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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202631 issues · 103 checks
This review found 31 issues worth fixing on aetools.us, 5 of them high impact, across 103 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
80B- #32,079 of 83,437 reviewed websitesbeats 56%
- #19,221 of 41,883 online storesbeats 48%
- #18,286 of 37,243 Shopify storesbeats 44%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.7 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 169 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 171 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 172 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 167 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 170 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 164 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 170 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 200 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 258 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 279 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 345 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 361 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 353 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 343 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 354 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 344 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 367 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
0.5 s
1.0 s
1.6 s
2.1 s
2.6 s
3.1 s
3.6 s
4.2 s
aetools.us does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
7,093 HTML elements
The page has 7,093 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (hsappstatic.net, Google Tag Manager and Facebook and others), adding 1.8 MB and 1.0 s of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 77
77/100Your mobile performance score is 77. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
900 ms5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 900 ms.
Reduce unused JavaScript
652 KiBAbout 652 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
477 KiB21 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (477 KiB).
hsappstatic.net adds 278 ms
278 mshsappstatic.net costs a phone 278 ms of main-thread work and 715 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.
Main-thread work: 3.4 s
A phone's processor spends 3.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Google Tag Manager adds 163 ms
163 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 163 ms of main-thread work and 412 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.
7 long tasks on the main thread
7 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 204 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
57 KiBAbout 57 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Legacy JavaScript
44 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 44 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Improve image delivery
22 KiB1 image could be 22 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Duplicated JavaScript
8 KiB8 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
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: 21 ms
21 msYour server sent the HTML in 21 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: 19.4 s
19.4 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 19.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user INP: 329 ms
329 msReal visitors wait 329 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.13
0.13For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.13 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Tap response (INP) got 109% slower for real visitors
+109%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 169 ms to 367 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest Contentful Paint: 3.8 s
3.8 sYour largest element takes 3.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Load video:”. Most of its time is resource load delay (1.6 s).
Speed Index: 5.2 s
5.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 349 ms
349 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 349 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
6 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors wait 1.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user FCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 750 ms
750 msReal visitors wait 750 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 17% faster for real visitors
-17%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.2 s to 1.7 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.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.4 MB in 256 requests
5.4 MBYour homepage downloads 5.4 MB in 256 requests on a phone: images 2.4 MB (63), scripts 1.9 MB (85) and other files 729 KiB (83). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
2 images in older formats
2 images (88 KiB) are JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
About 1.5 g of CO₂ per visit
1.53 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.53 g of CO₂e: 183.3 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
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
1 image without alt text
1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
17 links without text
17 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings should not be empty (4 elements)
Headings should not be empty: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h6, h3 → h6 and h3 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
51 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: 51 passed and 2 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Meta description is long (288 characters)
Your meta description is 288 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
610 internal links, 14 external
The homepage links to 610 pages on aetools.us and 14 external pages.
6 checks passed
Title: 60 characters
Your title is a healthy 60 characters: “AE Solutions - Real Tools, Real Support, Your One-Stop Shop.”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://aesolutions.us/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization, Product 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://aesolutions.us/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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.
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.
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 (3,782 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 page without a meta description
/collections/genesis-software has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 link to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example /collections/heavy-duty-software/Allison-Transmission, whose canonical is /collections/heavy-duty-software/allison-transmission. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
9 pages without an H1
/pages/about-page-1, /pages/downloads-resources-repo, /collections/audi-software, /collections/chrysler-software, /collections/ford-software and /collections/genesis-software and 3 others have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
3 pages slow to respond
/collections/volvo-software, /collections/volkswagen-software and /collections/heavy-duty-software/Allison-Transmission took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 186 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
4 checks passed
Linked pages load
9 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
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 9 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
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”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
44 of 45 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
1 broken external link
1 link to other sites is dead, for example https://www.youtube.com/@aetoolscomputers4475 (404).
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.
6 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (aesolutions.us).
Valid certificate (70 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for aetools.us and is valid for another 70 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://aetools.us 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.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
aesolutions.us has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.
Content and conversion
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 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.
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 1,414 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,414 words of visible text.
Urgency cues
The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).
7 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop Products”.
15 calls to action
The homepage has 15 calls to action, for example “Sign in/ Register”, “Shop Products” and “Shop All”.
44 short forms
44 short forms (3 fields at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 9 customer or partner logos and 3 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 0 email links.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be aetools.us is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.
Email authentication score: 75/100
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.
2 checks passed
SPF with a strict ending (-all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ip4:206.198.228.58 ip4:206.198.226.39 include:_spf.mailgun.org include:amazonses.com inc…”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “k1” and “k2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Meta Pixel and 2 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
21 cookies set on arrival
21Opening the homepage sets 21 cookies, 4 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
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.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner
A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 11 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
- Selleasy · problem reported Oct 2026attackers planted code in its settings that sent shoppers who pressed Checkout to a fake checkout page taking card details. What to do: update the app, check its settings for code or HTML you didn't add, and test checkout in a private window.
Your store uses an app that was used in an attack. That is not a sign you were hit: check the app as described.
Apps your storefront loads
Globo Mega Menu · Reorder Master · Selleasy · Simple Reorder · Globo Product Options · elfsight.com · loox.io · rise-ai.com · cloudfront.net · nice-team.net · hubapi.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
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- Framework
- Tailwind CSS
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Shopify
Hiring
- Hiring
- 2 open roles
- Job board
- bamboohr
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 31 issues on aetools.us, including 17 speed issues, 2 SEO issues and 1 conversion gap. 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.
- 28 research agents read your site, reviews, competitors, communities and public filings
- Customer review mining (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and more) and voice-of-pain analysis in your buyers’ own words
- Competitor intelligence with battlecards for your closest rivals
- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
- Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
- Earned media and PR openings
- At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
- PDF, Markdown, CSV, Notion and Linear exports, and a shareable page your team can track progress on
- Refresh the playbook later to see what changed
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