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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202631 issues · 106 checks

This review found 31 issues worth fixing on blade-tech.com, 14 of them high impact, across 106 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
2.3 s1.9 sMay 16Oct 312.1 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.0 s
May 23, 20261.9 s
May 30, 20261.9 s
Jun 6, 20261.9 s
Jun 13, 20262.0 s
Jun 20, 20262.0 s
Jun 27, 20262.1 s
Jul 4, 20262.1 s
Jul 11, 20262.2 s
Jul 18, 20262.2 s
Jul 25, 20262.2 s
Aug 1, 20262.1 s
Aug 8, 20262.1 s
Aug 15, 20262.0 s
Aug 22, 20262.1 s
Aug 29, 20262.1 s
Sep 5, 20262.1 s
Sep 12, 20262.2 s
Sep 19, 20262.2 s
Sep 26, 20262.2 s
Oct 3, 20262.2 s
Oct 10, 20262.1 s
Oct 17, 20262.1 s
Oct 24, 20262.1 s
Oct 31, 20262.1 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
166 ms129 msMay 16Oct 31135 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026144 ms
May 23, 2026145 ms
May 30, 2026146 ms
Jun 6, 2026150 ms
Jun 13, 2026153 ms
Jun 20, 2026155 ms
Jun 27, 2026155 ms
Jul 4, 2026160 ms
Jul 11, 2026157 ms
Jul 18, 2026161 ms
Jul 25, 2026160 ms
Aug 1, 2026156 ms
Aug 8, 2026162 ms
Aug 15, 2026158 ms
Aug 22, 2026162 ms
Aug 29, 2026156 ms
Sep 5, 2026148 ms
Sep 12, 2026145 ms
Sep 19, 2026138 ms
Sep 26, 2026138 ms
Oct 3, 2026137 ms
Oct 10, 2026137 ms
Oct 17, 2026134 ms
Oct 24, 2026133 ms
Oct 31, 2026135 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 blade-tech.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. blade-tech.com at 0.9 s0.9 s
  2. blade-tech.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  3. blade-tech.com at 2.8 s2.8 s
  4. blade-tech.com at 3.8 s3.8 s
  5. blade-tech.com at 4.7 s4.7 s
  6. blade-tech.com at 5.7 s5.7 s
  7. blade-tech.com at 6.6 s6.6 s
  8. blade-tech.com at 7.5 s7.5 s

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

Speed

12 to fix14
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.2 s · 810 KiB

    About 810 KiB 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.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.1 s

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

  • Mobile performance score: 14

    14/100

    Your mobile performance score is 14. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 9.2 s

    A phone's processor spends 9.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.9 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 3,512 HTML elements

    The page has 3,512 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Google Tag Manager and Accessibe Accessibility Overlay and others), adding 2.7 MB and 1.4 s of main-thread time.

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 1.1 s. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Improve image delivery

    766 KiB

    17 images could be 766 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    200 ms · 447 KiB

    104 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (447 KiB).

  • Shopify adds 389 ms

    389 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 389 ms of main-thread work and 1.6 MB 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.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 280 ms

    280 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 280 ms of main-thread work and 180 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.

  • Attentive adds 121 ms

    121 ms

    Attentive costs a phone 121 ms of main-thread work and 339 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.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    150 ms · 52 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 52 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    150 ms · 35 KiB

    About 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.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    50 ms · 29 KiB

    29 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.

  • Minify JavaScript

    13 KiB

    13 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.

  • Minify CSS

    4 KiB

    4 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

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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

9 to fix67
  • 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.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.44

    0.44

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.44 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 11.1 s

    11.1 s

    Your largest element takes 11.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Time to Interactive: 30.1 s

    30.1 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 30.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 13.3 s

    13.3 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 13.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 2.1 s

    2.1 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 2.1 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.532

    0.532

    The layout shifts by 0.532 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 2 images without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -7%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 144 ms to 135 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    +7%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.0 s to 2.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    Real visitors wait 1.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 120 ms

    120 ms

    Real visitors wait 120 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user FCP: 0.9 s

    0.9 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 0.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 242 ms

    242 ms

    Real visitors wait 242 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

Images and page weight

2 to fix60
  • Page weight: 5.8 MB in 370 requests

    5.8 MB

    Your homepage downloads 5.8 MB in 370 requests on a phone: images 2.6 MB (118), scripts 2.2 MB (96) and other files 702 KiB (119). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image far larger than shown

    261 KiB

    1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example HolsterFinder_2.jpg at 2,888 px wide, shown at 356 px. Resized copies would save about 261 KiB.

  • 3 images below the first screen load straight away

    3 images further down the page (76 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.7 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.65 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.65 g of CO₂e: 198.1 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.

Accessibility

2 to fixGoogle 10095
  • 6 links without text

    6 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.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 29 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 18 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 18 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 18 passed and 0 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 9298
  • 8 links with vague text

    8 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.

  • 98 internal links, 13 external

    The homepage links to 98 pages on blade-tech.com and 13 external pages.

8 checks passed
  • Meta description: 143 characters

    Your meta description is 143 characters: “Blade-Tech’s holsters, mag pouches, and gun belts are American made and crafted to the highest standard possible. Check…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Blade-Tech Holsters”.

  • Title: 62 characters

    Your title is a healthy 62 characters: “American Made Holsters, Accessories, and EDC Gear | Blade-Tech”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://blade-tech.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: 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://blade-tech.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: 6 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (604 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
  • 1 page without an H1

    /pages/valor-duty-holster has 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 39 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.

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 2 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 2 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 6 JavaScript errors while loading

    6 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()”.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    18 of 21 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://blade-tech.com/collections/tek-mount.

  • 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 (blade-tech.com).

  • Valid certificate (51 days left)

    The certificate from Google Trust Services · WR1 verifies for blade-tech.com and is valid for another 51 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://blade-tech.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 48 links work

    All 48 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 8 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    blade-tech.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

    blade-tech.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 30 years old

    30 years

    blade-tech.com was registered in Oct 1996 through eNom, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Oct 2031

    blade-tech.com is registered until Oct 2031.

Content and conversion

2 to fix83
  • 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.

  • 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 map or directions link

    There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.

  • About 411 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 411 words of visible text.

7 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

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

  • 38 calls to action

    The homepage has 38 calls to action, for example “Learn more”, “Shop Now” and “Shop”.

  • 3 short forms

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

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Analytics.

  • Opening hours shown

    Your opening hours are on the homepage.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage.

  • Risk reducer mentioned

    A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.

Email authentication

85
  • Email authentication score: 85/100

    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.

3 checks passed
  • DMARC policy: quarantine

    DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.

  • SPF in place (~all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 mx a include:shops.shopify.com include:servers.mcsv.net include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:ma…”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “k1” and “k2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

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

  • 18 cookies set on arrival

    18

    Opening the homepage sets 18 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.

  • 55 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 55 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 27 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

Epa Easy Product Addons · Persistent Cart · Starapps Variant Image · Sitemap Noindex Pro Seo · Loadify Preloader · Sc Easy Redirects · Savedby Package Protection · Eg Auto Add To Cart · Attentive · Cart Persistify · Delivery Timer · Cartbite · Smart Menu · chimpstatic.com · trafficmanager.net · yotpo.com · herokuapp.com · pxucdn.com · cloudfront.net · govx.com · accessibilityspark.com · itoris.com · faq-king.com · b-cdn.net · hextom.com · attn.tv · w3apps.co

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 3.3.1, older than 3.5 (which fixed known security holes).

Stack

Framework
jQuery
E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Google Analytics
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Founded
1995
Headquarters
Streetsboro

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

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