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flowauto.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 28 October 202645 issues · 93 checks
This review found 45 issues worth fixing on flowauto.com, 17 of them high impact, across 93 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
56FClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 3.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 270 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 265 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 261 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 254 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 252 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 253 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 252 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 254 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 252 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 245 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 248 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 241 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 240 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 246 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 246 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 241 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 238 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 235 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 225 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 229 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 235 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 237 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 237 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 237 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 237 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
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.7 s · 557 KiBAbout 557 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.7 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.4 s · 1,001 KiB71 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1,001 KiB).
Mobile performance score: 36
36/100Your mobile performance score is 36 (desktop: 37). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 4.9 s
A phone's processor spends 4.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.4 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 (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and complyauto.com and others), adding 1.1 MB and 1.0 s of main-thread time.
16 long tasks on the main thread
16 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 635 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Google Tag Manager adds 564 ms
564 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 564 ms of main-thread work and 569 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.
Render-blocking requests
500 ms1 file blocks the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining it could save about 500 ms.
1,760 HTML elements
The page has 1,760 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Improve image delivery
84 KiB14 images could be 84 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Legacy JavaScript
52 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 52 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Reduce unused CSS
16 KiBAbout 16 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
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: 1 ms
1 msYour server sent the HTML in 1 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.
Real-user CLS: 0.28
0.28For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.28 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Largest Contentful Paint: 14.2 s
14.2 sYour largest element takes 14.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “wave”.
Time to Interactive: 15.8 s
15.8 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 15.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.8 s
8.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 3.7 s
3.7 sThe first text or image appears after 3.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 919 ms
919 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 919 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user LCP: 3.2 s
3.2 sReal visitors wait 3.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 253 ms
253 msReal visitors wait 253 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
72 images without width and height
72 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.5 s to 3.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user FCP: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 341 ms
341 msReal visitors wait 341 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 11% faster for real visitors
-11%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 270 ms to 237 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.093
0.093The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.093, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.3 MB in 164 requests
2.3 MBYour homepage downloads 2.3 MB in 164 requests on a phone: scripts 1.5 MB (35), images 321 KiB (50) and other files 297 KiB (69). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit
0.65 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.65 g of CO₂e: 78.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values
[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values (1 element).
1 button without a name
1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (6 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
9 text elements with low contrast
9 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
4 links without text
4 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Links look like plain text
3 links inside paragraphs rely on colour alone to stand out.
1 checks passed
37 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 39 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 37 passed and 2 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
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.
No canonical URL
No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
11 links with vague text
11 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
Only 0 internal links
The homepage links to only 0 pages on your own site, so visitors and crawlers find few routes into the rest of it.
4 checks passed
Meta description: 99 characters
Your meta description is 99 characters: “With 50 car dealerships in NC and VA, Flow Automotive makes buying a car Easy, Transparent and Fun!”.
Title: 59 characters
Your title is a healthy 59 characters: “New and Used Car Dealerships in NC and VA | Flow Automotive”.
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.flowauto.com/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.
Opted out of AI training for 1 crawler
robots.txt blocks CCBot, which collect pages to train models. That's a legitimate choice and doesn't by itself stop the site appearing in AI answers, which the crawlers above handle.
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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.
Best practices
6 small tap targets
6 of 6 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).
5 JavaScript errors while loading
5 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 ()”.
1 low-resolution image
1 image is served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
http:// does not redirect
http://flowauto.com does not redirect to https, so some visitors land on the insecure version.
No Content-Security-Policy
No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
No clickjacking protection
Neither X-Frame-Options nor a CSP frame-ancestors policy is set, so any site can embed yours in a frame.
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 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.
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
3 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (flowauto.com).
Valid certificate (70 days left)
The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for flowauto.com and is valid for another 70 days.
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
flowauto.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.
3 checks passed
Domain is 27 years old
27 yearsflowauto.com was registered in Nov 1998 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only amazonaws.com, pki.goog, comodoca.com and digicert.com to issue certificates for flowauto.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until Nov 2030
flowauto.com is registered until Nov 2030.
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 calls to action
We found no call-to-action buttons or links (such as “Book a demo” or “Get a quote”) anywhere on the homepage.
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.
Only about 54 words
The homepage has only about 54 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
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.
1 checks passed
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, Amplitude and Cloudflare Web Analytics.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be flowauto.com is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.
Email authentication score: 70/100
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.
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SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 ip4:70.62.98.82 ip4:70.62.98.87 ip4:70.62.109.197 ip4:12.171.30.116 ip4:207.186.164.25 include:_spf.google.com i…”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “s1” and “s2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Amplitude, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel and 1 more (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.
5 cookies set on arrival
5Opening the homepage sets 5 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
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager | Amplitude
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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