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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202634 issues · 110 checks

This review found 34 issues worth fixing on boroux.com, 10 of them high impact, across 110 checks. The most urgent: main-thread work: 5.5 s. 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
2.1 s1.6 sMay 16Oct 311.6 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20261.8 s
May 23, 20261.8 s
May 30, 20261.9 s
Jun 6, 20261.9 s
Jun 13, 20262.0 s
Jun 20, 20262.0 s
Jun 27, 20261.9 s
Jul 4, 20261.8 s
Jul 11, 20261.8 s
Jul 18, 20261.8 s
Jul 25, 20261.8 s
Aug 1, 20261.7 s
Aug 8, 20261.7 s
Aug 15, 20261.7 s
Aug 22, 20261.7 s
Aug 29, 20261.7 s
Sep 5, 20261.7 s
Sep 12, 20261.7 s
Sep 19, 20261.7 s
Sep 26, 20261.8 s
Oct 3, 20261.8 s
Oct 10, 20261.8 s
Oct 17, 20261.8 s
Oct 24, 20261.8 s
Oct 31, 20261.6 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
224 ms192 msMay 16Oct 31211 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026197 ms
May 23, 2026197 ms
May 30, 2026204 ms
Jun 6, 2026205 ms
Jun 13, 2026210 ms
Jun 20, 2026207 ms
Jun 27, 2026205 ms
Jul 4, 2026204 ms
Jul 11, 2026203 ms
Jul 18, 2026203 ms
Jul 25, 2026202 ms
Aug 1, 2026200 ms
Aug 8, 2026197 ms
Aug 15, 2026197 ms
Aug 22, 2026199 ms
Aug 29, 2026196 ms
Sep 5, 2026196 ms
Sep 12, 2026196 ms
Sep 19, 2026198 ms
Sep 26, 2026204 ms
Oct 3, 2026212 ms
Oct 10, 2026213 ms
Oct 17, 2026220 ms
Oct 24, 2026214 ms
Oct 31, 2026211 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 boroux.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. boroux.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  2. boroux.com at 1.6 s1.6 s
  3. boroux.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  4. boroux.com at 3.1 s3.1 s
  5. boroux.com at 3.9 s3.9 s
  6. boroux.com at 4.7 s4.7 s
  7. boroux.com at 5.5 s5.5 s
  8. boroux.com at 6.3 s6.3 s

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

Speed

11 to fix55
  • Main-thread work: 5.5 s

    A phone's processor spends 5.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.6 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, alia-prod.com and Klaviyo and others), adding 2.3 MB and 1.4 s of main-thread time.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.2 MB

    About 1.2 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • Mobile performance score: 55

    55/100

    Your mobile performance score is 55. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 598 ms

    598 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 598 ms of main-thread work and 855 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

    300 ms · 80 KiB

    About 80 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    329 KiB

    14 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (329 KiB).

  • alia-prod.com adds 289 ms

    289 ms

    alia-prod.com costs a phone 289 ms of main-thread work and 390 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.

  • Klaviyo adds 231 ms

    231 ms

    Klaviyo costs a phone 231 ms of main-thread work and 636 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.

  • 2,526 HTML elements

    The page has 2,526 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Shopify adds 67 ms

    67 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 67 ms of main-thread work and 298 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.

  • Render-blocking requests

    200 ms

    3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 200 ms.

  • 16 long tasks on the main thread

    16 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 158 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Improve image delivery

    69 KiB

    4 images could be 69 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    41 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 41 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Minify CSS

    6 KiB

    6 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • Minify JavaScript

    6 KiB

    6 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: 14 ms

    14 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 14 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix100
  • Time to Interactive: 23.5 s

    23.5 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 23.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 10.6 s

    10.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 10.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 6.6 s

    6.6 s

    Your largest element takes 6.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Total Blocking Time: 453 ms

    453 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 453 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 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.

  • 1 image without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +8%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 197 ms to 211 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -5%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.8 s to 1.6 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: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    Real visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 187 ms

    187 ms

    Real visitors wait 187 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: 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 735 ms

    735 ms

    Real visitors wait 735 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001

    0.001

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 4.4 MB in 335 requests

    4.4 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.4 MB in 335 requests on a phone: scripts 2.4 MB (179), other files 797 KiB (99) and images 638 KiB (39). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 2 images in older formats

    2 images (148 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.

  • 4 images below the first screen load straight away

    4 images further down the page (114 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.2 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.24 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.24 g of CO₂e: 149.0 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 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 7989
  • Invalid ARIA attributes

    3 elements use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.

  • 7 tap targets too small

    7 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.

  • Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)

    Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 8 images without alt text

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

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (2 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 65 links without text

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

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h5, h2 → h4 and h3 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

1 checks passed
  • 50 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 58 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 8 failed. 6 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

Google 92100
  • 164 internal links, 32 external

    The homepage links to 164 pages on boroux.com and 32 external pages.

8 checks passed
  • Meta description: 159 characters

    Your meta description is 159 characters: “WQA-certified to NSF Standards. Gravity water filters and direct replacements for Black Berkey Elements. 25 years of cl…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Why wait for Black Friday?”.

  • Title: 59 characters

    Your title is a healthy 59 characters: “BOROUX | WQA-Certified Gravity Filters & Berkey Alternative”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Organization.

  • 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://boroux.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 (1,262 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
  • 1 linked page hidden from search

    /products/gift-card is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.

  • 3 pages without a meta description

    /pages/concierge, /collections/stands and /collections/system-maintenance-parts have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 2 pages without an H1

    /collections/frontpage and /collections/open-box have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 2 pages slow to respond

    /products/3-gallon-water-filter-system and /products/1-8-gallon-water-filter-system took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 53 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.

  • Canonical URLs point to themselves

    No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • 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

    52 of 56 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.

  • 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 (boroux.com).

  • Valid certificate (67 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for boroux.com and is valid for another 67 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://boroux.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 60 links work

    All 60 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 20 external) answered without errors; 7 did not answer within 5 s.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    boroux.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.

3 checks passed
  • Domain is 12 years old

    12 years

    boroux.com was registered in Jun 2014 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • DNSSEC is on

    boroux.com's DNS answers are signed (DNSSEC), so they can't be forged on the way to visitors.

  • Registered until Jun 2027

    boroux.com is registered until Jun 2027.

Content and conversion

3 to fix83
  • 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 phone number on the homepage

    A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.

  • 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 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.

  • About 613 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 613 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: “Learn more” and “SHOP SALE”.

  • 31 calls to action

    The homepage has 31 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Talk to an Expert” and “Shop All Systems”.

  • 1 short form

    A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 1 customer or partner logo and 3 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.

  • Risk reducer mentioned

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

Email authentication

2 to fix65
  • DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

    DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be boroux.com is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.

  • No DKIM key on the usual selectors

    We found no DKIM key on the selectors the big email providers use. If you send through one of them, turning on DKIM signing improves delivery.

  • Email authentication score: 65/100

    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.

1 checks passed
  • SPF with a strict ending (-all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:spf.registeredsite.com include:spf.cloudus.oxcs.net include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all”.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 7 trackers load before any consent

    7

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 2 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.

  • 21 cookies set on arrival

    21

    Opening the homepage sets 21 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.

  • 39 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 39 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

Pandectes Gdpr · Triplewhale · Microsoft Clarity · Judge Me Reviews · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Sitemap Noindex Pro Seo · Elevar Conversion Tracking · Gdpr Cookie Consent · gorgias.chat · govx.com · 9gtb.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

No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.

Stack

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

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

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