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decorativeaggregates.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 12 November 202629 issues · 84 checks
This review found 29 issues worth fixing on decorativeaggregates.com, 10 of them high impact, across 84 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
83B- #25,148 of 108,858 reviewed websitesbeats 72%
- #16,603 of 61,765 online storesbeats 67%
- #16,113 of 56,365 Shopify storesbeats 65%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.7 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 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.8 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 103 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 107 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 120 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
0.6 s
1.2 s
1.8 s
2.4 s
3.0 s
3.6 s
4.1 s
4.7 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.8 s · 326 KiBAbout 326 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.8 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.2 s · 212 KiB19 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (212 KiB).
Render-blocking requests
1.0 s3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.0 s.
Mobile performance score: 62
62/100Your mobile performance score is 62. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Improve image delivery
683 KiB14 images could be 683 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
2,929 HTML elements
The page has 2,929 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
tidio.co adds 84 ms
84 mstidio.co costs a phone 84 ms of main-thread work and 516 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.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Reviews.io, tidio.co and productessentials.app and others), adding 1,020 KiB and 438 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 76 KiBAbout 76 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.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 14 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 14 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 84 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Minify JavaScript
8 KiB8 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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 1.7 s
A phone's processor spends 1.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 620 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 7 ms
7 msYour server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 16.6 s
16.6 sYour largest element takes 16.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 16.9 s
16.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 3.9 s
3.9 sThe first text or image appears after 3.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 6.1 s
6.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 16% slower for real visitors
+16%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 103 ms to 120 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+6%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.7 s to 1.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
8 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: 1.8 s
1.8 sReal visitors wait 1.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 115 ms
115 msReal visitors wait 115 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.01
0.01For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 0.9 s
0.9 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 289 ms
289 msReal visitors wait 289 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 78 ms
78 msScripts block the page for only 78 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.5 MB in 208 requests
3.5 MBYour homepage downloads 3.5 MB in 208 requests on a phone: images 1.4 MB (34), scripts 954 KiB (44) and other files 805 KiB (108). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
home-mobile-01.jpg 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).
About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit
0.99 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.99 g of CO₂e: 118.3 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
2 buttons without a name
2 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
5 text elements with low contrast
5 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
1 tap target too small
1 tap target is too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)
Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Document should not have more than one banner landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one banner landmark: 1 element on the page fails 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.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
5 links without text
5 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (7 elements)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 7 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (2 elements).
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 45 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 61 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 52 passed and 9 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (88 characters)
Your title is 88 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “The UKs Leading Decorative Aggregate & Decorative Stone Supplier – Decorative Aggregates”.
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“” and “”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
1 link with vague text
1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.
136 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 136 pages on decorativeaggregates.com and 9 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 144 characters
Your meta description is 144 characters: “Decorative Aggregates - the UK's number 1 supplier of decorative garden stones, gravels, cobbles, pebbles and slate chi…”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://decorativeaggregates.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://decorativeaggregates.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
4 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.
Organization data: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (729 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://decorativeaggregates.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
2 pages without an H1
https://decorativeaggregates.com/pages/delivery and https://decorativeaggregates.com/collections 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 50 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 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.
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
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”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
36 of 43 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 6 testimonial or review blocks. 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 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 818 words of copy
The homepage carries about 818 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop Gravel & Aggregates” and “Call Our Friendly Team For Advice”.
14 calls to action
The homepage has 14 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Buy Gravel Grip” and “Call us on 01629 630256”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 3 phone links and 0 email links.
Privacy and tracking
8 cookies set on arrival
8Opening the homepage sets 8 cookies, 4 of them by other companies (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.
15 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 15 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
No known trackers before consent
No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).
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 decorativeaggregates.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 2 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Discount Planner By Productessentials · cloudfront.net
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
- Framework
- Tailwind CSS
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 29 issues on decorativeaggregates.com, including 11 speed issues, 3 SEO issues and 2 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
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- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
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- Earned media and PR openings
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- 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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