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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 6 November 202635 issues · 82 checks

This review found 35 issues worth fixing on eirehobbies.com, 15 of them high impact, across 82 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
1.6 s1.2 sMay 16Oct 311.2 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20261.5 s
May 23, 20261.5 s
May 30, 20261.4 s
Jun 6, 20261.4 s
Jun 13, 20261.3 s
Jun 20, 20261.4 s
Jun 27, 20261.4 s
Jul 4, 20261.4 s
Jul 11, 20261.4 s
Jul 18, 20261.4 s
Jul 25, 20261.4 s
Aug 1, 20261.3 s
Aug 8, 20261.4 s
Aug 15, 20261.4 s
Aug 22, 20261.4 s
Aug 29, 20261.4 s
Sep 5, 20261.4 s
Sep 12, 20261.4 s
Sep 19, 20261.4 s
Sep 26, 20261.4 s
Oct 3, 20261.3 s
Oct 10, 20261.3 s
Oct 17, 20261.2 s
Oct 24, 20261.2 s
Oct 31, 20261.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
163 ms101 msMay 16Oct 31136 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026108 ms
May 23, 2026113 ms
May 30, 2026121 ms
Jun 6, 2026129 ms
Jun 13, 2026134 ms
Jun 20, 2026138 ms
Jun 27, 2026145 ms
Jul 4, 2026153 ms
Jul 11, 2026156 ms
Jul 18, 2026155 ms
Jul 25, 2026154 ms
Aug 1, 2026148 ms
Aug 8, 2026147 ms
Aug 15, 2026146 ms
Aug 22, 2026146 ms
Aug 29, 2026146 ms
Sep 5, 2026145 ms
Sep 12, 2026146 ms
Sep 19, 2026142 ms
Sep 26, 2026137 ms
Oct 3, 2026136 ms
Oct 10, 2026133 ms
Oct 17, 2026133 ms
Oct 24, 2026134 ms
Oct 31, 2026136 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 eirehobbies.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. eirehobbies.com at 1.3 s1.3 s
  2. eirehobbies.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  3. eirehobbies.com at 3.9 s3.9 s
  4. eirehobbies.com at 5.2 s5.2 s
  5. eirehobbies.com at 6.6 s6.6 s
  6. eirehobbies.com at 7.9 s7.9 s
  7. eirehobbies.com at 9.2 s9.2 s
  8. eirehobbies.com at 10.5 s10.5 s

Speed

9 to fix41
  • Render-blocking requests

    1.1 s

    6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.1 s.

  • Main-thread work: 11.4 s

    A phone's processor spends 11.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Mobile performance score: 41

    41/100

    Your mobile performance score is 41. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • 6,478 HTML elements

    The page has 6,478 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • 17 long tasks on the main thread

    17 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 1.3 s. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Improve image delivery

    650 ms · 280 KiB

    8 images could be 280 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 650 ms faster on a phone.

  • 6 third-party services on the page

    6 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, growave.io and Trust Pilot and others), adding 1.3 MB and 637 ms of main-thread time.

  • Shopify adds 407 ms

    407 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 407 ms of main-thread work and 852 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.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 77 KiB

    About 77 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.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    150 ms · 233 KiB

    About 233 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    56 KiB

    14 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (56 KiB).

  • Legacy JavaScript

    19 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 19 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • 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: 71 ms

    71 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 71 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

7 to fix67
  • 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: 11.3 s

    11.3 s

    Your largest element takes 11.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “House Orlock | Pre-Orders | Necromunda”.

  • Time to Interactive: 18.7 s

    18.7 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 18.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 1.7 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 7.6 s

    7.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 7.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user INP: 253 ms

    253 ms

    Real visitors wait 253 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 22% slower for real visitors

    +22%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 108 ms to 136 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

7 checks passed
  • Real-user LCP: 2.1 s

    2.1 s

    Real visitors wait 2.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • 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: 1.1 s

    1.1 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 415 ms

    415 ms

    Real visitors wait 415 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 17% faster for real visitors

    -17%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.5 s to 1.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.2 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.027

    0.027

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.027, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

3 to fix53
  • Page weight: 4.3 MB in 302 requests

    4.3 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.3 MB in 302 requests on a phone: scripts 1.7 MB (160), images 1.3 MB (21) and other files 770 KiB (94). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    Eirehobbies_Emeralds_Mobile_1_800x.png 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).

  • 1 image far larger than shown

    50 KiB

    1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example PREORDER_ABSOLUTE_FINAL_1_528x270.png at 528 px wide, shown at 1 px. Resized copies would save about 50 KiB.

  • 1 image in older formats

    1 image (68 KiB) is 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 1.2 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.22 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.22 g of CO₂e: 146.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

Accessibility

6 to fixGoogle 8792
  • 38 text elements with low contrast

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

  • 14 tap targets too small

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

  • Hidden but focusable

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

  • 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.

  • 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 (9 elements)

    Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 9 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 70 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 48 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 6 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 10085
  • No H1 headline

    There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.

  • Meta description is long (169 characters)

    Your meta description is 169 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • 1,166 internal links, 5 external

    The homepage links to 1,166 pages on eirehobbies.com and 5 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Title: 54 characters

    Your title is a healthy 54 characters: “EireHobbies | Ireland's premier hobby and model store!”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

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 (4,453 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

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

Other pages

2 to fix90
  • 10 pages without a meta description

    /collections/battleforces-army-sets, /collections/armies-of-the-imperium, /collections/armies-of-chaos, /collections/xenos-armies, /collections/codices-books-accessories and /collections/40k-terrain and 4 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 15 pages without an H1

    /collections/40k-getting-started, /collections/combat-patrol, /collections/battleforces-army-sets, /collections/space-marines, /collections/armies-of-the-imperium and /collections/armies-of-chaos 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 198 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

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 21 small tap targets

    21 of 72 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

2 checks passed
  • No console errors

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

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix78
  • No social proof

    No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.

  • Local business without LocalBusiness data

    Your homepage shows a map but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.

  • 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 540 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 540 words of visible text.

  • Urgency cues

    The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).

6 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Give Us A Call” and “Contact Us”.

  • 36 calls to action

    The homepage has 36 calls to action, for example “Grand Alliance Order”, “Shop by Type” and “Shop by Scale”.

  • 3 short forms

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

  • Direct contact links

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

  • Opening hours shown

    Your opening hours are on the homepage.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

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

  • 14 cookies set on arrival

    14

    Opening the homepage sets 14 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.

  • 17 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 17 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 eirehobbies.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 5 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

Apps your storefront loads

Watchlist · Growave Loyalty Wishlist · azureedge.net · trustpilot.com · Swym Wishlist Plus

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
Bootstrap
E-commerce
Shopify
Hosting
Shopify

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

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