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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202628 issues · 84 checks

This review found 28 issues worth fixing on bisoninc.com, 9 of them high impact, across 84 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 12.8 MB in 682 requests. 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
1.8 s1.3 sMay 16Oct 311.4 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20261.6 s
May 23, 20261.6 s
May 30, 20261.7 s
Jun 6, 20261.6 s
Jun 13, 20261.6 s
Jun 20, 20261.7 s
Jun 27, 20261.7 s
Jul 4, 20261.7 s
Jul 11, 20261.8 s
Jul 18, 20261.7 s
Jul 25, 20261.6 s
Aug 1, 20261.7 s
Aug 8, 20261.6 s
Aug 15, 20261.6 s
Aug 22, 20261.7 s
Aug 29, 20261.7 s
Sep 5, 20261.7 s
Sep 12, 20261.7 s
Sep 19, 20261.6 s
Sep 26, 20261.6 s
Oct 3, 20261.6 s
Oct 10, 20261.5 s
Oct 17, 20261.5 s
Oct 24, 20261.4 s
Oct 31, 20261.4 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
99 ms76 msMay 16Oct 3193 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 202682 ms
May 23, 202683 ms
May 30, 202683 ms
Jun 6, 202679 ms
Jun 13, 202681 ms
Jun 20, 202685 ms
Jun 27, 202680 ms
Jul 4, 202687 ms
Jul 11, 202690 ms
Jul 18, 202688 ms
Jul 25, 202691 ms
Aug 1, 202688 ms
Aug 8, 202679 ms
Aug 15, 202679 ms
Aug 22, 202679 ms
Aug 29, 202681 ms
Sep 5, 202684 ms
Sep 12, 202685 ms
Sep 19, 202686 ms
Sep 26, 202688 ms
Oct 3, 202692 ms
Oct 10, 202688 ms
Oct 17, 202696 ms
Oct 24, 202687 ms
Oct 31, 202693 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 bisoninc.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. bisoninc.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. bisoninc.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. bisoninc.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. bisoninc.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. bisoninc.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. bisoninc.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. bisoninc.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. bisoninc.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

Speed

9 to fix57
  • Mobile performance score: 57

    57/100

    Your mobile performance score is 57. 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 Tag Manager, Shopify and Adobe Tag Manager and others), adding 1.4 MB and 645 ms of main-thread time.

  • Render-blocking requests

    650 ms

    9 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 650 ms.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 410 ms

    410 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 410 ms of main-thread work and 780 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.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    470 KiB

    About 470 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • Improve image delivery

    415 KiB

    6 images could be 415 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Main-thread work: 2.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.2 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Shopify adds 109 ms

    109 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 109 ms of main-thread work and 486 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.

  • 1,567 HTML elements

    The page has 1,567 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • 7 long tasks on the main thread

    7 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 163 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).

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    48 KiB

    12 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (48 KiB).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    22 KiB

    About 22 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • 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: 15 ms

    15 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 15 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

7 to fix100
  • 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: 39.6 s

    39.6 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 39.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 10.2 s

    10.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 10.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 4.8 s

    4.8 s

    The first text or image appears after 4.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 4.8 s

    4.8 s

    Your largest element takes 4.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Since 1985, athletic directors, coaches, facility administr…”. Most of its time is element render delay (2.6 s).

  • Real-user TTFB: 918 ms

    918 ms

    Real visitors wait 918 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 323 ms

    323 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 323 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +9%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 82 ms to 93 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.2 s

    2.2 s

    Real visitors wait 2.2 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.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 14% faster for real visitors

    -14%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.6 s to 1.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 12.8 MB in 682 requests

    12.8 MB

    Your homepage downloads 12.8 MB in 682 requests on a phone: images 9.8 MB (293), scripts 1.4 MB (124) and other files 1.2 MB (222). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 2 images in older formats

    2 images (152 KiB) 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 3.6 g of CO₂ per visit

    3.64 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 3.64 g of CO₂e: 436.4 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 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

3 to fixGoogle 9395
  • 15 tap targets too small

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

  • 5 text elements with low contrast

    5 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 (1 element)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 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. (1 element).

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 21 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 50 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: 50 passed and 3 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 9293
  • 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.

  • One H1 headline

    Your <h1> is empty.

  • 196 internal links, 26 external

    The homepage links to 196 pages on bisoninc.com and 26 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 154 characters

    Your meta description is 154 characters: “Bison Inc. — USA-made sports equipment for schools, gyms, and athletic facilities. Shop basketball systems, volleyball,…”.

  • Title: 59 characters

    Your title is a healthy 59 characters: “Trusted sports & athletic equipment manufacturer – bisoninc”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, CollectionPage, Organization 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://bisoninc.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
4 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.

  • 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 (1,325 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes /llms.txt (5 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 15 pages without an H1

    /collections/badminton, /collections/baseball-and-softball, /collections/field-hockey, /collections/football, /collections/futsal and /collections/basketball and 9 others have 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 80 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

3 to fixGoogle 9276
  • 1 broken image

    1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bisoninc.com/.

  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.

  • 1 distorted image

    1 image is displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so it looks stretched or squashed.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    19 of 21 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

1 to fix94
  • 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.

  • 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 958 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 958 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 Now” and “Apply now”.

  • 13 calls to action

    The homepage has 13 calls to action, for example “Specials & Pricing”, “Contact” and “Contact Form”.

  • 3 short forms

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

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 42 testimonial or review blocks, a star rating and 1 trust badge.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 5 phone links and 1 email link.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

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

  • 10 cookies set on arrival

    10

    Opening the homepage sets 10 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.

  • 28 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 28 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Security, domain, email and software versions

The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at bisoninc.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

Apps on your store

Your storefront loads 4 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

Apps your storefront loads

Instafeed · Powerful Form Builder · Inbox · Sa Request A Quote

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

Stack

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

Company

Headquarters
Lincoln

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

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