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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 9 November 202632 issues · 86 checks

This review found 32 issues worth fixing on discgolfstar.com, 7 of them high impact, across 86 checks. The most urgent: unlabelled dropdowns. 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

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
2.0 s1.5 sMay 23Nov 71.6 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 23, 20261.9 s
Jun 27, 20261.5 s
Jul 11, 20261.7 s
Jul 18, 20261.6 s
Aug 8, 20261.6 s
Aug 15, 20261.5 s
Aug 22, 20261.5 s
Aug 29, 20261.5 s
Sep 5, 20261.6 s
Sep 12, 20261.7 s
Sep 19, 20261.7 s
Oct 17, 20261.5 s
Oct 24, 20261.6 s
Oct 31, 20261.6 s
Nov 7, 20261.6 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
123 ms107 msMay 23Sep 5121 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 23, 2026109 ms
Aug 8, 2026114 ms
Aug 15, 2026115 ms
Aug 22, 2026116 ms
Aug 29, 2026119 ms
Sep 5, 2026121 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

Full-page screenshot of discgolfstar.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. discgolfstar.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. discgolfstar.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. discgolfstar.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. discgolfstar.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. discgolfstar.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. discgolfstar.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. discgolfstar.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. discgolfstar.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

Speed

7 to fix67
  • Mobile performance score: 67

    67/100

    Your mobile performance score is 67. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    600 ms · 106 KiB

    About 106 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    650 ms

    12 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 650 ms.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    350 ms · 31 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 31 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 350 ms faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 39 KiB

    About 39 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied 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, 1.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 1,584 HTML elements

    The page has 1,584 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Improve image delivery

    150 ms · 75 KiB

    2 images could be 75 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • 4 third-party services on the page

    4 third-party services load with your homepage (Google CDN, Shopify and shop.app and others), adding 264 KiB and 159 ms of main-thread time.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    150 ms · 13 KiB

    13 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • 6 long tasks on the main thread

    6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 123 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Font display

    50 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    8 KiB

    4 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (8 KiB).

  • 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

    3 KiB

    3 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 15 ms

    15 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 15 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

5 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 6.2 s

    6.2 s

    Your largest element takes 6.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Speed Index: 5.7 s

    5.7 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.8 s

    2.8 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 6.5 s

    6.5 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 6.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • 1 image without width and height

    1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • 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 109 ms to 121 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -9%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.9 s to 1.6 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • 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: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Real visitors wait 1.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.01

    0.01

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 603 ms

    603 ms

    Real visitors wait 603 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 116 ms

    116 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 116 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

100
  • About 0.5 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.46 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.46 g of CO₂e: 54.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

4 checks passed
  • Page weight: 1.6 MB in 152 requests

    1.6 MB

    Your homepage downloads 1.6 MB in 152 requests on a phone: other files 806 KiB (81), scripts 438 KiB (46) and images 194 KiB (12). That is a lean page.

  • 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

10 to fixGoogle 7186
  • Unlabelled dropdowns

    4 dropdowns have no label.

  • Invalid ARIA attributes

    1 element use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.

  • 11 text elements with low contrast

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

  • Hidden but focusable

    9 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.

  • 5 tap targets too small

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

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (36 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 36 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • No main landmark

    The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.

  • Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)

    Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 15 form fields without a label

    15 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • 13 links without text

    13 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 23 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 42 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: 42 passed and 10 failed. 5 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 8586
  • 2 H1 headlines

    There are 2 <h1> headlines (“Disc Golf Star” and “Search”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • Meta description is long (311 characters)

    Your meta description is 311 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • 4 links with vague text

    4 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.

  • 2 links crawlers can't follow

    2 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.

  • 136 internal links, 3 external

    The homepage links to 136 pages on discgolfstar.com and 3 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Title: 41 characters

    Your title is a healthy 41 characters: “Disc Golf Star | Canadian Disc Golf Store”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: 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://discgolfstar.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • 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.

  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://discgolfstar.com/llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.

2 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 (767 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 2 pages without a meta description

    https://discgolfstar.com/policies/shipping-policy and https://discgolfstar.com/blogs/news have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 57 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

6 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    8 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).

  • 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.

  • 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 8 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 2 JavaScript errors while loading

    2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to script at 'https://cdn.ecomposer.app/vendors/js/jquery.min.js' from origin 'https://discgolfstar.com' has bee…”.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    37 of 43 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

2 to fix75
  • 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 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 449 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 449 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: “Learn More” and “Shop now”.

  • 10 calls to action

    The homepage has 10 calls to action, for example “Learn More”, “Shop MVP” and “Shop our brand ambassador's merch here!”.

  • 8 short forms

    8 short forms (3 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 1 email link.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 4 trackers load before any consent

    4

    Before 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). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.

  • 12 cookies set on arrival

    12

    Opening the homepage sets 12 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.

  • 16 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 16 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 discgolfstar.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

Ecomposer Builder · Langify

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
jQuery
E-commerce
Shopify
Hosting
Shopify

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

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