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apollo.de website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 28 October 202626 issues · 90 checks
This review found 26 issues worth fixing on apollo.de, 11 of them high impact, across 90 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
79CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 182 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 181 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 181 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 181 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 184 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 186 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 186 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 186 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 184 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 182 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 182 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 186 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 185 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 184 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 178 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
1.3 s
1.7 s
2.1 s
2.5 s
3.0 s
3.4 s
apollo.de does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
3.0 s · 822 KiBAbout 822 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.0 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 54
54/100Your mobile performance score is 54 (desktop: 48). 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 (grandvision.io, trbo.com and Optanon and others), adding 1.7 MB and 813 ms of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
850 ms3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 850 ms.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
350 ms · 384 KiB10 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (384 KiB).
grandvision.io adds 523 ms
523 msgrandvision.io costs a phone 523 ms of main-thread work and 1.1 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.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 120 KiBAbout 120 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 32 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 32 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
8 long tasks on the main thread
8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 175 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Improve image delivery
17 KiB1 image could be 17 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 2.0 s
A phone's processor spends 2.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.3 s of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 14 ms
14 msYour server sent the HTML in 14 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: 12.8 s
12.8 sYour largest element takes 12.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 14.9 s
14.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 14.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 6.7 s
6.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 3.2 s
3.2 sThe first text or image appears after 3.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user LCP: 2.6 s
2.6 sReal visitors wait 2.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user TTFB: 858 ms
858 msReal visitors wait 858 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 391 ms
391 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 391 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
3 images without width and height
3 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 182 ms to 178 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-4%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.2 s to 2.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user INP: 149 ms
149 msReal visitors wait 149 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.07
0.07For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.07 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001
0.001The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.2 MB in 80 requests
2.2 MBYour homepage downloads 2.2 MB in 80 requests on a phone: scripts 1.6 MB (47), images 143 KiB (9) and fonts 137 KiB (4). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image in older formats
1 image (49 KiB) is 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.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (49 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.6 g of CO₂ per visit
0.61 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.61 g of CO₂e: 73.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
1 button without a name
1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
1 image without alt text
1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
18 links without text
18 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
1 checks passed
46 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 46 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
242 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 242 pages on apollo.de and 9 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 156 characters
Your meta description is 156 characters: “Brillen, Kontaktlinsen, Sonnenbrillen, AI Glasses und Hörakustik bei Apollo – online und in über 900 Filialen, mit klar…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Apollo – dein Experte für Optik und Akustik”.
Title: 65 characters
Your title is a healthy 65 characters: “Dein Optiker & Akustiker – Brillen, Kontaktlinsen & mehr | Apollo”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.apollo.de/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: OnlineStore, WebPage 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.apollo.de/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (2 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing logo, 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.
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 (1,041 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 161 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 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.
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
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
167 of 203 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
No Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
9 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (apollo.de).
Valid certificate (47 days left)
The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for apollo.de 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.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://apollo.de 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 48 links work
All 48 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 8 external) answered without errors.
security.txt published
A security.txt file tells researchers how to report a problem with your site.
Domain and trust
1 checks passed
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only comodoca.com, ssl.com, amazon.com and letsencrypt.org to issue certificates for apollo.de, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
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 calls to action
We found no call-to-action buttons or links (such as “Book a demo” or “Get a quote”) anywhere on the homepage.
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.
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 960 words of copy
The homepage carries about 960 words of visible text.
2 checks passed
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Cloudflare Web Analytics.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 100/100
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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DMARC policy: reject
DMARC tells receivers to reject mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.
SPF with a strict ending (-all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com include:spf-009ef501.pphosted.com include:spf.protection.outlook.co…”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”, “s1” and “s2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
1 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager (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.
10 cookies set on arrival
10Opening the homepage sets 10 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.
10 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 10 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
- Framework
- Next.js
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
Company
- Founded
- 1972
- Headquarters
- Schwabach
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