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americanflatbread.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 20 October 202634 issues · 92 checks
This review found 34 issues worth fixing on americanflatbread.com, 11 of them high impact, across 92 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
81BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.6 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 97 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 101 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 98 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 101 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 101 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 100 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 101 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 91 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 91 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 91 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 105 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
1.2 s
1.6 s
2.0 s
2.4 s
2.8 s
3.2 s
americanflatbread.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
2.5 s · 655 KiB43 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (655 KiB).
Render-blocking requests
2.9 s19 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.9 s.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.5 s · 224 KiBAbout 224 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.5 s faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and spotapps.co and others), adding 9.6 MB and 697 ms of main-thread time.
spotapps.co adds 136 ms
136 msspotapps.co costs a phone 136 ms of main-thread work and 8.9 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.
Mobile performance score: 53
53/100Your mobile performance score is 53 (desktop: 45). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused CSS
600 ms · 118 KiBAbout 118 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
450 ms · 258 KiB2 images could be 258 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 371 ms
371 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 371 ms of main-thread work and 354 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.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 39 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 39 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
6 long tasks on the main thread
6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 171 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Minify CSS
150 ms · 13 KiB13 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Minify JavaScript
24 KiB24 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.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
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Main-thread work: 1.5 s
A phone's processor spends 1.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 745 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 4 ms
4 msYour server sent the HTML in 4 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.
Largest Contentful Paint: 14.8 s
14.8 sYour largest element takes 14.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “ABOUT US Food remembers the acts of the hands and heart. Am…”.
Time to Interactive: 15.0 s
15.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 15.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 4.5 s
4.5 sThe first text or image appears after 4.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.7 s
8.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Real-user FCP: 2.0 s
2.0 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 274 ms
274 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 274 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
6 images without width and height
6 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+8%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 97 ms to 105 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 17% slower for real visitors
+17%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.4 s to 1.6 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user LCP: 2.3 s
2.3 sReal visitors wait 2.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 104 ms
104 msReal visitors wait 104 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.01
0.01For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 17.6 MB in 72 requests
17.6 MBYour homepage downloads 17.6 MB in 72 requests on a phone: media 15.0 MB (1), images 1.6 MB (13) and scripts 804 KiB (26). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
5 images in older formats
5 images (1.0 MB) 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.
4 images below the first screen load straight away
4 images further down the page (993 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
4 images far larger than shown
482 KiB4 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example :original at 1,803 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 482 KiB.
About 5.0 g of CO₂ per visit
5.00 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 5.00 g of CO₂e: 600.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 23 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
42 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 42 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 42 passed and 0 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is short (18 characters)
Your title is only 18 characters: “American Flatbread”. 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.
12 H1 headlines
There are 12 <h1> headlines (“About us”, “OUR LOCATIONS” and “BRING THE PARTY TO YOU”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
Meta description is long (372 characters)
Your meta description is 372 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
20 internal links, 58 external
The homepage links to 20 pages on americanflatbread.com and 58 external pages.
4 checks passed
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://americanflatbread.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.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://americanflatbread.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.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (472 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
5 pages without a meta description
/american-flatbread-locations, /american-flatbread-our-culture, /american-flatbread-food-menu, /american-flatbread-drink-menu and /american-flatbread-mobile-oven have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
3 pages with very little text
/american-flatbread-food-menu, /american-flatbread-drink-menu and /american-flatbread-mobile-oven have under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
7 internal pages checked
We fetched 7 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
6 pages of 7 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
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 6 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
20 of 22 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
HTTP/1.1 only
The server only offers HTTP/1.1, so browsers open several connections and load files more slowly. Most hosts and CDNs turn on HTTP/2 with a setting.
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 (americanflatbread.com).
Valid certificate (44 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for americanflatbread.com and is valid for another 44 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.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://americanflatbread.com redirects to the secure version.
All 28 links work
All 28 links checked from your homepage (8 internal, 20 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
americanflatbread.com 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.
DNSSEC is off
americanflatbread.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 29 years old
29 yearsamericanflatbread.com was registered in Nov 1996 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Nov 2027
americanflatbread.com is registered until Nov 2027.
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 social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
Only about 196 words
The homepage has only about 196 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.
3 checks passed
24 calls to action
The homepage has 24 calls to action, for example “SHOP”, “Order online fromSomerville location” and “Order online fromMiddlebury location”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics and Meta Pixel.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 1 email link.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be americanflatbread.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.
1 checks passed
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all”.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel (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.
5 cookies set on arrival
5Opening the homepage sets 5 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.
12 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 12 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
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