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adaptil.co.uk website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 1 November 202637 issues · 106 checks
This review found 37 issues worth fixing on adaptil.co.uk, 9 of them high impact, across 106 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking 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
85B- #10,656 of 81,478 reviewed websitesbeats 83%
- #6,053 of 40,332 online storesbeats 80%
- #5,843 of 35,716 Shopify storesbeats 78%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 180 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 181 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 187 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 182 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 175 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 168 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 161 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 165 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 177 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 183 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 173 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 174 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 176 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 172 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 168 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 160 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 200 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 212 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 204 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
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
adaptil.co.uk does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.1 s4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.1 s.
Main-thread work: 5.6 s
A phone's processor spends 5.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.2 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
3.4 MB113 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (3.4 MB).
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, YouTube and Amazon Web Services and others), adding 5.5 MB and 1.7 s of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
100 ms · 1.3 MBAbout 1.3 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 100 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 66
66/100Your mobile performance score is 66. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Google Tag Manager adds 657 ms
657 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 657 ms of main-thread work and 686 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.
YouTube adds 504 ms
504 msYouTube costs a phone 504 ms of main-thread work and 991 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
526 KiB8 images could be 526 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Amazon Web Services adds 156 ms
156 msAmazon Web Services costs a phone 156 ms of main-thread work and 3.3 MB 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.
2,431 HTML elements
The page has 2,431 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Reduce unused CSS
100 ms · 153 KiBAbout 153 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 100 ms faster on a phone.
18 long tasks on the main thread
18 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 184 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
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.
Minify JavaScript
3 KiB3 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 35 ms
35 msYour server sent the HTML in 35 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 37.3 s
37.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 37.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.5 s
8.5 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.5 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 701 ms
701 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 701 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.3 s
2.3 sThe first text or image appears after 2.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 3.0 s
3.0 sYour largest element takes 3.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) got 15% slower for real visitors
+15%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 180 ms to 204 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 12% slower for real visitors
+12%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.7 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
7 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
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: 138 ms
138 msReal visitors wait 138 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.02
0.02For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.02 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 0.8 s
0.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 328 ms
328 msReal visitors wait 328 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.018
0.018The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.018, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 8.5 MB in 377 requests
8.5 MBYour homepage downloads 8.5 MB in 377 requests on a phone: images 4.3 MB (163), scripts 3.0 MB (59) and other files 884 KiB (142). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
750_u856.png is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).
About 2.4 g of CO₂ per visit
2.40 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.40 g of CO₂e: 287.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
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
6 text elements with low contrast
6 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (2 elements)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)
Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Contentinfo landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)
Contentinfo landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Document should not have more than one banner landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one banner landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Document should not have more than one contentinfo landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one contentinfo landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (1 element)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor 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. (3 elements).
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 112 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
52 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 59 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 52 passed and 7 failed. 2 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.
8 links with vague text
8 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
154 internal links, 5 external
The homepage links to 154 pages on adaptil.co.uk and 5 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 160 characters
Your meta description is 160 characters: “Our calming dog collars and diffusers from ADAPTIL send appeasing pheromones to help dogs feel relaxed. Learn how our c…”.
Title: 59 characters
Your title is a healthy 59 characters: “ADAPTIL - Experts In Dog Wellbeing | Thundershirt & ADAPTIL”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.adaptil.co.uk/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, 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.adaptil.co.uk/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
3 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 (1,379 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
2 pages without an H1
/collections/our-products and /blogs/news have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 60 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.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
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
5 third-party cookies
5 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'app')”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
75 of 83 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
Short HSTS lifetime
HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
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.
7 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (adaptil.co.uk).
Valid certificate (68 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for adaptil.co.uk and is valid for another 68 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://adaptil.co.uk 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 45 links work
All 45 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 5 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
Domain expires in 74 days
adaptil.co.uk is registered until Jan 2027. Make sure auto-renew is on and the card on file is current.
DNSSEC is off
adaptil.co.uk'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.
2 checks passed
Domain is 15 years old
15 yearsadaptil.co.uk was registered in Jan 2011 through SafeBrands S.A.S t/a BrandShelter. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only globalsign.com, letsencrypt.org, pki.goog and ssl.com to issue certificates for adaptil.co.uk, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 9 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.
About 1,115 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,115 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Learn More →” and “SUBSCRIBE & SAVE”.
13 calls to action
The homepage has 13 calls to action, for example “Subscribe & Save up to 30% off RRP”, “SUBSCRIBE & SAVE” and “Learn more”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Email authentication
No DMARC policy
adaptil.co.uk 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 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: 35/100
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.
1 checks passed
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:mailgun.org ~all”.
Privacy and tracking
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Microsoft Clarity (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Didomi) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
11 cookies set on arrival
11Opening the homepage sets 11 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
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.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: Didomi
A consent management tool (Didomi) loads with the page.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- Tailwind CSS
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
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