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17thst.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 November 202627 issues · 80 checks
This review found 27 issues worth fixing on 17thst.com, 9 of them high impact, across 80 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 15.5 MB in 177 requests. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
82B- #30,886 of 108,868 reviewed websitesbeats 66%
- #20,614 of 61,767 online storesbeats 60%
- #19,944 of 56,365 Shopify storesbeats 58%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 962 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 991 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 989 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 939 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 87 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 85 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 89 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 89 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 89 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 89 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 85 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 85 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 90 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 79 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
Speed
7,184 HTML elements
The page has 7,184 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Mobile performance score: 85
85/100Your mobile performance score is 85. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
950 ms3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 950 ms.
Reduce unused CSS
410 ms · 72 KiBAbout 72 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 410 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
300 ms · 155 KiBAbout 155 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 2.5 s
A phone's processor spends 2.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 661 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Shopify adds 47 ms
47 msShopify costs a phone 47 ms of main-thread work and 348 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 196 KiB10 images could be 196 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
2 long tasks on the main thread
2 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 220 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
4 third-party services on the page
4 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, nfcube.com and shop.app and others), adding 373 KiB and 50 ms of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
8 KiB5 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (8 KiB).
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
1 checks passed
Server response: 22 ms
22 msYour server sent the HTML in 22 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.
Time to Interactive: 7.4 s
7.4 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 7.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.16
0.16For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.16 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Largest Contentful Paint: 3.9 s
3.9 sYour largest element takes 3.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Speed Index: 4.4 s
4.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 4.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-8%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 87 ms to 79 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
7 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors wait 1.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 87 ms
87 msReal visitors wait 87 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user FCP: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest content (LCP) got 15% faster for real visitors
-15%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.2 s to 0.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 1.4 s
1.4 sThe first text or image appears after 1.4 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Total Blocking Time: 101 ms
101 msScripts block the page for only 101 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 15.5 MB in 177 requests
15.5 MBYour homepage downloads 15.5 MB in 177 requests on a phone: media 13.3 MB (1), other files 737 KiB (86) and images 582 KiB (21). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 4.4 g of CO₂ per visit
4.40 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 4.40 g of CO₂e: 527.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
11 text elements with low contrast
11 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
7 tap targets too small
7 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
2 images without alt text
2 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (13 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 13 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (19 elements).
1 checks passed
49 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 53 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 49 passed and 4 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
1 link with vague text
1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.
226 internal links, 5 external
The homepage links to 226 pages on 17thst.com and 5 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 160 characters
Your meta description is 160 characters: “Shop 17th Street Surf Shop for the best surf and skate apparel and gear in Virginia Beach and beyond. Quality styles si…”.
Title: 54 characters
Your title is a healthy 54 characters: “17th Street Surf Shop: Surf, Skate, & Style Since 1970”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://17thst.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://17thst.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
4 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Organization data: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,828 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://17thst.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
12 pages without a meta description
https://17thst.com/collections/sale, https://17thst.com/collections/gift-cards, https://17thst.com/collections/mens-t-shirts, https://17thst.com/collections/mens-s-s-tees, https://17thst.com/collections/mens-l-s-tees and https://17thst.com/collections/mens-tanks and 6 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 96 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
49 of 50 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
No phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 5 customer or partner logos. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
About 629 words of copy
The homepage carries about 629 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
10 calls to action
The homepage has 10 calls to action, for example “Apply”, “Contact” and “Shop Men's”.
251 short forms
251 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 2 email links.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Privacy and tracking
1 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
9 cookies set on arrival
9Opening the homepage sets 9 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
8 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 8 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at 17thst.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 4 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Ta Banner Pop Up · Judge Me Reviews · Rivo Loyalty Rewards Referrals · nfcube.com
Apps found in the homepage's code. Apps that only run in checkout or the admin aren't seen, and a headless storefront shows none. App data from programmable.info
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 27 issues on 17thst.com, including 12 speed issues, 2 SEO issues and 5 conversion gaps. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.
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- Earned media and PR openings
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