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cora.de website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202633 issues · 101 checks
This review found 33 issues worth fixing on cora.de, 10 of them high impact, across 101 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
84B- #15,768 of 88,477 reviewed websitesbeats 77%
- #9,546 of 45,959 online storesbeats 73%
- #9,225 of 41,234 Shopify storesbeats 71%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 899 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 882 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 887 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 901 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 904 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 907 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 920 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 914 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 948 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 978 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 985 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 996 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 973 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 987 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 974 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 94 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 93 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 99 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 107 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 107 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 107 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 123 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
1.2 s
1.6 s
2.0 s
2.4 s
2.8 s
3.2 s
cora.de does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.9 s21 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.9 s.
3,248 HTML elements
The page has 3,248 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Improve image delivery
200 ms · 2.3 MB58 images could be 2.3 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 200 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 56
56/100Your mobile performance score is 56. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
300 ms · 203 KiBAbout 203 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 2.4 s
A phone's processor spends 2.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 825 ms 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, Optanon and jQuery CDN and others), adding 635 KiB and 418 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 70 KiBAbout 70 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.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
100 ms · 113 KiB14 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (113 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 25 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 25 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
4 long tasks on the main thread
4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 140 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
100 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).
Minify JavaScript
10 KiB10 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: 45 ms
45 msYour server sent the HTML in 45 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 19.3 s
19.3 sYour largest element takes 19.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Time to Interactive: 23.1 s
23.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 23.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 7.4 s
7.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 29% slower for real visitors
+29%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 94 ms to 123 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.185
0.185The layout shifts by 0.185 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
First Contentful Paint: 2.4 s
2.4 sThe first text or image appears after 2.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
4 images without width and height
4 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) got 10% slower for real visitors
+10%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 0.9 s to 1.0 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: 1.9 s
1.9 sReal visitors wait 1.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 140 ms
140 msReal visitors wait 140 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.
Real-user FCP: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 422 ms
422 msReal visitors wait 422 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 80 ms
80 msScripts block the page for only 80 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 7.8 MB in 233 requests
7.8 MBYour homepage downloads 7.8 MB in 233 requests on a phone: images 5.8 MB (86), scripts 800 KiB (52) and other files 685 KiB (77). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
18 images below the first screen load straight away
18 images further down the page (1.3 MB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
32 images far larger than shown
156 KiB32 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example 8026260059_512x.jpg at 512 px wide, shown at 164 px. Resized copies would save about 156 KiB.
About 2.2 g of CO₂ per visit
2.22 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.22 g of CO₂e: 266.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
17 text elements with low contrast
17 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
6 tap targets too small
6 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
49 images without alt text
49 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (11 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 11 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
14 links without text
14 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings should not be empty (2 elements)
Headings should not be empty: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
45 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 52 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 7 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Structured data has 1 problem
Structured data found (BreadcrumbList and WebSite) but with 1 problem, for example “BreadcrumbList: itemListElement is an empty list”.
181 internal links, 6 external
The homepage links to 181 pages on cora.de and 6 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 137 characters
Your meta description is 137 characters: “Tausende Liebesromane voller Romantik, Spannung & Happy End ✔️ Als E-Book zum Download oder Roman online kaufen ⚡ Leseg…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “CORA Liebesromane – Faszination seit 50 Jahren”.
Title: 47 characters
Your title is a healthy 47 characters: “Liebesromane im CORA Online-Shop ❤️ CORA Verlag”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.cora.de/.
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://www.cora.de/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No Organization structured data
There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.
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 (8,701 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (5 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page without a meta description
/a/wishlist has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 link to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example /collections/top-10-cora-romances-des-monats, whose canonical is /collections/top-10-liebesromane-des-monats. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 144 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.
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
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 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
60 of 68 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.
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 (cora.de).
Valid certificate (47 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for cora.de 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://cora.de 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 45 links work
All 45 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 5 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
1 checks passed
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only pki.goog, ssl.com, digicert.com and globalsign.com to issue certificates for cora.de, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
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.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 1 trust badge. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
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.
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 1,817 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,817 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
48 calls to action
The homepage has 48 calls to action, for example “Neuerscheinungskalender zum Download”, “E-Book kaufen 5,99 €” and “E-Book kaufen 6,49 €”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Email authentication
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: 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.
2 checks passed
DMARC policy: reject
DMARC tells receivers to reject 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 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com include:amazonses.com ~all”.
Privacy and tracking
4 trackers load before any consent
4Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (OneTrust) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
12 cookies set on arrival
12Opening the homepage sets 12 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
27 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 27 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: OneTrust
A consent management tool (OneTrust) loads with the page.
Apps on your store
No apps were seen in the code your storefront loads.
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
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Wuppertal
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 33 issues on cora.de, including 13 speed issues, 1 SEO issue and 5 conversion gaps. 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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