers a bad name.

Daniel, if you’re still reading this — fix your Lighthouse scores first. Then we’ll talk.