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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202638 issues · 91 checks

This review found 38 issues worth fixing on abscent.com, 13 of them high impact, across 91 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 abscent.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. abscent.com at 0.9 s0.9 s
  2. abscent.com at 1.8 s1.8 s
  3. abscent.com at 2.7 s2.7 s
  4. abscent.com at 3.5 s3.5 s
  5. abscent.com at 4.4 s4.4 s
  6. abscent.com at 5.3 s5.3 s
  7. abscent.com at 6.2 s6.2 s
  8. abscent.com at 7.1 s7.1 s

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

Speed

8 to fix55
  • Improve image delivery

    2.6 s · 633 KiB

    4 images could be 633 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.6 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    2.5 s

    29 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.5 s.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.2 s · 240 KiB

    About 240 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.2 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 55

    55/100

    Your mobile performance score is 55. 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 (Hotjar, Clarity and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 765 KiB and 755 ms of main-thread time.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    400 ms · 95 KiB

    21 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (95 KiB).

  • Main-thread work: 2.7 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Shopify adds 124 ms

    124 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 124 ms of main-thread work and 316 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.

  • 6 long tasks on the main thread

    6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 154 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    50 ms · 23 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 23 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.

  • Font display

    50 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    29 KiB

    About 29 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.

  • Minify CSS

    4 KiB

    4 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • Minify JavaScript

    3 KiB

    3 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

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  • Server response: 3 ms

    3 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 3 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix63
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 15.4 s

    15.4 s

    Your largest element takes 15.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “At Abscent our mission is simple - provide our customers wi…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 15.4 s

    15.4 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 15.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 9.2 s

    9.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 9.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.8 s

    3.8 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 218 ms

    218 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 218 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 9 images without width and height

    9 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • 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: 0.036

    0.036

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.036, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix65
  • 4 images far larger than shown

    501 KiB

    4 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example slide3.jpg at 1,920 px wide, shown at 351 px. Resized copies would save about 501 KiB.

  • Page weight: 3.1 MB in 371 requests

    3.1 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.1 MB in 371 requests on a phone: scripts 1.0 MB (136), other files 1.0 MB (201) and images 824 KiB (12). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 2 images below the first screen load straight away

    2 images further down the page (53 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.87 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.87 g of CO₂e: 104.9 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.

Accessibility

8 to fixGoogle 8190
  • 1 button without a name

    1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • 6 tap targets too small

    6 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (17 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 17 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • No main landmark

    The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.

  • Zoom is disabled

    The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.

  • 11 links without text

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

  • 2 form fields without a label

    2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • Headings should not be empty (2 elements)

    Headings should not be empty: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 9 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 41 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: 41 passed and 8 failed. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

5 to fixGoogle 10075
  • Title is long (70 characters)

    Your title is 70 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Abscent Smell Proof Bags- Backpacks, Duffle Bags, Toiletry Bags, Pouch”.

  • 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 long (316 characters)

    Your meta description is 316 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • No XML sitemap

    No XML sitemap at https://www.abscent.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.

  • One H1 headline

    Your <h1> is empty.

  • 80 internal links, 7 external

    The homepage links to 80 pages on abscent.com and 7 external pages.

3 checks passed
  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.abscent.com/.

  • 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.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • 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.

2 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.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (363 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

  • Your server turned our page checks away

    15 pages we tried to fetch timed out or refused automated requests, so these checks couldn't run. Some firewalls do this to every bot, including search engine crawlers they don't recognise.

Best practices

2 to fixGoogle 9287
  • 19 small tap targets

    19 of 33 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 5 JavaScript errors while loading

    5 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.

  • 1 low-resolution image

    1 image is served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.

1 checks passed
  • 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.

  • 2 links through redirect chains

    2 links go through two or more redirects, for example https://instagram.com/abscentdesign.

  • 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 (abscent.com).

  • Valid certificate (47 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for abscent.com and is valid for another 47 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://abscent.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 44 links work

    All 44 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 4 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • DNSSEC is off

    abscent.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.

3 checks passed
  • Domain is 22 years old

    22 years

    abscent.com was registered in Sep 2004 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Certificate issuers are restricted

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

  • Registered until Sep 2027

    abscent.com is registered until Sep 2027.

Content and conversion

3 to fix71
  • 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 218 words

    The homepage has only about 218 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • 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.

4 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP” and “CONTACT”.

  • 11 calls to action

    The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “Contact” and “Shop The Grind”.

  • 2 short forms

    2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity and Hotjar.

Email authentication

2 to fix10
  • No DMARC policy

    abscent.com has no DMARC record, so nothing tells receivers what to do with mail that fails SPF or DKIM. Gmail and Yahoo require DMARC from bulk senders.

  • No SPF record

    abscent.com has no SPF record, so mail servers can't tell which servers may send email as you. Your mail lands in spam more often, and anyone can send mail pretending to be you.

  • Email authentication score: 10/100

    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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  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “s1” and “s2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

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, Hotjar 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.

  • 16 cookies set on arrival

    16

    Opening the homepage sets 16 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.

  • 38 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 38 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Apps on your store

Your storefront loads 4 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

None of the apps your storefront loads is on the list of apps with a known security problem.

Apps your storefront loads

Inbox · chimpstatic.com · abscent.com · hextom.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

  • It loads jQuery 1.9.1, older than 3.5 (which fixed known security holes).

Stack

Framework
jQuery
E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Google Analytics | Hotjar | Microsoft Clarity
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Headquarters
San Diego

Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info

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