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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202642 issues · 108 checks

This review found 42 issues worth fixing on dripdrop.com, 17 of them high impact, across 108 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
2.5 s1.7 sMay 16Oct 311.9 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.4 s
May 23, 20262.3 s
May 30, 20262.3 s
Jun 6, 20262.3 s
Jun 13, 20262.2 s
Jun 20, 20262.2 s
Jun 27, 20262.4 s
Jul 4, 20262.4 s
Jul 11, 20262.3 s
Jul 18, 20262.1 s
Jul 25, 20261.8 s
Aug 1, 20261.8 s
Aug 8, 20261.8 s
Aug 15, 20261.8 s
Aug 22, 20261.9 s
Aug 29, 20261.9 s
Sep 5, 20262.0 s
Sep 12, 20262.0 s
Sep 19, 20262.0 s
Sep 26, 20262.0 s
Oct 3, 20262.0 s
Oct 10, 20262.1 s
Oct 17, 20262.0 s
Oct 24, 20262.0 s
Oct 31, 20261.9 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
189 ms138 msMay 16Oct 31145 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026169 ms
May 23, 2026170 ms
May 30, 2026171 ms
Jun 6, 2026170 ms
Jun 13, 2026169 ms
Jun 20, 2026165 ms
Jun 27, 2026183 ms
Jul 4, 2026181 ms
Jul 11, 2026176 ms
Jul 18, 2026171 ms
Jul 25, 2026154 ms
Aug 1, 2026153 ms
Aug 8, 2026153 ms
Aug 15, 2026147 ms
Aug 22, 2026145 ms
Aug 29, 2026146 ms
Sep 5, 2026152 ms
Sep 12, 2026154 ms
Sep 19, 2026154 ms
Sep 26, 2026153 ms
Oct 3, 2026147 ms
Oct 10, 2026145 ms
Oct 17, 2026145 ms
Oct 24, 2026144 ms
Oct 31, 2026145 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

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Speed

13 to fix35
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.9 s · 785 KiB

    About 785 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.9 s faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    1.1 s · 334 KiB

    26 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (334 KiB).

  • Mobile performance score: 35

    35/100

    Your mobile performance score is 35. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 7.0 s

    A phone's processor spends 7.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.5 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Improve image delivery

    2.4 MB

    9 images could be 2.4 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Osano CMP and rebuyengine.com and others), adding 2.0 MB and 1.6 s of main-thread time.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    600 ms · 104 KiB

    About 104 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    600 ms

    5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 600 ms.

  • 17 long tasks on the main thread

    17 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 332 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 294 ms

    294 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 294 ms of main-thread work and 384 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.

  • rebuyengine.com adds 233 ms

    233 ms

    rebuyengine.com costs a phone 233 ms of main-thread work and 682 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.

  • Osano CMP adds 269 ms

    269 ms

    Osano CMP costs a phone 269 ms of main-thread work and 83 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.

  • Shopify adds 163 ms

    163 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 163 ms of main-thread work and 393 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

    68 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 68 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Font display

    50 ms

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

  • Minify JavaScript

    6 KiB

    6 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.

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  • Server response: 9 ms

    9 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 9 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

8 to fix100
  • 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.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 22.7 s

    22.7 s

    Your largest element takes 22.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “DripDrop electrolyte powder surrounded by cherries”.

  • Time to Interactive: 26.2 s

    26.2 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 26.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 5.3 s

    5.3 s

    The first text or image appears after 5.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 9.4 s

    9.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 9.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 986 ms

    986 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 986 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user TTFB: 872 ms

    872 ms

    Real visitors wait 872 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • 4 images without width and height

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

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    Real visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 151 ms

    151 ms

    Real visitors wait 151 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: 1.5 s

    1.5 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Tap response (INP) got 15% faster for real visitors

    -15%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 169 ms to 145 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 18% faster for real visitors

    -18%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.4 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

2 to fix69
  • Page weight: 7.1 MB in 443 requests

    7.1 MB

    Your homepage downloads 7.1 MB in 443 requests on a phone: images 3.3 MB (77), scripts 2.1 MB (105) and other files 1.2 MB (218). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    Cherry_Web_Launch_800x900_260513_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).

  • 3 images in older formats

    3 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.

  • 2 images below the first screen load straight away

    2 images further down the page (78 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 2.0 g of CO₂ per visit

    2.00 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.00 g of CO₂e: 240.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • Images are sized for phones

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

Accessibility

9 to fixGoogle 8889
  • 1 button without a name

    1 button has 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.

  • 4 tap targets too small

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

  • 13 images without alt text

    13 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (2 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Contentinfo landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)

    Contentinfo 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 contentinfo landmark (1 element)

    Document should not have more than one contentinfo 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.

  • 11 links without text

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

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h3 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

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  • 51 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 58 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 51 passed and 7 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

3 to fixGoogle 9284
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 84 internal links, 4 external

    The homepage links to 84 pages on dripdrop.com and 4 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Meta description: 158 characters

    Your meta description is 158 characters: “DripDrop electrolyte powder is trusted by the best. Three times the electrolytes and half the sugar vs the leading spor…”.

  • Title: 61 characters

    Your title is a healthy 61 characters: “DripDrop Electrolyte Packets | Hydration Drink Mix – DripDrop”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://dripdrop.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://dripdrop.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 /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.

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

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 4 pages without an H1

    /collections/all, /collections/best-selling-hydration-packets, /pages/medical-professionals and /pages/job-site-safety 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 37 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

6 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    7 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.

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 7 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 7 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 4 JavaScript errors while loading

    4 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 ()”.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    41 of 46 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

100
  • 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.

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  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (dripdrop.com).

  • Valid certificate (52 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for dripdrop.com and is valid for another 52 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://dripdrop.com 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 44 links work

    All 44 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 4 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    dripdrop.com has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.

  • DNSSEC is off

    dripdrop.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.

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  • Domain is 22 years old

    22 years

    dripdrop.com was registered in Apr 2004 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Apr 2027

    dripdrop.com is registered until Apr 2027.

Content and conversion

1 to fix93
  • 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.

  • About 487 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 487 words of visible text.

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP NOW” and “SUBSCRIBE NOW”.

  • 16 calls to action

    The homepage has 16 calls to action, for example “SHOP”, “shop by formula” and “Shop all”.

  • 5 short forms

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

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 1 customer or partner logo and 4 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

  • Risk reducer mentioned

    A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.

Email authentication

3 to fix25
  • No SPF record

    dripdrop.com has no SPF record, so mail servers can't tell which servers may send email as you. Your mail lands in spam more often, and anyone can send mail pretending to be you.

  • DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

    DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be dripdrop.com is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.

  • 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: 25/100

    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.

Privacy and tracking

  • 7 trackers load before any consent

    7

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Amazon Ads, FullStory, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Microsoft Ads and 2 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Osano) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 9 cookies set on arrival

    9

    Opening the homepage sets 9 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 45 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 45 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: Osano

    A consent management tool (Osano) loads with the page.

Apps on your store

Your storefront loads 17 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

None of the apps your storefront loads is on the list of apps with a known security problem.

Apps your storefront loads

Blockify Fraud Filter · Awin Affiliate Marketing · Fullstory · Black Crow Ai That Delivers · Postscript Sms Marketing · Gorgias Live Chat Helpdesk · Okendo · Rebuy Personalization Engine · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Region Restrictions · Test Sms · Marquee · Expertvoice · trafficmanager.net · superfiliate-cdn.com · 9gtb.com · 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

  • The footer still says © 2025.

Stack

E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Google Tag Manager | FullStory
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Founded
2008
Headquarters
San Francisco

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

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