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238cards.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202637 issues · 58 checks
This review found 37 issues worth fixing on 238cards.com, 15 of them high impact, across 58 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
55FClosest competitors among Weebly websites
Compare side by sideOne score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.7 s
1.4 s
2.0 s
2.7 s
3.4 s
4.1 s
4.8 s
5.4 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
6.2 s · 1.2 MBAbout 1.2 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 6.2 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
2.0 s · 332 KiB8 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (332 KiB).
Weebly adds 1.0 s
1.0 sWeebly costs a phone 1.0 s of main-thread work and 3.7 MB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Render-blocking requests
1.2 s3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.2 s.
Mobile performance score: 22
22/100Your mobile performance score is 22. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Weebly, Cookiebot and Facebook and others), adding 4.4 MB and 1.4 s of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
600 ms · 1,016 KiB3 images could be 1,016 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
15 long tasks on the main thread
15 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 566 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
450 ms · 90 KiBAbout 90 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 3.7 s
A phone's processor spends 3.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Legacy JavaScript
300 ms · 37 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 37 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Cookiebot adds 157 ms
157 msCookiebot costs a phone 157 ms of main-thread work and 312 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.
Minify CSS
150 ms · 11 KiB11 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 11 KiB11 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
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.
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Server response: 4 ms
4 msYour server sent the HTML in 4 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 23.7 s
23.7 sYour largest element takes 23.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Time to Interactive: 25.0 s
25.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 25.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 11.9 s
11.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 11.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.512
0.512The layout shifts by 0.512 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
Total Blocking Time: 919 ms
919 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 919 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
17 images without width and height
17 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
First Contentful Paint: 1.8 s
1.8 sThe first text or image appears after 1.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.5 MB in 142 requests
4.5 MBYour homepage downloads 4.5 MB in 142 requests on a phone: scripts 3.0 MB (56), images 1.2 MB (15) and stylesheets 171 KiB (21). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit
1.29 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.29 g of CO₂e: 154.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
3 text elements with low contrast
3 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Frames without titles
1 frame has no title, so screen-reader users cannot tell what it contains.
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11 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 12 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 11 passed and 1 failed. 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.
Title is short (20 characters)
Your title is only 20 characters: “238Cards | 238 Cards”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
Meta description is short (66 characters)
Your meta description is only 66 characters: “238Cards is a community of sports card enthusiasts and collectors.”. 70 to 160 characters is enough to sell the click.
No canonical URL
No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.
Only 0 internal links
The homepage links to only 0 pages on your own site, so visitors and crawlers find few routes into the rest of it.
Open Graph partly set
Open Graph is missing og:description, so shared links fall back to guesses.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
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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://www.238cards.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No Organization structured data
There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.
No llms.txt
There is no /llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
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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.
Best practices
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'register')”.
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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.
No calls to action
We found no call-to-action buttons or links (such as “Book a demo” or “Get a quote”) anywhere on the homepage.
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
No direct contact details
No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.
Only about 0 words
The homepage has only about 0 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
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Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Meta Pixel and TikTok Pixel.
Privacy and tracking
2 trackers load before any consent
2Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Meta Pixel and TikTok Pixel (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Cookiebot) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
8 cookies set on arrival
8Opening the homepage sets 8 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
10 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 10 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: Cookiebot
A consent management tool (Cookiebot) loads with the page.
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 238cards.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
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- CMS
- Square Online
- Hosting
- Weebly, Inc.
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Go beyond the website
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