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backontrack.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 18 October 202617 issues · 94 checks
This review found 17 issues worth fixing on backontrack.com, 4 of them high impact, across 94 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 14.3 MB in 226 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
92A- #624 of 81,761 reviewed websitesbeats 99%
- #218 of 40,557 online storesbeats 99%
- #204 of 35,937 Shopify storesbeats 99%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 934 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 827 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 793 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 107 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 104 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
backontrack.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
3,018 HTML elements
The page has 3,018 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
2 third-party services on the page
2 third-party services load with your homepage (good-apps.co and Shopify), adding 12.6 MB and 39 ms of main-thread time.
Shopify adds 19 ms
19 msShopify costs a phone 19 ms of main-thread work and 12.6 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: 88
88/100Your mobile performance score is 88 (desktop: 99). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Improve image delivery
350 ms · 89 KiB6 images could be 89 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 350 ms faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
150 ms6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 150 ms.
1 long task on the main thread
1 long task block the main thread while loading, the longest for 58 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused JavaScript
46 KiBAbout 46 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
22 KiB4 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (22 KiB).
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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 1.2 s
A phone's processor spends 1.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 321 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 7 ms
7 msYour server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 3.6 s
3.6 sYour largest element takes 3.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
First Contentful Paint: 2.1 s
2.1 sThe first text or image appears after 2.1 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-3%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-10, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 108 ms to 104 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
11 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: 1.1 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: 125 ms
125 msReal visitors wait 125 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (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: 486 ms
486 msReal visitors wait 486 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 26% faster for real visitors
-26%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-10, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.1 s to 0.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Time to Interactive: 3.6 s
3.6 sThe page is fully interactive after 3.6 s.
Speed Index: 2.9 s
2.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 2.9 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001
0.001The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 0 ms
0 msScripts block the page for only 0 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 14.3 MB in 226 requests
14.3 MBYour homepage downloads 14.3 MB in 226 requests on a phone: media 12.5 MB (2), other files 789 KiB (108) and images 634 KiB (38). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 4.1 g of CO₂ per visit
4.06 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 4.06 g of CO₂e: 486.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 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.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
31 text elements with low contrast
31 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 49 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
46 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 47 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 46 passed and 1 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“” and “Well-being through innovation.”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
362 internal links, 8 external
The homepage links to 362 pages on backontrack.com and 8 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 117 characters
Your meta description is 117 characters: “Back on track was founded in 2000 with the vision to create products that will work well for people, horses and dogs.”.
Title: 39 characters
Your title is a healthy 39 characters: “Back on Track – Back on Track Worldwide”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://backontrack.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://backontrack.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 (1,915 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
15 pages without a meta description
/collections/coming-soon, /collections/braces-support, /collections/braces-support-strapz, /collections/cool-on-track%C2%AE-human, /collections/braces-support-neck-shoulders and /collections/braces-support-elbow and 9 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
3 links to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 3 pages by a URL that isn't their canonical one, for example /collections/cool-on-track%C2%AE-human, whose canonical is /collections/cool-on-track%c2%ae-human. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
2 pages slow to respond
/collections/braces-support-neck-shoulders and /collections/braces-support-elbow took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 170 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
5 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
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
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”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
52 of 52 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.
2 links through redirect chains
2 links go through two or more redirects, for example https://facebook.com/backontrackofficial.
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 (backontrack.com).
Valid certificate (73 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for backontrack.com and is valid for another 73 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://backontrack.com 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
No CAA record
backontrack.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
backontrack.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.
2 checks passed
Domain is 29 years old
29 yearsbackontrack.com was registered in May 1997 through Key-Systems GmbH. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until May 2027
backontrack.com is registered until May 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.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 2 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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 738 words of copy
The homepage carries about 738 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “Shop by series”, “Shop by Collection” and “Shop by Series”.
7 short forms
7 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 1 email link.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 90/100
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.
3 checks passed
DMARC policy: quarantine
DMARC tells receivers to quarantine 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 ip4:91.201.63.139 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.vendre.se ip4:172.104.157.35 ip4:80.242.28.40 …”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector2” and “k2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
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.
12 cookies set on arrival
12Opening the homepage sets 12 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.
9 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 9 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
- E-commerce
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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