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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202622 issues · 97 checks

This review found 22 issues worth fixing on circuitmess.com, 8 of them high impact, across 97 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 29.0 MB in 142 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
3.2 s2.5 sMay 16Oct 313.0 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.9 s
May 23, 20262.7 s
May 30, 20262.7 s
Jun 6, 20262.6 s
Jun 13, 20262.7 s
Jun 20, 20262.7 s
Jun 27, 20262.9 s
Jul 4, 20263.0 s
Jul 11, 20263.1 s
Jul 18, 20263.0 s
Jul 25, 20262.9 s
Aug 1, 20262.8 s
Aug 8, 20262.8 s
Aug 15, 20262.9 s
Aug 22, 20263.0 s
Aug 29, 20263.0 s
Sep 5, 20263.1 s
Sep 12, 20263.1 s
Sep 19, 20263.1 s
Sep 26, 20263.1 s
Oct 3, 20263.0 s
Oct 10, 20263.0 s
Oct 17, 20263.0 s
Oct 24, 20262.9 s
Oct 31, 20263.0 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
150 ms106 msMay 16Oct 31112 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026143 ms
May 23, 2026137 ms
May 30, 2026137 ms
Jun 6, 2026135 ms
Jun 13, 2026138 ms
Jun 20, 2026138 ms
Jun 27, 2026144 ms
Jul 4, 2026145 ms
Jul 11, 2026142 ms
Jul 18, 2026136 ms
Jul 25, 2026121 ms
Aug 1, 2026115 ms
Aug 8, 2026112 ms
Aug 15, 2026111 ms
Aug 22, 2026113 ms
Aug 29, 2026114 ms
Sep 5, 2026115 ms
Sep 12, 2026116 ms
Sep 19, 2026117 ms
Sep 26, 2026115 ms
Oct 3, 2026113 ms
Oct 10, 2026113 ms
Oct 17, 2026113 ms
Oct 24, 2026112 ms
Oct 31, 2026112 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 circuitmess.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. circuitmess.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. circuitmess.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. circuitmess.com at 1.2 s1.2 s
  4. circuitmess.com at 1.6 s1.6 s
  5. circuitmess.com at 2.0 s2.0 s
  6. circuitmess.com at 2.4 s2.4 s
  7. circuitmess.com at 2.8 s2.8 s
  8. circuitmess.com at 3.2 s3.2 s

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

Speed

6 to fix70
  • Improve image delivery

    1.6 s · 1.2 MB

    23 images could be 1.2 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.6 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.3 s

    11 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.3 s.

  • 3,122 HTML elements

    The page has 3,122 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • 5 third-party services on the page

    5 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Google Tag Manager and Cookiebot and others), adding 28.9 MB and 716 ms of main-thread time.

  • Shopify adds 580 ms

    580 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 580 ms of main-thread work and 28.5 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.

  • Mobile performance score: 70

    70/100

    Your mobile performance score is 70. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    131 KiB

    About 131 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • 4 long tasks on the main thread

    4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 68 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    36 KiB

    1 file is served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (36 KiB).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    14 KiB

    About 14 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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  • Main-thread work: 1.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 929 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 22 ms

    22 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 22 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

7 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.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 6.3 s

    6.3 s

    Your largest element takes 6.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Time to Interactive: 10.8 s

    10.8 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 10.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.12

    0.12

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.12 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors wait 1.2 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Speed Index: 5.1 s

    5.1 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.6 s

    2.6 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    +6%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.9 s to 3.0 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: 104 ms

    104 ms

    Real visitors wait 104 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Tap response (INP) got 20% faster for real visitors

    -20%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 143 ms to 112 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.048

    0.048

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.048, good is under 0.1).

  • Total Blocking Time: 43 ms

    43 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 43 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

3 to fix53
  • Page weight: 29.0 MB in 142 requests

    29.0 MB

    Your homepage downloads 29.0 MB in 142 requests on a phone: media 25.5 MB (13), images 2.4 MB (47) and scripts 680 KiB (58). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    ShopAll_HeroBackground_mobile_8.webp 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).

  • 10 images in older formats

    10 images (610 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 8.2 g of CO₂ per visit

    8.22 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 8.22 g of CO₂e: 986.7 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

2 to fixGoogle 9797
  • 2 text elements with low contrast

    2 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 (2 elements)

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

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 68 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 52 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 52 passed and 2 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 10095
  • 3 H1 headlines

    There are 3 <h1> headlines (“Black Friday Starts Early. But Only for VIPs”, “Limited-Time Hot Deals” and “Shop All STEM Kits”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • 51 internal links, 18 external

    The homepage links to 51 pages on circuitmess.com and 18 external pages.

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  • Meta description: 153 characters

    Your meta description is 153 characters: “CircuitMess offers hands-on STEM kits that make learning fun! Build robots, game consoles, and gadgets while exploring …”.

  • Title: 51 characters

    Your title is a healthy 51 characters: “CircuitMess: DIY STEM Kits for Kids, Teens & Adults”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://circuitmess.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://circuitmess.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
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  • 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 (1,474 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes /llms.txt (5 KiB, 27 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

100
  • 3 pages slow to respond

    /bundles/wacky-collectors-bundle, /products/rimac-nevera and /products/gift-card took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 33 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.

  • 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 9293
  • 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”.

  • 4 low-resolution images

    4 images are served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    36 of 42 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

100
  • 2 links through redirect chains

    2 links go through two or more redirects, for example https://circuitmess.com/account.

  • 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 (circuitmess.com).

  • Valid certificate (81 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for circuitmess.com and is valid for another 81 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.

  • HSTS enabled

    Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://circuitmess.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 53 links work

    All 53 links checked from your homepage (36 internal, 17 external) answered without errors; 14 did not answer within 5 s.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    circuitmess.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

    circuitmess.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 10 years old

    10 years

    circuitmess.com was registered in Jul 2016 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Jul 2027

    circuitmess.com is registered until Jul 2027.

Content and conversion

2 to fix88
  • 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 analytics detected

    No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.

  • 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 1,230 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,230 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”.

  • 16 calls to action

    The homepage has 16 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Shop Now” and “Start Learning”.

  • 213 short forms

    213 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: 20 testimonial or review blocks and 5 trust badges.

  • 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.

Email authentication

100
  • Email authentication score: 100/100

    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.

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  • DMARC policy: reject

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

  • SPF with a strict ending (-all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:mailgun.org include:_spf.google.com include:email.rechargeapps.com include:circuit-mess.com -all”.

  • DKIM signing found

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

Privacy and tracking

  • 1 tracker load before any consent

    1

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Cookiebot) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 6 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 6 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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  • Consent tool: Cookiebot

    A consent management tool (Cookiebot) loads with the page.

Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Framework
Tailwind CSS
E-commerce
Shopify
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Founded
2017
Headquarters
Lučko

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