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circulon.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 9 November 202634 issues · 103 checks
This review found 34 issues worth fixing on circulon.com, 12 of them high impact, across 103 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
88B- #3,763 of 80,918 reviewed websitesbeats 93%
- #1,843 of 39,887 online storesbeats 93%
- #1,777 of 35,280 Shopify storesbeats 92%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.7 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 175 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 181 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 185 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 181 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 182 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 186 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 189 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 189 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 194 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 191 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 188 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 188 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 188 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 185 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
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
circulon.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Main-thread work: 4.2 s
A phone's processor spends 4.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
3,763 HTML elements
The page has 3,763 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Mobile performance score: 67
67/100Your mobile performance score is 67. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Improve image delivery
250 ms · 702 KiB17 images could be 702 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 250 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Clarity and Klaviyo and others), adding 907 KiB and 750 ms of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
750 ms8 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 750 ms.
Reduce unused CSS
450 ms · 76 KiBAbout 76 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 298 ms
298 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 298 ms of main-thread work and 359 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
303 KiBAbout 303 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
6 long tasks on the main thread
6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 217 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
69 KiB11 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (69 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
19 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 19 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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
4 KiB4 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 10 ms
10 msYour server sent the HTML in 10 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
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: 13.1 s
13.1 sYour largest element takes 13.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 24.1 s
24.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 24.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user FCP: 2.1 s
2.1 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 819 ms
819 msReal visitors wait 819 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Speed Index: 4.6 s
4.6 sVisually, the page fills in at 4.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s
2.0 sThe first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 220 ms
220 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 220 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+8%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 175 ms to 185 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 10% slower for real visitors
+10%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, 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).
4 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.4 s
2.4 sReal visitors wait 2.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 191 ms
191 msReal visitors wait 191 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 7.1 MB in 424 requests
7.1 MBYour homepage downloads 7.1 MB in 424 requests on a phone: images 4.6 MB (74), scripts 1.3 MB (171) and other files 911 KiB (160). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
6 images below the first screen load straight away
6 images further down the page (395 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 2.0 g of CO₂ per visit
2.00 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.00 g of CO₂e: 240.3 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
32 tap targets too small
32 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
Hidden but focusable
18 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes (5 elements)
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes: 5 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
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.
9 images without alt text
9 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (15 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 15 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
19 links without text
19 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
51 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: 51 passed and 7 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
262 internal links, 8 external
The homepage links to 262 pages on circulon.com and 8 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 152 characters
Your meta description is 152 characters: “Not all cookware and bakeware are created equal. Circulon nonstick cookware and bakeware offers high performance, durab…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Circulon”.
Title: 53 characters
Your title is a healthy 53 characters: “Premium Cookware & Bakeware for Home Chefs | Circulon”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://circulon.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization.
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://circulon.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
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 (1,693 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
2 pages share a title
/pages/circulon-ceramic-with-laserdefense and /collections/circulon-ceramic-with-laserdefense all use the title “Circulon Ceramic with LaserDefense™”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.
2 pages share a meta description
/pages/circulon-ceramic-with-laserdefense and /collections/circulon-ceramic-with-laserdefense use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
15 pages without an H1
/pages/circulon-ceramic-with-laserdefense, /collections/a1-series, /collections/scratchdefense-clad-cookware, /collections/infinity-pan, /collections/circulon-ceramic-with-laserdefense and /collections/high-performance-nonstick-cookware and 9 others have 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 74 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
5 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.
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 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=56263687&tm=gtm002&Ver=2&mid=2bf420b5-1e9a-4f84-8da1-c10a9e07d798&bo=1&sid=91503ea0dbfa11f1be76b1bcd6386267&vid=91503d20dbfa11f1a27b7f8edd107d39&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=91.
6 JavaScript errors while loading
6 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Uncaught Bazaarvoice is not configured for the domain circulon.com.”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
31 of 31 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
Short HSTS lifetime
HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
3 links through redirect chains
3 links go through two or more redirects, for example https://circulon.com/account.
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 (circulon.com).
Valid certificate (47 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for circulon.com and is valid for another 47 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://circulon.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 46 links work
All 46 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 6 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
circulon.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
circulon.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 28 years old
28 yearscirculon.com was registered in Jun 1998 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Jun 2034
circulon.com is registered until Jun 2034.
Content and conversion
About 482 words of copy
The homepage carries about 482 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: “Shop Now”.
73 calls to action
The homepage has 73 calls to action, for example “Shop by Feature”, “Shop By Category” and “Shop All Cookware”.
9 short forms
9 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 360 testimonial or review blocks and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 1 email link.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be circulon.com is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.
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
SPF with a strict ending (-all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:ifxw9s5r8j.spf.app.powerdeliverability.email -all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “s1”, “s2” and “default”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
11 trackers load before any consent
11Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Amazon Ads, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Klaviyo and 6 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Ketch) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
38 cookies set on arrival
38Opening the homepage sets 38 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
61 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 61 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: Ketch
A consent management tool (Ketch) loads with the page.
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
Intelligems A B Testing · Yotpo Product Reviews · Elevar Conversion Tracking · Postscript Sms Marketing · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Microsoft Clarity · Test Sms · Deliverr Fast Tags · Aspire App · bazaarvoice.com · nofraud.com · botnot.io
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
- Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Fairfield
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 34 issues on circulon.com, including 17 speed issues and 1 SEO issue. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.
- 28 research agents read your site, reviews, competitors, communities and public filings
- Customer review mining (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and more) and voice-of-pain analysis in your buyers’ own words
- Competitor intelligence with battlecards for your closest rivals
- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
- Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
- Earned media and PR openings
- At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
- PDF, Markdown, CSV, Notion and Linear exports, and a shareable page your team can track progress on
- Refresh the playbook later to see what changed
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