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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 13 November 202618 issues · 60 checks

This review found 18 issues worth fixing on darrenandphillip.com, 4 of them high impact, across 60 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 4.6 MB. Google's speed test didn't respond, so speed is not measured here; your full playbook measures it. 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

Site score

Not scored yet: Google's speed test didn't run in this review. Re-run the review to get a score.

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
1.9 s811 msMay 23Nov 7931 ms
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 23, 20261.7 s
May 30, 20261.5 s
Jun 6, 20261.5 s
Jun 13, 20261.3 s
Jun 20, 20261.4 s
Jun 27, 20261.5 s
Jul 4, 20261.5 s
Jul 11, 20261.4 s
Jul 18, 20261.3 s
Jul 25, 20261.3 s
Aug 1, 20261.2 s
Aug 8, 20261.1 s
Aug 15, 20261.1 s
Aug 22, 20261.1 s
Aug 29, 20261.2 s
Sep 5, 20261.2 s
Sep 12, 20261.2 s
Sep 19, 20261.2 s
Sep 26, 20261.3 s
Oct 3, 20261.3 s
Oct 10, 20261.3 s
Oct 17, 20261.2 s
Oct 24, 20261.1 s
Oct 31, 2026944 ms
Nov 7, 2026931 ms
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
116 ms83 msMay 23Nov 787 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 23, 2026112 ms
May 30, 2026107 ms
Jun 6, 2026108 ms
Jun 13, 2026104 ms
Jun 20, 2026104 ms
Jun 27, 2026105 ms
Jul 4, 2026106 ms
Jul 11, 2026105 ms
Jul 18, 2026104 ms
Jul 25, 2026104 ms
Aug 1, 202699 ms
Aug 8, 202695 ms
Aug 15, 202696 ms
Aug 22, 202696 ms
Aug 29, 2026100 ms
Sep 5, 202696 ms
Sep 12, 202694 ms
Sep 19, 202692 ms
Sep 26, 202695 ms
Oct 3, 202698 ms
Oct 10, 202695 ms
Oct 17, 202691 ms
Oct 24, 202692 ms
Oct 31, 202687 ms
Nov 7, 202687 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

No screenshot is available for this review.

Speed

Not measured in this review.

Core Web Vitals

100
8 checks passed
  • Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on your site (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).

  • Real-user LCP: 0.9 s

    0.9 s

    Real visitors wait 0.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 87 ms

    87 ms

    Real visitors wait 87 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: 0.7 s

    0.7 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 0.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 354 ms

    354 ms

    Real visitors wait 354 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 21% faster for real visitors

    -21%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 112 ms to 87 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 43% faster for real visitors

    -43%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.7 s to 0.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 4.6 MB

    4.6 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.6 MB on a phone, 1.3 MB of it images (29%). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.30 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.30 g of CO₂e: 156.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

3 checks passed
  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

8 to fix92
  • 3 text elements with low contrast

    3 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • 2 tap targets too small

    2 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (3 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 1 link without text

    1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.

  • ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (1 element)

    ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings should not be empty (1 element)

    Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (1 element)

    Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 546 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 51 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 59 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 51 passed and 8 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

100
  • 148 internal links, 6 external

    The homepage links to 148 pages on darrenandphillip.com and 6 external pages.

8 checks passed
  • Meta description: 142 characters

    Your meta description is 142 characters: “Matching robes, hoodies, and pajamas for dog lovers and their dogs. $1.25 million donated to dog rescues. Free US shipp…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Darren & Phillip”.

  • Title: 49 characters

    Your title is a healthy 49 characters: “Premium Apparel for Dog People | Darren & Phillip”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, 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://darrenandphillip.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • Organization data is thin (2 of 6 facts)

    Your Organization JSON-LD is missing logo, 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 (2,055 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://darrenandphillip.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

3 to fix86
  • 12 pages share 2 titles

    https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/womens-clothing/tees, https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/womens-clothing/sweatshirts, https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/womens-clothing/sweaters, https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/womens-clothing/vests, https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/womens-clothing/pajamas and https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/womens-clothing all use the title “Women's Clothing | Darren & Phillip”, and 1 other title repeat too. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.

  • 12 pages share a meta description

    https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/womens-clothing/tees, https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/womens-clothing/sweatshirts, https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/womens-clothing/sweaters, https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/womens-clothing/vests, https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/womens-clothing/pajamas and https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/womens-clothing use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.

  • 1 link to non-canonical URLs

    Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/dog-clothing/sweater, whose canonical is https://darrenandphillip.com/collections/dog-clothing. 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 77 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.

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • 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

100
3 checks passed
  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    124 of 134 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

4 to fix58
  • 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.

  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: “40,000+ Customers”. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • No analytics detected

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

  • 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 2,346 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 2,346 words of visible text.

2 checks passed
  • 12 calls to action

    The homepage has 12 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Last Call” and “Learn More About Our Mission →”.

  • 7 short forms

    7 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 5 trackers load before any consent

    5

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

  • 15 cookies set on arrival

    15

    Opening the homepage sets 15 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.

  • 31 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 31 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Security, domain, email and software versions

The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at darrenandphillip.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

Apps on your store

Your storefront loads 11 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

Apps your storefront loads

Microsoft Clarity · Gempages Builder · Judge Me Reviews · Fast Bundle Upsell · Platmart Color Swatches · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Social Widget · Fast Product Colors · Upcart · kiwisizing.com · socialsnowball.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

Stack

E-commerce
Shopify
Hosting
Shopify

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

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