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4nranch.com website review

Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 28 October 202629 issues · 93 checks

This review found 29 issues worth fixing on 4nranch.com, 7 of them high impact, across 93 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Full-page screenshot of 4nranch.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. 4nranch.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. 4nranch.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. 4nranch.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. 4nranch.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. 4nranch.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. 4nranch.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. 4nranch.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. 4nranch.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

4nranch.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.

Speed

6 to fix66
  • Improve image delivery

    1.0 s · 1,020 KiB

    22 images could be 1,020 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.0 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 66

    66/100

    Your mobile performance score is 66 (desktop: 69). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Facebook, Shopify and Klaviyo and others), adding 1.1 MB and 667 ms of main-thread time.

  • Main-thread work: 2.9 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.2 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 1,852 HTML elements

    The page has 1,852 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Klaviyo adds 137 ms

    137 ms

    Klaviyo costs a phone 137 ms of main-thread work and 320 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.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    150 ms · 210 KiB

    6 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (210 KiB).

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    222 KiB

    About 222 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • 6 long tasks on the main thread

    6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 153 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Render-blocking requests

    50 ms

    7 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 50 ms.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    30 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 30 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    11 KiB

    About 11 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • 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.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    3 KiB

    3 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.

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  • Server response: 5 ms

    5 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 5 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

5 to fix63
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 8.9 s

    8.9 s

    Your largest element takes 8.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Time to Interactive: 16.0 s

    16.0 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 16.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 5.2 s

    5.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.1 s

    2.1 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.1 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 215 ms

    215 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 215 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 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.

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  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix85
  • Page weight: 3.8 MB in 252 requests

    3.8 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.8 MB in 252 requests on a phone: images 1.5 MB (37), scripts 1.3 MB (102) and other files 708 KiB (85). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image below the first screen load straight away

    1 image further down the page (22 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.07 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.07 g of CO₂e: 128.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

4 to fixGoogle 9394
  • 2 text elements with low contrast

    2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • Summary elements must have discernible text (1 element)

    Summary elements must have discernible text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (7 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 7 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 2 links without text

    2 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 29 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 45 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 49 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 4 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 9293
  • Meta description is long (185 characters)

    Your meta description is 185 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • 1 link crawlers can't follow

    1 link has no real href, so search engines can't follow it.

  • 97 internal links, 1 external

    The homepage links to 97 pages on 4nranch.com and 1 external page.

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  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Welcome to the Ranch”.

  • Title: 59 characters

    Your title is a healthy 59 characters: “4N Ranch | Western Wear, Cowboy Hats & Horse Tack – 4NRanch”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.4nranch.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://www.4nranch.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
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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.

  • 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 (378 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes /llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 15 pages without a meta description

    /collections/mens-hats, /collections/womans-hats, /collections/felt-hats, /collections/straw-hats, /collections/caps and /collections/hat-accessories and 9 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 52 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • 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

3 to fixGoogle 9671
  • 1 broken image

    1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=343218226&Ver=2&mid=acfb1292-bc4c-4249-964c-dc37bd5eb05e&bo=1&sid=e809e7a0d2ae11f1a394c3acfa07ed0f&vid=e809e830d2ae11f19c5bad0b480c1b09&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=918639831&l.

  • 12 small tap targets

    12 of 52 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 6 JavaScript errors while loading

    6 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to execute 'insertBefore' on 'Node': parameter 1 is not of type 'Node'.”.

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  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

100
  • Short HSTS lifetime

    HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.

  • 1 link through redirect chains

    1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://www.4nranch.com/customer_authentication/redirect?locale=en&region_country=US.

  • No Referrer-Policy

    No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.

  • No Permissions-Policy

    No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.

  • Deprecated X-XSS-Protection

    X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.

  • No security.txt

    There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.

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  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (4nranch.com).

  • Valid certificate (36 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for 4nranch.com and is valid for another 36 days.

  • Protected from clickjacking

    X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.

  • Content-Security-Policy set

    A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://4nranch.com redirects to the secure version.

  • HTTP/2 and HTTP/3

    The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.

  • All 41 links work

    All 41 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 1 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

1 to fix
  • Domain expires in 88 days

    4nranch.com is registered until Jan 2027. Make sure auto-renew is on and the card on file is current.

  • DNSSEC is off

    4nranch.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.

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  • Domain is 1 year old

    1 year

    4nranch.com was registered in Jan 2025 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Certificate issuers are restricted

    CAA records allow only globalsign.com, ssl.com, pki.goog and digicert.com to issue certificates for 4nranch.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.

Content and conversion

3 to fix67
  • 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.

  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 24 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • About 275 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 275 words of visible text.

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  • 1 call to action

    The homepage has 1 call to action, for example “Contact 4N”.

  • 5 short forms

    5 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Analytics and Meta Pixel.

Email authentication

2 to fix60
  • DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

    DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be 4nranch.com is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.

  • No DKIM key on the usual selectors

    We found no DKIM key on the selectors the big email providers use. If you send through one of them, turning on DKIM signing improves delivery.

  • Email authentication score: 60/100

    Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.

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  • SPF in place (~all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:spf.registeredsite.com include:spf.cloudus.oxcs.net ~all”.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 6 trackers load before any consent

    6

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 1 more (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.

  • 15 cookies set on arrival

    15

    Opening the homepage sets 15 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.

  • 30 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 30 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Upkeep, stack and company

No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.

Stack

E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Google Analytics
Hosting
Shopify

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