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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202625 issues · 94 checks

This review found 25 issues worth fixing on balooliving.com, 3 of them high impact, across 94 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
3.1 s1.9 sMay 16Oct 312.3 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.4 s
May 23, 20262.3 s
May 30, 20262.3 s
Jun 6, 20262.3 s
Jun 13, 20262.3 s
Jun 20, 20262.4 s
Jun 27, 20262.3 s
Jul 4, 20262.3 s
Jul 11, 20262.4 s
Jul 18, 20262.4 s
Jul 25, 20262.6 s
Aug 1, 20262.7 s
Aug 8, 20262.8 s
Aug 15, 20263.0 s
Aug 22, 20262.9 s
Aug 29, 20262.9 s
Sep 5, 20262.8 s
Sep 12, 20262.7 s
Sep 19, 20262.5 s
Sep 26, 20262.3 s
Oct 3, 20262.2 s
Oct 10, 20262.1 s
Oct 17, 20262.2 s
Oct 24, 20262.3 s
Oct 31, 20262.3 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
245 ms180 msMay 16Oct 31237 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026220 ms
May 23, 2026213 ms
May 30, 2026208 ms
Jun 6, 2026209 ms
Jun 13, 2026204 ms
Jun 20, 2026209 ms
Jun 27, 2026200 ms
Jul 4, 2026192 ms
Jul 11, 2026192 ms
Jul 18, 2026187 ms
Jul 25, 2026191 ms
Aug 1, 2026203 ms
Aug 8, 2026213 ms
Aug 15, 2026221 ms
Aug 22, 2026220 ms
Aug 29, 2026226 ms
Sep 5, 2026227 ms
Sep 12, 2026224 ms
Sep 19, 2026230 ms
Sep 26, 2026222 ms
Oct 3, 2026216 ms
Oct 10, 2026220 ms
Oct 17, 2026227 ms
Oct 24, 2026229 ms
Oct 31, 2026237 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

Full-page screenshot of balooliving.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. balooliving.com at 0.5 s0.5 s
  2. balooliving.com at 0.9 s0.9 s
  3. balooliving.com at 1.4 s1.4 s
  4. balooliving.com at 1.8 s1.8 s
  5. balooliving.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  6. balooliving.com at 2.8 s2.8 s
  7. balooliving.com at 3.2 s3.2 s
  8. balooliving.com at 3.7 s3.7 s

balooliving.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.

Speed

8 to fix72
  • Mobile performance score: 72

    72/100

    Your mobile performance score is 72. 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 (heatmap.com, alia-prod.com and Clarity and others), adding 1.4 MB and 850 ms of main-thread time.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    150 ms · 759 KiB

    25 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (759 KiB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    750 ms

    5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 750 ms.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    667 KiB

    About 667 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • Main-thread work: 3.3 s

    A phone's processor spends 3.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.9 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 2,032 HTML elements

    The page has 2,032 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Klaviyo adds 113 ms

    113 ms

    Klaviyo costs a phone 113 ms of main-thread work and 312 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.

  • Minify JavaScript

    150 ms · 6 KiB

    6 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • 10 long tasks on the main thread

    10 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 100 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    77 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 77 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Improve image delivery

    65 KiB

    2 images could be 65 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.

  • Forced reflow

    Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.

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  • Server response: 9 ms

    9 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 9 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

7 to fix67
  • 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: 18.8 s

    18.8 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 18.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 5.3 s

    5.3 s

    Your largest element takes 5.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “A smiling woman peeks out from underneath a sheet, sitting …”.

  • Real-user INP: 230 ms

    230 ms

    Real visitors wait 230 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 4.4 s

    4.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 4.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 220 ms

    220 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 220 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +8%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 220 ms to 237 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -3%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.4 s to 2.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    Real visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.5 s

    1.5 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 448 ms

    448 ms

    Real visitors wait 448 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix85
  • Page weight: 3.2 MB in 310 requests

    3.2 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.2 MB in 310 requests on a phone: scripts 1.9 MB (123), other files 869 KiB (159) and images 225 KiB (9). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 3 images below the first screen load straight away

    3 images further down the page (147 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.90 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.90 g of CO₂e: 108.3 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

1 to fixGoogle 10099
  • Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (1 element)

    Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 147 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 53 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 53 passed and 1 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 10088
  • Title is long (68 characters)

    Your title is 68 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Weighted Blankets by Baloo Living I Natural materials for deep sleep”.

  • 3 H1 headlines

    There are 3 <h1> headlines (“Naturally cool. Deeply calming.”, “Naturally cool. Deeply calming.” and “Curl up & stay awhile”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • 124 internal links, 10 external

    The homepage links to 124 pages on balooliving.com and 10 external pages.

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  • Meta description: 157 characters

    Your meta description is 157 characters: “Baloo's weighted blankets are naturally comforting, and the only quilted brand made with pure natural materials free fr…”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://balooliving.com/.

  • 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://balooliving.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
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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.

  • 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 (1,505 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

1 to fix95
  • 1 page without an H1

    /pages/sleep-quiz has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 35 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • 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.

  • 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 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 4 JavaScript errors while loading

    4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()”.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    18 of 18 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

100
  • 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/balooliving.

  • 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.

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  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (balooliving.com).

  • Valid certificate (45 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for balooliving.com and is valid for another 45 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://balooliving.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 43 links work

    All 43 links checked from your homepage (38 internal, 5 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

1 to fix
  • Domain expires in 37 days

    balooliving.com is registered until Dec 2026. Make sure auto-renew is on and the card on file is current.

  • No CAA record

    balooliving.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

    balooliving.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 8 years old

    8 years

    balooliving.com was registered in Dec 2017 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

Content and conversion

2 to fix86
  • A 15-field form

    Your longest form asks for 15 fields (0 required). Every extra field lowers completion.

  • 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.

  • About 898 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 898 words of visible text.

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop The Bundle”.

  • 13 calls to action

    The homepage has 13 calls to action, for example “Shop All Weighted Bedding”, “Shop All Duvet Covers & Sheets” and “Shop All Accessories”.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 53 testimonial or review blocks, 1 customer or partner logo, a star rating and 1 trust badge.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.

  • Risk reducer mentioned

    A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.

Email authentication

85
  • Email authentication score: 85/100

    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: quarantine

    DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.

  • SPF in place (~all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.gorgias.com ~all”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “k1” and “s1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 9 trackers load before any consent

    9

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 4 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.

  • 52 cookies set on arrival

    52

    Opening the homepage sets 52 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.

  • 72 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 72 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Apps on your store

Your storefront loads 19 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

None of the apps your storefront loads is on the list of apps with a known security problem.

Apps your storefront loads

Keepcart Coupon Protect · Okendo · Microsoft Clarity · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Beans Id Verification · Redo · Eg Auto Add To Cart · Reamaze Live Chat Helpdesk · Checkmate · Cw Affiliate Tracking · Applovin Shop Integration · Algoshop Product Label Badge · juniphq.com · cloudfront.net · commoninja.com · spicegems.org · amazonaws.com · retention.com · octaneai.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

E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Microsoft Clarity
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Headquarters
New York

Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info

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