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barcominc.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202636 issues · 100 checks
This review found 36 issues worth fixing on barcominc.com, 15 of them high impact, across 100 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
68DClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
5.8 s · 1.0 MBAbout 1.0 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 5.8 s faster on a phone.
Reduce unused CSS
1.5 s · 169 KiBAbout 169 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.5 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
1.6 s23 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.6 s.
Mobile performance score: 30
30/100Your mobile performance score is 30. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 6.0 s
A phone's processor spends 6.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google CDN, Google Tag Manager and Facebook and others), adding 2.4 MB and 2.5 s of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
800 ms · 385 KiB17 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (385 KiB).
Google CDN adds 995 ms
995 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 995 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.
Google Tag Manager adds 826 ms
826 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 826 ms of main-thread work and 765 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.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 314 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Facebook adds 262 ms
262 msFacebook costs a phone 262 ms of main-thread work and 212 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.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 111 KiB2 images could be 111 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
26 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 26 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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: 3 ms
3 msYour server sent the HTML in 3 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
First Contentful Paint: 9.5 s
9.5 sThe first text or image appears after 9.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 30.6 s
30.6 sYour largest element takes 30.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Streamline business processes and increase productivity wit…”.
Time to Interactive: 36.3 s
36.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 36.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 14.1 s
14.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 14.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.4 s
1.4 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.4 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
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Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 6.8 MB in 175 requests
6.8 MBYour homepage downloads 6.8 MB in 175 requests on a phone: images 3.1 MB (37), scripts 2.4 MB (54) and other files 748 KiB (57). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 1.9 g of CO₂ per visit
1.91 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.91 g of CO₂e: 229.6 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 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
Links look like plain text
4 links inside paragraphs rely on colour alone to stand out.
2 text elements with low contrast
2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (15 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 15 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
8 links without text
8 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
2 form fields without a label
2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 6 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 48 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 42 passed and 6 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
156 internal links, 6 external
The homepage links to 156 pages on barcominc.com and 6 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 149 characters
Your meta description is 149 characters: “We are experts in RFID solutions and barcode automation solutions, partnering with manufacturers to bring the best RFID…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “We Make IT Work.”.
Title: 58 characters
Your title is a healthy 58 characters: “Barcom Inc : Barcode - RFID Warehouse Automation Solutions”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.barcominc.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, WebPage and WebSite.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at http://www.barcominc.com/sitemap_index.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 (810 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
2 linked pages hidden from search
/zebra-fis-mv and /bartender-free-trial are marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If they are meant to be found, remove the noindex.
13 pages without a meta description
/webinar-event-the-roi-of-rfid-rtls, /about-us, /about-us/our-history, /about-us/testimonials, /ace and /auto-series and 7 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 104 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.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
5 small tap targets
5 of 19 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
4 JavaScript errors while loading
4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “gtag is not defined”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Mixed content”).
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Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
4 insecure resources on an https page
4 resources load over plain http on your https page (for example http://barcominc.com/wp-content/uploads/icon1.png); browsers block or warn about them.
http:// does not redirect
http://barcominc.com does not redirect to https, so some visitors land on the insecure version.
No Content-Security-Policy
No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
No clickjacking protection
Neither X-Frame-Options nor a CSP frame-ancestors policy is set, so any site can embed yours in a frame.
No X-Content-Type-Options
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff is missing, so browsers may guess file types.
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.
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 (barcominc.com).
Valid certificate (78 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for barcominc.com and is valid for another 78 days.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 42 links work
All 42 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 2 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
barcominc.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
barcominc.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 28 years old
28 yearsbarcominc.com was registered in Jun 1998 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Jun 2027
barcominc.com is registered until Jun 2027.
Content and conversion
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
A 13-field form
Your longest form asks for 13 fields (4 required). Every extra field lowers completion.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
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 311 words of copy
The homepage carries about 311 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: “CALL 423-855-1822”.
8 calls to action
The homepage has 8 calls to action, for example “Barcom Supply Chain Operations E-Book”, “BarTender 30-day Free Trial” and “Contact Us”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics and HubSpot.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 2 email links.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be barcominc.com is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.
Email authentication score: 75/100
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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SPF with a strict ending (-all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:_spf.e2ma.net include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all ”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Meta Pixel and 1 more (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
16 cookies set on arrival
16Opening the homepage sets 16 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
35 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 35 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
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Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner
A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.
Upkeep, stack and company
- The footer still says © 2022.
- It runs WordPress 6.7.11; the current release is 7.1.4.
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress 6.7.11
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
Company
- Employees
- 15
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