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dcshoes.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202638 issues · 84 checks
This review found 38 issues worth fixing on dcshoes.com, 13 of them high impact, across 84 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
74C- #76,973 of 109,350 reviewed websitesbeats 26%
- #48,456 of 61,859 online storesbeats 18%
- #45,606 of 56,401 Shopify storesbeats 16%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.9 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 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 275 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 284 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 287 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 296 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 306 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 302 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 304 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 316 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 320 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 320 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 328 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 331 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 340 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 351 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 352 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 344 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 358 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 402 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 455 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 546 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 614 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 636 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 663 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 690 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 717 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
1.1 s
2.2 s
3.3 s
4.4 s
5.5 s
6.6 s
7.7 s
8.8 s
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.3 s5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.3 s.
Main-thread work: 11.7 s
A phone's processor spends 11.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Mobile performance score: 35
35/100Your mobile performance score is 35. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
5,181 HTML elements
The page has 5,181 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 (Google Tag Manager, Shopify and Kameleoon and others), adding 4.0 MB and 1.9 s of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
600 ms · 1.2 MBAbout 1.2 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
760 KiB22 images could be 760 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 730 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
634 KiB21 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (634 KiB).
Shopify adds 339 ms
339 msShopify costs a phone 339 ms of main-thread work and 2.5 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.
Reduce unused CSS
450 ms · 130 KiBAbout 130 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 524 ms
524 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 524 ms of main-thread work and 510 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.
Klaviyo adds 269 ms
269 msKlaviyo costs a phone 269 ms of main-thread work and 519 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.
Kameleoon adds 293 ms
293 msKameleoon costs a phone 293 ms of main-thread work and 44 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.
Legacy JavaScript
63 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 63 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Minify JavaScript
14 KiB14 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Minify CSS
6 KiB6 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 25 ms
25 msYour server sent the HTML in 25 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.
Time to Interactive: 35.5 s
35.5 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 35.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 14.0 s
14.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 14.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 2.2 s
2.2 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 2.2 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Largest Contentful Paint: 6.8 s
6.8 sYour largest element takes 6.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Real-user INP: 287 ms
287 msReal visitors wait 287 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 152% slower for real visitors
+152%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 275 ms to 717 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.109
0.109The layout shifts by 0.109 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
Largest content (LCP) got 12% slower for real visitors
+12%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.9 s to 2.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
5 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.2 s
2.2 sReal visitors wait 2.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.05
0.05For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.05 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 573 ms
573 msReal visitors wait 573 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 1.7 s
1.7 sThe first text or image appears after 1.7 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 7.2 MB in 454 requests
7.2 MBYour homepage downloads 7.2 MB in 454 requests on a phone: scripts 3.1 MB (207), images 2.5 MB (91) and other files 885 KiB (121). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
4 images far larger than shown
173 KiB4 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example Generative_Fill_3_d1a7e46d-6990-49d6-a21c-abd36cb2fb85.png at 800 px wide, shown at 233 px. Resized copies would save about 173 KiB.
2 images in older formats
2 images (214 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 2.0 g of CO₂ per visit
2.05 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.05 g of CO₂e: 245.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Accessibility
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 (12 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 12 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.
2 links without text
2 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 28 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
49 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: 49 passed and 3 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
618 internal links, 0 external
The homepage links to 618 pages on dcshoes.com and 0 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 85 characters
Your meta description is 85 characters: “Drop in to the world of DC Shoes and discover the latest in Skate & Snowboard styles.”.
Title: 39 characters
Your title is a healthy 39 characters: “DC Shoes® Skate Shoes & Snowboard Boots”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.dcshoes.com/.
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.dcshoes.com/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 (1,531 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.dcshoes.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
10 pages without a meta description
https://www.dcshoes.com/collections/snow-shop, https://www.dcshoes.com/pages/search-results, https://www.dcshoes.com/collections/all-new-arrivals, https://www.dcshoes.com/collections/seasonal-colors, https://www.dcshoes.com/collections/gum-sole-shoes and https://www.dcshoes.com/collections/snow-jackets and 4 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
15 pages without an H1
https://www.dcshoes.com/pages/gift-guide, https://www.dcshoes.com/collections/snow-shop, https://www.dcshoes.com/pages/search-results, https://www.dcshoes.com/collections/all-new-arrivals, https://www.dcshoes.com/collections/snowboard-boots and https://www.dcshoes.com/collections/best-sellers 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 161 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.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
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
4 JavaScript errors while loading
4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “[object ProgressEvent]”.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
135 of 158 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
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 form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
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 358 words of copy
The homepage carries about 358 words of visible text.
Urgency cues
The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).
3 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP NOW” and “GIFTS FOR HIM SHOP NOW”.
103 calls to action
The homepage has 103 calls to action, for example “SHOP NOW”, “Shop All” and “Shop All Gifts”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.
Privacy and tracking
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before 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.
35 cookies set on arrival
35Opening the homepage sets 35 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.
49 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 49 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 dcshoes.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Founded
- 1994
- Headquarters
- Huntington Beach
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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