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flanigans.net website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202636 issues · 98 checks
This review found 36 issues worth fixing on flanigans.net, 13 of them high impact, across 98 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. 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
78CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 113 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 112 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 134 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 141 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
How it loaded on a phone
0.5 s
1.1 s
1.6 s
2.1 s
2.7 s
3.2 s
3.7 s
4.3 s
flanigans.net does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Improve image delivery
19.1 s · 3.5 MB7 images could be 3.5 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 19.1 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
8.8 s · 1.5 MB14 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.5 MB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
7.5 s · 981 KiBAbout 981 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 7.5 s faster on a phone.
audioeye.com adds 1.2 s
1.2 saudioeye.com costs a phone 1.2 s of main-thread work and 307 KiB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Render-blocking requests
1.0 s3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.0 s.
Main-thread work: 4.1 s
A phone's processor spends 4.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.8 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (audioeye.com, getbento.com and Google CDN and others), adding 9.6 MB and 2.3 s of main-thread time.
getbento.com adds 579 ms
579 msgetbento.com costs a phone 579 ms of main-thread work and 6.7 MB 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.
Mobile performance score: 52
52/100Your mobile performance score is 52. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Google CDN adds 286 ms
286 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 286 ms of main-thread work and 742 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.
Font display
350 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 350 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
300 ms · 47 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 47 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Adobe TypeKit adds 20 ms
20 msAdobe TypeKit costs a phone 20 ms of main-thread work and 1.3 MB 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
280 ms · 80 KiBAbout 80 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 280 ms faster on a phone.
14 long tasks on the main thread
14 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 188 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 4 ms
4 msYour server sent the HTML in 4 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: 54.8 s
54.8 sYour largest element takes 54.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Speed Index: 16.3 s
16.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 16.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 54.9 s
54.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 54.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.21
0.21For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.21 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Tap response (INP) got 27% slower for real visitors
+27%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 113 ms to 141 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Total Blocking Time: 468 ms
468 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 468 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s
2.0 sThe first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
6 images without width and height
6 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-3%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.0 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
5 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.3 s
2.3 sReal visitors wait 2.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 121 ms
121 msReal visitors wait 121 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user FCP: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 688 ms
688 msReal visitors wait 688 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 10.1 MB in 128 requests
10.1 MBYour homepage downloads 10.1 MB in 128 requests on a phone: images 4.9 MB (38), scripts 3.0 MB (23) and fonts 1.7 MB (49). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image far larger than shown
38 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example flannigansbeer-bucket-7.png at 647 px wide, shown at 107 px. Resized copies would save about 38 KiB.
1 image in older formats
1 image (180 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.
2 images below the first screen load straight away
2 images further down the page (81 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 2.9 g of CO₂ per visit
2.87 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.87 g of CO₂e: 344.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Elements marked as presentational should be consistently ignored (1 element)
Elements marked as presentational should be consistently ignored: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 26 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
40 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 41 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 40 passed and 1 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Meta description is long (173 characters)
Your meta description is 173 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
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.
28 internal links, 21 external
The homepage links to 28 pages on flanigans.net and 21 external pages.
7 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Homepage”.
Title: 62 characters
Your title is a healthy 62 characters: “Flanigan's - Laid back Family-run Restaurants in South Florida”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.flanigans.net/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization, WebPage and 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://www.flanigans.net/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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.
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.
Organization data: 5 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description; contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (468 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
4 pages share a meta description
/location-finder, /events-1, /privacy and /cateringform use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
7 pages without an H1
/location-finder, /events-1, /contact-us-1, /flan-club, /specials and /privacy and 1 other have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
2 pages with very little text
/location-finder and /events-1 have 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.
11 internal pages checked
We fetched 11 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 11 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 11 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 11 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://wsv3cdn.audioeye.com/static-scripts/v2/2026-10-30/compliance.css' from origin 'htt…”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
8 of 9 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
2 broken external links
2 links to other sites are dead, for example http://order.flanigans.net/ (404).
Short HSTS lifetime
HSTS is set, but max-age is 30 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
No X-Content-Type-Options
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff is missing, so browsers may guess file types.
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
6 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (flanigans.net).
Valid certificate (77 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YR1 verifies for flanigans.net and is valid for another 77 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://flanigans.net redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
flanigans.net 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
flanigans.net'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.
2 checks passed
Domain is 27 years old
27 yearsflanigans.net was registered in Jun 1999 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Jun 2034
flanigans.net is registered until Jun 2034.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
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 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 428 words of copy
The homepage carries about 428 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “JOIN THE WAITLIST”, “Join Our Team” and “Contact Us”.
1 short form
A short form (4 fields at most) is right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Meta Pixel.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 85/100
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: quarantine
DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:_spf.fortimailcloud.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:sent-via.netsuite.com ~all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”, “selector2” and “k2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
1 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads 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.
11 cookies set on arrival
11Opening the homepage sets 11 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.
20 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 20 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- Bootstrap
- Hosting
- Fastly
Hiring
- Hiring
- 1 open role
- Job board
- careers page
- Careers page
- www.flanigans.net/jobs (opens in a new tab)
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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