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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202629 issues · 101 checks
This review found 29 issues worth fixing on bestflag.com, 8 of them high impact, across 101 checks. The most urgent: 15 images far larger than shown. 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
90A- #1,657 of 82,922 reviewed websitesbeats 97%
- #721 of 41,469 online storesbeats 97%
- #696 of 36,833 Shopify storesbeats 97%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.7 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 134 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 134 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 167 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 166 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 160 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 161 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 178 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
0.8 s
1.7 s
2.5 s
3.3 s
4.2 s
5.0 s
5.8 s
6.7 s
bestflag.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Improve image delivery
2.1 MB19 images could be 2.1 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Mobile performance score: 82
82/100Your mobile performance score is 82. 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 (Facebook, Shopify and Clarity and others), adding 905 KiB and 747 ms of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
500 ms2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 500 ms.
Reduce unused JavaScript
150 ms · 289 KiBAbout 289 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
425 KiB18 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (425 KiB).
Main-thread work: 3.4 s
A phone's processor spends 3.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.5 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
2,901 HTML elements
The page has 2,901 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 35 KiBAbout 35 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.
8 long tasks on the main thread
8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 128 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
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.
Minify CSS
2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
1 checks passed
Server response: 13 ms
13 msYour server sent the HTML in 13 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 18.8 s
18.8 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 18.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 7.6 s
7.6 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 25% slower for real visitors
+25%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 134 ms to 178 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest Contentful Paint: 3.2 s
3.2 sYour largest element takes 3.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Promote your brand. Celebrate milestones. Inspire people to…”.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+4%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.6 s to 1.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
9 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: 1.6 s
1.6 sReal visitors wait 1.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 186 ms
186 msReal visitors wait 186 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: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 621 ms
621 msReal visitors wait 621 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.094
0.094The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.094, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 139 ms
139 msScripts block the page for only 139 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 1.2 s
1.2 sThe first text or image appears after 1.2 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Images and page weight
15 images far larger than shown
7.9 MB15 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example instagram-post-customer-photo-flag-killedwithkidness-1.webp at 1,081 px wide, shown at 111 px. Resized copies would save about 7.9 MB.
4 images over 500 KB
4 images weigh 6.4 MB together. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
Page weight: 5.0 MB in 251 requests
5.0 MBYour homepage downloads 5.0 MB in 251 requests on a phone: images 2.8 MB (58), scripts 1.0 MB (54) and other files 842 KiB (127). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
7 images in older formats
7 images (7.3 MB) are JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
About 1.4 g of CO₂ per visit
1.41 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.41 g of CO₂e: 168.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Accessibility
3 tap targets too small
3 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (2 elements)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (8 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 8 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
16 links without text
16 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
6 form fields without a label
6 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
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 139 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
52 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 55 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 52 passed and 3 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
3 links with vague text
3 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
1 link crawlers can't follow
1 link has no real href, so search engines can't follow it.
391 internal links, 10 external
The homepage links to 391 pages on bestflag.com and 10 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 153 characters
Your meta description is 153 characters: “BestFlag is your Custom Flags and Feather Flags Specialist! Design your own flag or contact us to help. No minimum orde…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “BestFlag BestFlag”.
Title: 61 characters
Your title is a healthy 61 characters: “Custom Flags & Banners | Custom Signage & Displays | BestFlag”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://bestflag.com/.
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://bestflag.com/sitemap.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.
2 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 (2,016 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 150 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
7 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 7 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 7 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 “Uncaught Error: Minified React error #418; visit https://reactjs.org/docs/error-decoder.html?invariant=418 for the full…”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
21 of 22 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.
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 (bestflag.com).
Valid certificate (44 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for bestflag.com and is valid for another 44 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://bestflag.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 46 links work
All 46 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 6 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
bestflag.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
bestflag.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 24 years old
24 yearsbestflag.com was registered in Jul 2002 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Jul 2033
bestflag.com is registered until Jul 2033.
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.
About 955 words of copy
The homepage carries about 955 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
8 calls to action
The homepage has 8 calls to action, for example “Order note”, “Apply” and “Shop”.
4 short forms
4 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 7 testimonial or review blocks and 18 customer or partner logos.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 1 email link.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be bestflag.com is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.
Email authentication score: 70/100
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.
2 checks passed
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 mx a include:_spf.google.com include:servers.mcsv.net include:6898733.spf08.hubspotemail.net ~all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google” and “hs1”), 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.
24 cookies set on arrival
24Opening the homepage sets 24 cookies, 6 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
34 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 34 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner
A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 5 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
Microsoft Clarity · Printlabs Wizard · covet.pics · hubapi.com · loox.io
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
- Framework
- Tailwind CSS
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Hiring
- Hiring
- 1 open role
- Job board
- careers page
Company
- Headquarters
- Nashville
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 29 issues on bestflag.com, including 12 speed issues, 4 SEO issues and 1 conversion gap. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.
- 28 research agents read your site, reviews, competitors, communities and public filings
- Customer review mining (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and more) and voice-of-pain analysis in your buyers’ own words
- Competitor intelligence with battlecards for your closest rivals
- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
- Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
- Earned media and PR openings
- At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
- PDF, Markdown, CSV, Notion and Linear exports, and a shareable page your team can track progress on
- Refresh the playbook later to see what changed
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