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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 24 October 202642 issues · 86 checks
This review found 42 issues worth fixing on epson.ca, 16 of them high impact, across 86 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
66DClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.6 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 470 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 474 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 474 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 470 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 469 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 467 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 470 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 472 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 480 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 485 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 487 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 487 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 484 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 486 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 487 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 490 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 492 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 488 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 484 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 484 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 479 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 479 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 484 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 486 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 484 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
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
3.0 s · 1.6 MB265 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.6 MB).
Improve image delivery
2.6 s · 1.6 MB14 images could be 1.6 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.6 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
2.5 s11 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.5 s.
Reduce unused CSS
1.5 s · 238 KiBAbout 238 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.5 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 39
39/100Your mobile performance score is 39 (desktop: 37). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Tealium, superpinkday.com and Monotype and others), adding 1,003 KiB and 871 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
460 ms · 447 KiBAbout 447 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 460 ms faster on a phone.
Tealium adds 508 ms
508 msTealium costs a phone 508 ms of main-thread work and 138 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.
Main-thread work: 3.5 s
A phone's processor spends 3.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
13 long tasks on the main thread
13 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 275 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
2,122 HTML elements
The page has 2,122 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Google CDN adds 63 ms
63 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 63 ms of main-thread work and 348 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
150 ms · 23 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 23 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Minify CSS
37 KiB37 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Minify JavaScript
13 KiB13 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 385 ms
385 msYour server sent the HTML in 385 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.
Largest Contentful Paint: 13.9 s
13.9 sYour largest element takes 13.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Goodbye Cartridges. Hello Savings1. Introducing Our Next Ge…”.
Time to Interactive: 18.4 s
18.4 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 18.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 4.7 s
4.7 sThe first text or image appears after 4.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.2 s
8.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 758 ms
758 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 758 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user LCP: 2.9 s
2.9 sReal visitors wait 2.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 438 ms
438 msReal visitors wait 438 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user FCP: 2.2 s
2.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.0 s
1.0 sReal visitors wait 1.0 s 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.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+3%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 470 ms to 484 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.6 s to 2.6 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
2 checks passed
Real-user CLS: 0.05
0.05For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.05 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.069
0.069The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.069, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 11.0 MB in 293 requests
11.0 MBYour homepage downloads 11.0 MB in 293 requests on a phone: images 9.0 MB (113), scripts 1.5 MB (148) and stylesheets 257 KiB (11). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image over 500 KB
rendition weighs 545 KiB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
5 images far larger than shown
687 KiB5 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example rendition at 1,800 px wide, shown at 82 px. Resized copies would save about 687 KiB.
40 images in older formats
40 images (5.2 MB) 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 (321 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 3.1 g of CO₂ per visit
3.11 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 3.11 g of CO₂e: 373.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
<html> element must have a valid value for the lang attribute (1 element)
<html> element must have a valid value for the lang attribute: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
7 images without alt text
7 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
Page language is “en_CA”
The page declares lang=“en_CA”, which is not a usable language code, so screen readers and translation tools guess.
1 checks passed
47 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 48 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 1 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is short (23 characters)
Your title is only 23 characters: “Homepage | Epson Canada”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
Meta description is long (238 characters)
Your meta description is 238 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
4 links crawlers can't follow
4 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
Open Graph partly set
Open Graph is missing og:title and og:description, so shared links fall back to guesses.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
352 internal links, 26 external
The homepage links to 352 pages on epson.ca and 26 external pages.
4 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Epson – Printers, Projectors, & Technology Solutions”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://epson.ca/.
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://epson.ca/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.
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.
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 (1,317 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
4 pages without a meta description
/oidc, /c/e1, /c/e3 and /c/e2 have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
3 links to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 3 pages by a URL that isn't their canonical one, for example /c/e1, whose canonical is /Printers/c/e1. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
5 pages without an H1
/exceptional-people, /engineered-precision, /environmental-pursuit, /enduring-partnerships and /careers have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
1 page with very little text
/oidc has under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
3 pages slow to respond
/c/e3, /c/e2 and /accessories took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 187 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
4 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
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
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
22 of 24 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: 2 trust badges. 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 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 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 423 words of copy
The homepage carries about 423 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”.
45 calls to action
The homepage has 45 calls to action, for example “Shop Direct”, “Track Your Order” and “Register Your Product”.
5 short forms
5 short forms (3 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Ads (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (OneTrust) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
33 cookies set on arrival
33Opening the homepage sets 33 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
21 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 21 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: OneTrust
A consent management tool (OneTrust) loads with the page.
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 epson.ca, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
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