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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202624 issues · 103 checks

This review found 24 issues worth fixing on fishwest.com, 4 of them high impact, across 103 checks. The most urgent: aRIA attributes must conform to valid values (2 elements). 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
1.4 s1.2 sMay 16Oct 311.3 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20261.2 s
May 23, 20261.3 s
May 30, 20261.3 s
Jun 6, 20261.3 s
Jun 13, 20261.3 s
Jun 20, 20261.3 s
Jun 27, 20261.3 s
Jul 4, 20261.2 s
Jul 11, 20261.2 s
Jul 18, 20261.2 s
Jul 25, 20261.3 s
Aug 1, 20261.3 s
Aug 8, 20261.2 s
Aug 15, 20261.3 s
Aug 22, 20261.3 s
Aug 29, 20261.4 s
Sep 5, 20261.4 s
Sep 12, 20261.4 s
Sep 19, 20261.3 s
Sep 26, 20261.3 s
Oct 3, 20261.3 s
Oct 10, 20261.3 s
Oct 17, 20261.3 s
Oct 24, 20261.3 s
Oct 31, 20261.3 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
95 ms77 msMay 16Oct 3187 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 202679 ms
May 23, 202687 ms
May 30, 202688 ms
Jun 6, 202692 ms
Jun 13, 202687 ms
Jun 20, 202689 ms
Jun 27, 202687 ms
Jul 4, 202689 ms
Jul 11, 202693 ms
Jul 18, 202689 ms
Jul 25, 202688 ms
Aug 1, 202685 ms
Aug 8, 202688 ms
Aug 15, 202690 ms
Aug 22, 202688 ms
Aug 29, 202688 ms
Sep 5, 202685 ms
Sep 12, 202684 ms
Sep 19, 202683 ms
Sep 26, 202681 ms
Oct 3, 202684 ms
Oct 10, 202687 ms
Oct 17, 202687 ms
Oct 24, 202687 ms
Oct 31, 202687 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 fishwest.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

fishwest.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.

Speed

6 to fix77
  • Mobile performance score: 77

    77/100

    Your mobile performance score is 77. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Improve image delivery

    150 ms · 704 KiB

    14 images could be 704 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.

  • Render-blocking requests

    800 ms

    3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 800 ms.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    450 ms · 111 KiB

    9 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (111 KiB).

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    300 ms · 64 KiB

    About 64 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • 2,079 HTML elements

    The page has 2,079 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    150 ms · 34 KiB

    About 34 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.

  • 5 third-party services on the page

    5 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Klaviyo and shop.app and others), adding 431 KiB and 91 ms of main-thread time.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    25 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 25 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Minify JavaScript

    10 KiB

    10 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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  • Main-thread work: 1.4 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 421 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 6 ms

    6 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

2 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 6.4 s

    6.4 s

    Your largest element takes 6.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Time to Interactive: 6.5 s

    6.5 s

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +5%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 79 ms to 87 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 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.2 s to 1.3 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: 1.3 s

    1.3 s

    Real visitors wait 1.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 86 ms

    86 ms

    Real visitors wait 86 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: 0.9 s

    0.9 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 0.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 523 ms

    523 ms

    Real visitors wait 523 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Speed Index: 3.0 s

    3.0 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 3.0 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001

    0.001

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.1 s

    1.1 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.1 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Total Blocking Time: 0 ms

    0 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 0 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

2 to fix83
  • Page weight: 3.2 MB in 285 requests

    3.2 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.2 MB in 285 requests on a phone: images 1.5 MB (35), other files 755 KiB (94) and scripts 708 KiB (143). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    RCD2379.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 (150 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.

  • 6 images below the first screen load straight away

    6 images further down the page (135 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.91 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.91 g of CO₂e: 108.8 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

5 to fixGoogle 8592
  • ARIA attributes must conform to valid values (2 elements)

    ARIA attributes must conform to valid values: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • Hidden but focusable

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

  • 3 text elements with low contrast

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

  • 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.

  • 7 links without text

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

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 85 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 46 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 46 passed and 5 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 9284
  • No structured data

    No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.

  • 2 H1 headlines

    There are 2 <h1> headlines (“FISHWEST” and “Ross Reels - Evolution LTX Reel”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • Meta description is long (191 characters)

    Your meta description is 191 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • 5 links with vague text

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

  • 198 internal links, 7 external

    The homepage links to 198 pages on fishwest.com and 7 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • Title: 44 characters

    Your title is a healthy 44 characters: “Fishwest | All Things Fly Fishing – FISHWEST”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://fishwest.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://fishwest.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 (1,142 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 88 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

7 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    6 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 6 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • 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 6 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

Google 96100
3 checks passed
  • No console errors

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

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    25 of 28 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.

  • 2 links through redirect chains

    2 links go through two or more redirects, for example https://fishwest.com/account.

  • 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 (fishwest.com).

  • Valid certificate (54 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for fishwest.com and is valid for another 54 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://fishwest.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 45 links work

    All 45 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 5 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    fishwest.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

    fishwest.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 23 years old

    23 years

    fishwest.com was registered in May 2003 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until May 2027

    fishwest.com is registered until May 2027.

Content and conversion

3 to fix79
  • Local business without LocalBusiness data

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

  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: a star rating. 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 opening hours

    The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.

  • Phone number is not tap-to-call

    Your phone number appears as text but isn't a tel: link, so phone visitors can't tap to call.

  • No map or directions link

    There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.

  • 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 483 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 483 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: “Learn More” and “Shop Now”.

  • 13 calls to action

    The homepage has 13 calls to action, for example “Quick shop”, “Learn More” and “Shop Now”.

  • 7 short forms

    7 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage.

Email authentication

100
  • Email authentication score: 100/100

    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.

3 checks passed
  • DMARC policy: reject

    DMARC tells receivers to reject mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.

  • SPF with a strict ending (-all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ip4:75.27.153.139 ip4:72.52.234.222 ip4:23.253.149.154 ip4:104.130.226.104 ip…”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “selector2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

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 Klaviyo (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.

  • 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.

Apps on your store

Your storefront loads 3 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

Product Filters Search · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · govx.com

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

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Shopify

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