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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 6 November 202631 issues · 103 checks

This review found 31 issues worth fixing on bascommaple.com, 12 of them high impact, across 103 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
1.5 s1.2 sMay 16Oct 311.2 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20261.3 s
May 23, 20261.3 s
May 30, 20261.4 s
Jun 6, 20261.5 s
Jun 13, 20261.5 s
Jun 20, 20261.4 s
Jun 27, 20261.4 s
Jul 4, 20261.3 s
Jul 11, 20261.3 s
Jul 18, 20261.3 s
Jul 25, 20261.3 s
Aug 1, 20261.3 s
Aug 8, 20261.3 s
Aug 15, 20261.3 s
Aug 22, 20261.4 s
Aug 29, 20261.4 s
Sep 5, 20261.4 s
Sep 12, 20261.4 s
Sep 19, 20261.4 s
Sep 26, 20261.4 s
Oct 3, 20261.3 s
Oct 10, 20261.3 s
Oct 17, 20261.2 s
Oct 24, 20261.2 s
Oct 31, 20261.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
88 ms77 msMay 16Oct 3179 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 202678 ms
May 23, 202679 ms
May 30, 202679 ms
Jun 6, 202679 ms
Jun 13, 202680 ms
Jun 20, 202679 ms
Jun 27, 202680 ms
Jul 4, 202680 ms
Jul 11, 202679 ms
Jul 18, 202680 ms
Jul 25, 202682 ms
Aug 1, 202681 ms
Aug 8, 202682 ms
Aug 15, 202681 ms
Aug 22, 202684 ms
Aug 29, 202685 ms
Sep 5, 202687 ms
Sep 12, 202687 ms
Sep 19, 202683 ms
Sep 26, 202681 ms
Oct 3, 202679 ms
Oct 10, 202678 ms
Oct 17, 202679 ms
Oct 24, 202679 ms
Oct 31, 202679 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 bascommaple.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. bascommaple.com at 1.6 s1.6 s
  2. bascommaple.com at 3.1 s3.1 s
  3. bascommaple.com at 4.7 s4.7 s
  4. bascommaple.com at 6.2 s6.2 s
  5. bascommaple.com at 7.8 s7.8 s
  6. bascommaple.com at 9.3 s9.3 s
  7. bascommaple.com at 10.9 s10.9 s
  8. bascommaple.com at 12.4 s12.4 s

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

Speed

7 to fix60
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.1 s · 577 KiB

    About 577 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.1 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.3 s

    14 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.3 s.

  • Mobile performance score: 60

    60/100

    Your mobile performance score is 60. 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 (Google CDN, createsend1.com and Bold Commerce and others), adding 1.0 MB and 443 ms of main-thread time.

  • Improve image delivery

    300 ms · 82 KiB

    2 images could be 82 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • Main-thread work: 2.5 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 692 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Google CDN adds 135 ms

    135 ms

    Google CDN costs a phone 135 ms of main-thread work and 379 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.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    150 ms · 82 KiB

    11 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (82 KiB).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    150 ms · 38 KiB

    About 38 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 · 19 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 19 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • 4 long tasks on the main thread

    4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 145 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Font display

    50 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).

  • 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.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 8 ms

    8 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 8 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

5 to fix100
  • Speed Index: 16.4 s

    16.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 16.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 8.5 s

    8.5 s

    Your largest element takes 8.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.

  • Time to Interactive: 10.5 s

    10.5 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 10.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.4 s

    2.4 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 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

    +1%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 78 ms to 79 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -8%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.3 s to 1.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

8 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: 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    Real visitors wait 1.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 82 ms

    82 ms

    Real visitors wait 82 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • 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: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 427 ms

    427 ms

    Real visitors wait 427 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 190 ms

    190 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 190 ms while loading. Good is under 200 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: 3.3 MB in 315 requests

    3.3 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.3 MB in 315 requests on a phone: other files 1.4 MB (231), scripts 1.1 MB (62) and images 579 KiB (5). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.93 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.93 g of CO₂e: 111.1 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

6 to fixGoogle 8291
  • Invalid ARIA attributes

    12 elements use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.

  • 13 text elements with low contrast

    13 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • Orphan list items

    Some list items are not inside a list.

  • Malformed lists

    Some lists contain elements other than list items, which screen readers announce wrongly.

  • Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)

    Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 4 links without text

    4 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (2 elements).

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 14 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 47 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 53 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 6 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

3 to fixGoogle 9284
  • No H1 headline

    There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.

  • Structured data has 1 problem

    Structured data found (BreadcrumbList and WebSite) but with 1 problem, for example “BreadcrumbList: itemListElement is an empty list”.

  • 1 link with vague text

    1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

    No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.

  • 204 internal links, 4 external

    The homepage links to 204 pages on bascommaple.com and 4 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Meta description: 85 characters

    Your meta description is 85 characters: “Bascom Maple Farms is your source for equipment & supplies related to maple sugaring.”.

  • Title: 43 characters

    Your title is a healthy 43 characters: “Bascom Maple Farms — Bascom Maple Farms Inc”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

  • 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://bascommaple.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • 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.

3 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 (861 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
  • 14 pages without a meta description

    /collections/books-cookbooks-new, /collections/maple-books, /collections/cookbooks, /collections/childrens-books, /collections/dvds and /collections/confections and 8 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 88 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

6 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.

  • 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 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 3 JavaScript errors while loading

    3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Error fetching feature flags: SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<', "<!DOCTYPE "... is not valid JSON”.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    23 of 23 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.

  • 1 link through redirect chains

    1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://facebook.com/BascomMapleFarms.

  • 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 (bascommaple.com).

  • Valid certificate (53 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for bascommaple.com and is valid for another 53 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://bascommaple.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 44 links work

    All 44 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 4 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    bascommaple.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

    bascommaple.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 28 years old

    28 years

    bascommaple.com was registered in Feb 1998 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Feb 2030

    bascommaple.com is registered until Feb 2030.

Content and conversion

3 to fix50
  • 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 social proof

    No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.

  • No analytics detected

    No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.

  • 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 416 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 416 words of visible text.

2 checks passed
  • 17 calls to action

    The homepage has 17 calls to action, for example “Shop Equipment & Supplies”, “Shop Syrup or Maple Products” and “Contact”.

  • 2 short forms

    2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

Email authentication

2 to fix65
  • DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

    DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be bascommaple.com is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.

  • No DKIM key on the usual selectors

    We found no DKIM key on the selectors the big email providers use. If you send through one of them, turning on DKIM signing improves delivery.

  • Email authentication score: 65/100

    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.

1 checks passed
  • SPF with a strict ending (-all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 a mx ip4:65.99.202.4/24 include:spf.hspherefilter.com include:mailgun.org -all”.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Klaviyo (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

    12

    Opening 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.

  • 16 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 16 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 4 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

Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Ecomsend Restock · onthemapmarketing.com · cloudfront.net

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
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Headquarters
Alstead

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

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