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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202635 issues · 89 checks

This review found 35 issues worth fixing on bisonunion.com, 13 of them high impact, across 89 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. 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
1.2 s773 msMay 23Nov 7916 ms
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 23, 2026876 ms
May 30, 2026877 ms
Jun 6, 2026867 ms
Jun 13, 2026833 ms
Jun 20, 2026845 ms
Jun 27, 2026946 ms
Jul 4, 2026955 ms
Jul 11, 20261.1 s
Jul 18, 20261.1 s
Jul 25, 20261.1 s
Aug 1, 2026988 ms
Aug 8, 2026838 ms
Aug 15, 2026858 ms
Aug 22, 2026822 ms
Sep 5, 2026958 ms
Sep 12, 2026931 ms
Sep 19, 2026948 ms
Sep 26, 2026931 ms
Oct 3, 2026892 ms
Oct 10, 2026914 ms
Oct 17, 2026925 ms
Oct 24, 2026914 ms
Oct 31, 2026969 ms
Nov 7, 2026916 ms
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
87 ms70 msMay 23Nov 780 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 23, 202678 ms
May 30, 202674 ms
Jun 6, 202672 ms
Jun 13, 202679 ms
Jun 20, 202679 ms
Jun 27, 202679 ms
Jul 4, 202678 ms
Jul 11, 202676 ms
Jul 18, 202677 ms
Jul 25, 202677 ms
Aug 1, 202678 ms
Sep 5, 202678 ms
Sep 12, 202677 ms
Sep 19, 202675 ms
Sep 26, 202676 ms
Oct 3, 202678 ms
Oct 10, 202679 ms
Oct 17, 202685 ms
Oct 24, 202685 ms
Oct 31, 202681 ms
Nov 7, 202680 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 bisonunion.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

Speed

10 to fix40
  • Improve image delivery

    1.1 s · 200 KiB

    6 images could be 200 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.1 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.1 s

    17 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.1 s.

  • Mobile performance score: 40

    40/100

    Your mobile performance score is 40. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 7.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 7.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.8 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 Tag Manager, rebuyengine.com and rechargecdn.com and others), adding 1.7 MB and 2.3 s of main-thread time.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 917 ms

    917 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 917 ms of main-thread work and 532 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

    150 ms · 737 KiB

    About 737 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.

  • rebuyengine.com adds 634 ms

    634 ms

    rebuyengine.com costs a phone 634 ms of main-thread work and 675 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 431 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Shopify adds 71 ms

    71 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 71 ms of main-thread work and 344 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 CSS

    150 ms · 70 KiB

    About 70 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.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    132 KiB

    11 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (132 KiB).

  • Font display

    100 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).

  • Legacy JavaScript

    42 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 42 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Minify JavaScript

    16 KiB

    16 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • 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: 5 ms

    5 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 5 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 9.0 s

    9.0 s

    Your largest element takes 9.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Time to Interactive: 22.1 s

    22.1 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 22.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 1.9 s

    1.9 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 1.9 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 6.2 s

    6.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 6.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • 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.

  • 10 images without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +6%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 78 ms to 80 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 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 0.9 s to 0.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

7 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: 0.9 s

    0.9 s

    Real visitors wait 0.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 80 ms

    80 ms

    Real visitors wait 80 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: 0.7 s

    0.7 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 0.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 503 ms

    503 ms

    Real visitors wait 503 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 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 fix70
  • Page weight: 4.9 MB in 204 requests

    4.9 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.9 MB in 204 requests on a phone: images 2.1 MB (34), scripts 1.6 MB (74) and other files 649 KiB (71). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 1.4 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.39 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.39 g of CO₂e: 166.5 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

7 to fixGoogle 8389
  • 1 text element with low contrast

    1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • <html> element must have a lang attribute (1 element)

    <html> element must have a lang attribute: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 5 images without alt text

    5 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • 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.

  • 13 links without text

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

  • 1 form field without a label

    1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • No page language

    The <html> element has no lang attribute, so screen readers may read the page in the wrong voice and accent.

1 checks passed
  • 40 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 45 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 40 passed and 5 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 8582
  • Title is short (15 characters)

    Your title is only 15 characters: “Bison Union Co.”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.

  • No structured data

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

  • 3 H1 headlines

    There are 3 <h1> headlines (“Search Our Store”, “Get The Good Stuff” and “bison union company”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • 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.

  • Open Graph partly set

    Open Graph is missing og:title and og:description, so shared links fall back to guesses.

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

    No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.

  • 100 internal links, 11 external

    The homepage links to 100 pages on bisonunion.com and 11 external pages.

4 checks passed
  • Meta description: 158 characters

    Your meta description is 158 characters: “Veteran owned company that makes kickass coffee, t-shirts and apparel for real people who work for a living and aren't …”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.bisonunion.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://www.bisonunion.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 (503 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

3 to fix83
  • 2 pages share a title

    /pages/coffee-club and /collections/subscriptions all use the title “Coffee Club – Bison Union”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.

  • 11 pages without a meta description

    /pages/coffee-club, /collections/coffee, /pages/coffee-guide, /collections/subscriptions, /collections/apparel and /collections/new-releases and 5 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 1 link to non-canonical URLs

    Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example /collections/gift-subscription/coffee+gift+subscriptions, whose canonical is /collections/gift-subscription/coffee+gift. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.

  • 1 page slow to respond

    /collections/subscriptions took over 3 s to send its HTML from our server.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 43 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

4 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • 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

Google 96100
3 checks passed
  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    14 of 16 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

2 to fix81
  • 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.

  • 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 382 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 382 words of visible text.

6 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop Now”.

  • 5 calls to action

    The homepage has 5 calls to action, for example “Shop Now”, “SHOP NOW” and “Learn More”.

  • 4 short forms

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

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link 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 Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel (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.

  • 13 cookies set on arrival

    13

    Opening the homepage sets 13 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (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.

  • 25 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 25 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 bisonunion.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 8 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

Apps your storefront loads

Promotion Popup Allnew · chimpstatic.com · powr.io · nfcube.com · recapture.io · rechargecdn.com · rebuyengine.com · useamp.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

Stack

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

Company

Headquarters
Sheridan

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

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