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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.

  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
3.7 s3.3 sMay 9Oct 243.5 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20263.5 s
May 16, 20263.6 s
May 23, 20263.6 s
May 30, 20263.6 s
Jun 6, 20263.6 s
Jun 13, 20263.6 s
Jun 20, 20263.6 s
Jun 27, 20263.5 s
Jul 4, 20263.4 s
Jul 11, 20263.3 s
Jul 18, 20263.4 s
Jul 25, 20263.5 s
Aug 1, 20263.5 s
Aug 8, 20263.6 s
Aug 15, 20263.6 s
Aug 22, 20263.5 s
Aug 29, 20263.5 s
Sep 5, 20263.4 s
Sep 12, 20263.4 s
Sep 19, 20263.4 s
Sep 26, 20263.5 s
Oct 3, 20263.6 s
Oct 10, 20263.5 s
Oct 17, 20263.5 s
Oct 24, 20263.5 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
277 ms218 msMay 9Oct 24237 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026270 ms
May 16, 2026265 ms
May 23, 2026261 ms
May 30, 2026254 ms
Jun 6, 2026252 ms
Jun 13, 2026253 ms
Jun 20, 2026252 ms
Jun 27, 2026254 ms
Jul 4, 2026252 ms
Jul 11, 2026245 ms
Jul 18, 2026248 ms
Jul 25, 2026241 ms
Aug 1, 2026240 ms
Aug 8, 2026246 ms
Aug 15, 2026246 ms
Aug 22, 2026241 ms
Aug 29, 2026238 ms
Sep 5, 2026235 ms
Sep 12, 2026225 ms
Sep 19, 2026229 ms
Sep 26, 2026235 ms
Oct 3, 2026237 ms
Oct 10, 2026237 ms
Oct 17, 2026237 ms
Oct 24, 2026237 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

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Speed

9 to fix36
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    2.7 s · 557 KiB

    About 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 KiB

    71 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1,001 KiB).

  • Mobile performance score: 36

    36/100

    Your 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 ms

    Google 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 ms

    1 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 KiB

    14 images could be 84 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    52 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 52 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    16 KiB

    About 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.

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  • Server response: 1 ms

    1 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 1 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

10 to fix0
  • 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

    0.28

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.28 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 14.2 s

    14.2 s

    Your 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 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 15.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 8.8 s

    8.8 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 8.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.7 s

    3.7 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 919 ms

    919 ms

    Scripts 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 s

    Real 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 ms

    Real 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 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 341 ms

    341 ms

    Real 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

    0.093

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.093, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix85
  • Page weight: 2.3 MB in 164 requests

    2.3 MB

    Your 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 g

    By 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.

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  • 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

6 to fixGoogle 8191
  • [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.

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  • 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

6 to fixGoogle 9276
  • 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

1 to fix83
  • 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

3 to fixGoogle 7385
  • 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.

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  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

2 to fix80
  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Domain is 27 years old

    27 years

    flowauto.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

5 to fix33
  • 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.

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  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, Amplitude and Cloudflare Web Analytics.

Email authentication

1 to fix70
  • 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

1 to fix
  • 6 trackers load before any consent

    6

    Before 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

    5

    Opening 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

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