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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202647 issues · 114 checks

This review found 47 issues worth fixing on biglifejournal.com, 18 of them high impact, across 114 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
3.3 s2.5 sMay 16Oct 313.0 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.7 s
May 23, 20262.6 s
May 30, 20262.6 s
Jun 6, 20262.6 s
Jun 13, 20262.6 s
Jun 20, 20262.7 s
Jun 27, 20262.8 s
Jul 4, 20262.9 s
Jul 11, 20262.9 s
Jul 18, 20263.0 s
Jul 25, 20262.9 s
Aug 1, 20262.8 s
Aug 8, 20262.9 s
Aug 15, 20262.9 s
Aug 22, 20263.0 s
Aug 29, 20263.2 s
Sep 5, 20263.1 s
Sep 12, 20263.2 s
Sep 19, 20263.2 s
Sep 26, 20263.2 s
Oct 3, 20263.2 s
Oct 10, 20263.1 s
Oct 17, 20263.0 s
Oct 24, 20263.0 s
Oct 31, 20263.0 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
199 ms174 msMay 16Oct 31196 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026195 ms
May 23, 2026191 ms
May 30, 2026190 ms
Jun 6, 2026189 ms
Jun 13, 2026190 ms
Jun 20, 2026192 ms
Jun 27, 2026191 ms
Jul 4, 2026183 ms
Jul 11, 2026179 ms
Jul 18, 2026177 ms
Jul 25, 2026178 ms
Aug 1, 2026178 ms
Aug 8, 2026188 ms
Aug 15, 2026187 ms
Aug 22, 2026191 ms
Aug 29, 2026195 ms
Sep 5, 2026190 ms
Sep 12, 2026196 ms
Sep 19, 2026194 ms
Sep 26, 2026194 ms
Oct 3, 2026195 ms
Oct 10, 2026194 ms
Oct 17, 2026195 ms
Oct 24, 2026196 ms
Oct 31, 2026196 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

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Speed

14 to fix32
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.2 s · 1.1 MB

    About 1.1 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.2 s faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    1.6 s · 487 KiB

    About 487 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.6 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.6 s

    13 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.6 s.

  • Main-thread work: 15.0 s

    A phone's processor spends 15.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 8.8 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 1.3 s

    1.3 s

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 1.3 s of main-thread work and 719 KiB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • figpii.com adds 1.1 s

    1.1 s

    figpii.com costs a phone 1.1 s of main-thread work and 47 KiB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Mobile performance score: 32

    32/100

    Your mobile performance score is 32. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, figpii.com and Klaviyo and others), adding 2.9 MB and 4.0 s of main-thread time.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    900 ms · 458 KiB

    25 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (458 KiB).

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 581 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Klaviyo adds 402 ms

    402 ms

    Klaviyo costs a phone 402 ms of main-thread work and 683 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.

  • rebuyengine.com adds 320 ms

    320 ms

    rebuyengine.com costs a phone 320 ms of main-thread work and 841 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

    353 KiB

    7 images could be 353 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Google CDN adds 276 ms

    276 ms

    Google CDN costs a phone 276 ms of main-thread work and 34 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.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    50 ms · 88 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 88 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.

  • Font display

    50 ms

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

  • Minify CSS

    31 KiB

    31 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • 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: 8 ms

    8 ms

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

Core Web Vitals

10 to fix33
  • 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.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 10.2 s

    10.2 s

    Your largest element takes 10.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Total Blocking Time: 4.5 s

    4.5 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 4.5 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Time to Interactive: 34.5 s

    34.5 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 34.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 15.3 s

    15.3 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 15.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user LCP: 3.0 s

    3.0 s

    Real visitors wait 3.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.15

    0.15

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.15 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 2.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 23 images without width and height

    23 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.1 s

    2.1 s

    The 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

    +2%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 195 ms to 196 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 12% slower for real visitors

    +12%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.7 s to 3.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user INP: 171 ms

    171 ms

    Real visitors wait 171 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user TTFB: 533 ms

    533 ms

    Real visitors wait 533 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.068

    0.068

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.068, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix69
  • Page weight: 6.0 MB in 427 requests

    6.0 MB

    Your homepage downloads 6.0 MB in 427 requests on a phone: scripts 2.8 MB (142), other files 1.1 MB (187) and images 1.1 MB (56). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    logo_BLJ_600x.png is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).

