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gkhair.com.au website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202632 issues · 87 checks
This review found 32 issues worth fixing on gkhair.com.au, 9 of them high impact, across 87 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 30.5 MB in 363 requests. 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
83B- #25,213 of 109,117 reviewed websitesbeats 72%
- #16,607 of 61,799 online storesbeats 67%
- #16,116 of 56,377 Shopify storesbeats 65%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
Compare side by sideShow as table
| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.4 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 30, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 204 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
2.1 s
4.3 s
6.4 s
8.5 s
10.7 s
12.8 s
14.9 s
17.0 s
Speed
Main-thread work: 4.9 s
A phone's processor spends 4.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
4,167 HTML elements
The page has 4,167 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (iconify.design, Shopify and TikTok and others), adding 7.2 MB and 972 ms of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 73
73/100Your mobile performance score is 73. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Shopify adds 239 ms
239 msShopify costs a phone 239 ms of main-thread work and 6.8 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.
Render-blocking requests
650 ms10 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 650 ms.
Reduce unused JavaScript
250 ms · 328 KiBAbout 328 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 250 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
250 ms · 317 KiB11 images could be 317 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 250 ms faster on a phone.
iconify.design adds 374 ms
374 msiconify.design costs a phone 374 ms of main-thread work and 11 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.
Reduce unused CSS
250 ms · 64 KiBAbout 64 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 250 ms faster on a phone.
4 long tasks on the main thread
4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 133 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
116 KiB10 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (116 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
23 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 23 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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.
Duplicated JavaScript
2 KiB2 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
Minify JavaScript
2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 27 ms
27 msYour server sent the HTML in 27 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 8.0 s
8.0 sYour largest element takes 8.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “We use cookies and other technologies to personalize your e…”.
Time to Interactive: 11.3 s
11.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 11.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Tap response (INP) got 27% slower for real visitors
+27%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 146 ms to 204 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 28% slower for real visitors
+28%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.0 s to 2.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Speed Index: 4.3 s
4.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 4.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
19 images without width and height
19 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
3 checks passed
First Contentful Paint: 1.5 s
1.5 sThe first text or image appears after 1.5 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Total Blocking Time: 68 ms
68 msScripts block the page for only 68 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001
0.001The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 30.5 MB in 363 requests
30.5 MBYour homepage downloads 30.5 MB in 363 requests on a phone: media 27.1 MB (11), other files 1.3 MB (258) and scripts 1.0 MB (56). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image far larger than shown
73 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example Serum_50ml.webp at 1,200 px wide, shown at 170 px. Resized copies would save about 73 KiB.
1 image in older formats
1 image (90 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.
About 8.6 g of CO₂ per visit
8.63 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 8.63 g of CO₂e: 1036.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Accessibility
Unlabelled dropdowns
8 dropdowns have no label.
10 text elements with low contrast
10 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
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.
17 form fields without a label
17 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (4 elements)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 208 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
50 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 56 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 6 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
703 internal links, 20 external
The homepage links to 703 pages on gkhair.com.au and 20 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 147 characters
Your meta description is 147 characters: “GK Hair is a revolutionary brand that focuses on intense research and development, to launch innovative hair care range…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Hair Type”.
Title: 63 characters
Your title is a healthy 63 characters: “Global Keratin Hair ® Official Online Store | GK Hair Australia”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://gkhair.com.au/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization.
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://gkhair.com.au/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing logo, description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
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.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (8,112 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://gkhair.com.au/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
2 pages without an H1
https://gkhair.com.au/collections and https://gkhair.com.au/pages/hair-quiz have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 189 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 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 15 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 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://gkhair.com.au/.
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
Requests the notification permission on page load
Requests the notification permission on page load.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
22 of 27 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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: 16 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
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 660 words of copy
The homepage carries about 660 words of visible text.
7 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Sign Up Now” and “Shop All”.
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “Shop All” and “Sign Up Now”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Hotjar and TikTok Pixel.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 2 email links.
Opening hours shown
Your opening hours are on the homepage.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Privacy and tracking
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 2 mores (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.
21 cookies set on arrival
21Opening the homepage sets 21 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (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.
46 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 46 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
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 gkhair.com.au, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 13 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Postscript Sms Marketing · Selly Promotion Pricing · Frequently Bought · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Test Sms · Pushowl · Bitbybit Loyalty · Revenuehunt · cloudfront.net · snapchat.com · wisepops.net · goaffpro.com · getredo.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
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Hotjar
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 32 issues on gkhair.com.au, including 15 speed issues and 2 conversion gaps. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.
- 28 research agents read your site, reviews, competitors, communities and public filings
- Customer review mining (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and more) and voice-of-pain analysis in your buyers’ own words
- Competitor intelligence with battlecards for your closest rivals
- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
- Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
- Earned media and PR openings
- At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
- PDF, Markdown, CSV, Notion and Linear exports, and a shareable page your team can track progress on
- Refresh the playbook later to see what changed
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