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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202625 issues · 101 checks

This review found 25 issues worth fixing on brain-effect.com, 7 of them high impact, across 101 checks. The most urgent: main-thread work: 9.0 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 s1.4 sMay 16Oct 311.7 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, 20261.7 s
Jun 13, 20261.7 s
Jun 20, 20261.7 s
Jun 27, 20261.6 s
Jul 4, 20261.6 s
Jul 11, 20261.7 s
Jul 18, 20261.8 s
Jul 25, 20261.9 s
Aug 1, 20262.0 s
Aug 8, 20261.9 s
Aug 15, 20261.9 s
Aug 22, 20261.9 s
Aug 29, 20261.8 s
Sep 5, 20261.8 s
Sep 12, 20261.8 s
Sep 19, 20261.7 s
Sep 26, 20261.7 s
Oct 3, 20261.6 s
Oct 10, 20261.5 s
Oct 17, 20261.5 s
Oct 24, 20261.7 s
Oct 31, 20261.7 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
166 ms143 msMay 16Oct 31163 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026152 ms
May 23, 2026151 ms
May 30, 2026154 ms
Jun 6, 2026154 ms
Jun 13, 2026154 ms
Jun 20, 2026155 ms
Jun 27, 2026153 ms
Jul 4, 2026153 ms
Jul 11, 2026153 ms
Jul 18, 2026152 ms
Jul 25, 2026153 ms
Aug 1, 2026153 ms
Aug 8, 2026153 ms
Aug 15, 2026154 ms
Aug 22, 2026154 ms
Aug 29, 2026154 ms
Sep 5, 2026154 ms
Sep 12, 2026153 ms
Sep 19, 2026153 ms
Sep 26, 2026149 ms
Oct 3, 2026146 ms
Oct 10, 2026148 ms
Oct 17, 2026153 ms
Oct 24, 2026162 ms
Oct 31, 2026163 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 brain-effect.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. brain-effect.com at 1.2 s1.2 s
  2. brain-effect.com at 2.4 s2.4 s
  3. brain-effect.com at 3.6 s3.6 s
  4. brain-effect.com at 4.8 s4.8 s
  5. brain-effect.com at 6.0 s6.0 s
  6. brain-effect.com at 7.1 s7.1 s
  7. brain-effect.com at 8.3 s8.3 s
  8. brain-effect.com at 9.5 s9.5 s

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

Speed

11 to fix55
  • Main-thread work: 9.0 s

    A phone's processor spends 9.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 3,200 HTML elements

    The page has 3,200 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 (PayPal, Klaviyo and Shopify and others), adding 1.5 MB and 973 ms of main-thread time.

  • Improve image delivery

    650 ms · 409 KiB

    9 images could be 409 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 650 ms faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 55

    55/100

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

  • Render-blocking requests

    850 ms

    6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 850 ms.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    523 KiB

    About 523 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • PayPal adds 343 ms

    343 ms

    PayPal costs a phone 343 ms of main-thread work and 392 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.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    371 KiB

    17 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (371 KiB).

  • 19 long tasks on the main thread

    19 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 276 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Shopify adds 189 ms

    189 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 189 ms of main-thread work and 529 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

    78 KiB

    About 78 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    25 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 25 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    13 KiB

    13 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.

  • Minify CSS

    9 KiB

    9 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.

  • Minify JavaScript

    5 KiB

    5 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 13 ms

    13 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 13 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

4 to fix100
  • Time to Interactive: 22.2 s

    22.2 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 22.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 8.2 s

    8.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 8.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 869 ms

    869 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 869 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 4.6 s

    4.6 s

    Your largest element takes 4.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Der BRAINEFFECT Standbeutel mit der Aufschrift "DAILY GUT +…”.

  • 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 152 ms to 163 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 1.6 s to 1.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

8 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: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors wait 1.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 154 ms

    154 ms

    Real visitors wait 154 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: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 418 ms

    418 ms

    Real visitors wait 418 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.3 s

    1.3 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.3 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • 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

2 to fix81
  • Page weight: 3.8 MB in 281 requests

    3.8 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.8 MB in 281 requests on a phone: scripts 1.5 MB (126), images 1.0 MB (21) and other files 710 KiB (100). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    DE-CW39-DG-Mixpack-Mobile_v1.jpg 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).

  • About 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.09 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.09 g of CO₂e: 130.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

2 checks passed
  • 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

3 to fixGoogle 9797
  • 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.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (5 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 5 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 18 links without text

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

  • Headings skip levels

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

  • 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 42 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 55 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: 55 passed and 2 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 10095
  • One H1 headline

    Your <h1> is empty.

  • 140 internal links, 9 external

    The homepage links to 140 pages on brain-effect.com and 9 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 145 characters

    Your meta description is 145 characters: “Innovation made in Germany. Unsere Produkte versorgen dich mit den besten Nährstoffen für Körper & Geist. Wellness zum …”.

  • Title: 50 characters

    Your title is a healthy 50 characters: “Mind Nutrition für dein Wohlbefinden – BRAINEFFECT”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://brain-effect.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://brain-effect.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 (1,054 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

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 52 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

7 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 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • 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

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 2 JavaScript errors while loading

    2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET”.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    74 of 91 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.

7 checks passed
  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (brain-effect.com).

  • Valid certificate (46 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for brain-effect.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://brain-effect.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; 2 did not answer within 5 s.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    brain-effect.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

    brain-effect.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 17 years old

    17 years

    brain-effect.com was registered in Sep 2009 through RegistryGate GmbH. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Sep 2027

    brain-effect.com is registered until Sep 2027.

Content and conversion

1 to fix92
  • 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 973 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 973 words of visible text.

5 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

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

  • 1 call to action

    The homepage has 1 call to action, for example “Start”.

  • 15 short forms

    15 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 64 testimonial or review blocks and 3 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Hotjar.

Email authentication

1 to fix75
  • SPF does not block other senders (?all)

    Your SPF record doesn't end in -all or ~all, so it doesn't stop other servers sending as you: “v=spf1 a include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:servers.mcsv.net include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:…”.

  • Email authentication score: 75/100

    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.

2 checks passed
  • DMARC policy: quarantine

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

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “k1” and “s1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

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, Hotjar and Klaviyo 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.

  • 28 cookies set on arrival

    28

    Opening the homepage sets 28 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.

  • 43 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 43 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 12 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

Sami B2b Lock · Gift Card Hero All In One · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Ab Tasty · Instafeed · Judge Me Reviews · Wholesale Lock Hide Price · Essential Loyalty Rewards · Braineffect Chat Agent Cefct · Restockrocket · hello-charles.com · trustedshops.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

Framework
Tailwind CSS
E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Hotjar
Hosting
Shopify

Hiring

Hiring
10 open roles
Teams
Marketing (7), B2B (1), Finance (1)
Job board
greenhouse

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

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