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backdownsouthclothing.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 13 November 202612 issues · 58 checks
This review found 12 issues worth fixing on backdownsouthclothing.com, 3 of them high impact, across 58 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 5.2 MB. Google's speed test didn't respond, so speed is not measured here; your full playbook measures it. 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
Not scored yet: Google's speed test didn't run in this review. Re-run the review to get a score.
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 170 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 176 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 173 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 174 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 174 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 173 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 167 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 161 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 158 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
Speed
Not measured in this review.
Core Web Vitals
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-9%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 170 ms to 158 ms 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 your site (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors wait 1.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 162 ms
162 msReal visitors wait 162 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.
Real-user FCP: 0.9 s
0.9 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 352 ms
352 msReal visitors wait 352 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 27% faster for real visitors
-27%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.5 s to 1.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.2 MB
5.2 MBYour homepage downloads 5.2 MB on a phone, 699 KiB of it images (13%). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
2 images far larger than shown
64 KiB2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example EA610CA1-05AD-41F3-A401-ADD476E7B4DD.png at 1,254 px wide, shown at 358 px. Resized copies would save about 64 KiB.
About 1.5 g of CO₂ per visit
1.47 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.47 g of CO₂e: 176.4 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 load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Accessibility
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (6 elements)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (3 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 elements on the page fail 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 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.
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.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h3 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 445 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
51 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 56 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 51 passed and 5 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (68 characters)
Your title is 68 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Back Down South Clothing Co. | Waxed Hats, Hunting & Outdoor Apparel”.
99 internal links, 11 external
The homepage links to 99 pages on backdownsouthclothing.com and 11 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 131 characters
Your meta description is 131 characters: “Lifestyle apparel -Featuring durable waxed cotton hats, performance polos, hunting gear, & designs built for the outdoo…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Gear For People Who Live For The Chase”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://backdownsouthclothing.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: 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://backdownsouthclothing.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
4 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 (1,526 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://backdownsouthclothing.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 linked page is broken
Your homepage links to https://backdownsouthclothing.com/collections/jackets, which answers with an error. Visitors hit a dead end and search engines drop it.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 41 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 14 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 14 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_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
28 of 29 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Phone number is not tap-to-call
Your phone number appears as text but isn't a tel: link, so phone visitors can't tap to call.
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 686 words of copy
The homepage carries about 686 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: “SHOP NOW”.
12 calls to action
The homepage has 12 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “SHOP” and “SHOP Show menu”.
26 short forms
26 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 1 testimonial or review block, 4 customer or partner logos, a star rating and “Trusted by 150,000+ customers”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
Privacy and tracking
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 2 mores (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.
31 cookies set on arrival
31Opening the homepage sets 31 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (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.
60 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 60 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at backdownsouthclothing.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 15 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Popsixle · Rebuy Personalization Engine · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Postscript Sms Marketing · Triplewhale · Microsoft Clarity · Gorgias Live Chat Helpdesk · Instafeed · Test Sms · Upez · chimpstatic.com · amazonaws.com · cloudfront.net · rebuyengine.com · govx.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
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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