  • 2 images below the first screen load straight away

    2 images further down the page (60 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.7 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.71 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.71 g of CO₂e: 205.1 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

9 to fixGoogle 8789
  • ARIA roles used must conform to valid values (1 element)

    ARIA roles used must conform to valid values: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • 7 text elements with low contrast

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

  • 3 tap targets too small

    3 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • Inline text spacing must be adjustable with custom stylesheets (1 element)

    Inline text spacing must be adjustable with custom stylesheets: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (4 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Heading levels should only increase by one (1 element)

    Heading levels should only increase by one: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Main landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)

    Main landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Document should not have more than one main landmark (1 element)

    Document should not have more than one main landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

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

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

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 31 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 48 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 57 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 9 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 9284
  • No structured data

    No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.

  • Meta description is long (273 characters)

    Your meta description is 273 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • 2 links crawlers can't follow

    2 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.

  • One H1 headline

    Your <h1> is empty.

  • 52 internal links, 17 external

    The homepage links to 52 pages on biglifejournal.com and 17 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • Title: 49 characters

    Your title is a healthy 49 characters: “Big Life Journal: Growth Mindset for Kids & Teens”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://biglifejournal.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://biglifejournal.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

2 to fix75
  • 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.

  • Some text only appears after JavaScript runs

    56%

    The HTML your server sends has 385 of the 687 words a browser shows. AI crawlers don't run JavaScript, so they miss the rest.

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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.

  • 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

    /collections/all/seventen has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 1 page with very little text

    /collections/all/seventen has under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 26 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 1 page 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 1 page that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

2 to fixGoogle 9678
  • 1 broken image

    1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=187018341&Ver=2&mid=6bd0708c-2982-4e63-b7a5-21f2d581df12&bo=1&sid=8faa2720daac11f18fa68f200b49c6c2&vid=8faa3b30daac11f1ab1303f7cd5723e9&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=918639831&l.

  • 6 JavaScript errors while loading

    6 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “$(...).magnificPopup is not a function”.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    81 of 92 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.

  • 3 links through redirect chains

    3 links go through two or more redirects, for example https://biglifejournal.com/account/register.

  • 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 (biglifejournal.com).

  • Valid certificate (46 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for biglifejournal.com and is valid for another 46 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://biglifejournal.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 50 links work

    All 50 links checked from your homepage (36 internal, 14 external) answered without errors; 8 did not answer within 5 s.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    biglifejournal.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

    biglifejournal.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 10 years old

    10 years

    biglifejournal.com was registered in Jun 2016 through Tucows Domains Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Jun 2027

    biglifejournal.com is registered until Jun 2027.

Content and conversion

2 to fix83
  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 18 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • 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.

  • 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 687 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 687 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: “Contact”.

  • 4 calls to action

    The homepage has 4 calls to action, for example “Register”, “Contact” and “SHOP NOW”.

  • 5 short forms

    5 short forms (4 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.

Email authentication

100
  • Email authentication score: 100/100

    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: reject

    DMARC tells receivers to reject 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 include:_spf.google.com -all”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “google”), 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.

  • 33 cookies set on arrival

    33

    Opening the homepage sets 33 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.

  • 62 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 62 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 11 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

Judge Me Reviews · Microsoft Clarity · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Triplewhale · Rebuy Personalization Engine · Quick Announcement Bar Prod · Page Speed Optimizer · Applovin Shop Integration · hextom.com · rebuyengine.com · hubapi.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

  • It loads jQuery 1.12.4, older than 3.5 (which fixed known security holes).

Stack

Framework
jQuery
E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Headquarters
Boston

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

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