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halffaceblades.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202633 issues · 104 checks
This review found 33 issues worth fixing on halffaceblades.com, 8 of them high impact, across 104 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking 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
86B- #7,791 of 81,774 reviewed websitesbeats 87%
- #4,269 of 40,573 online storesbeats 85%
- #4,113 of 35,953 Shopify storesbeats 84%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 996 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 79 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 79 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 81 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 83 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 84 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 84 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 85 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 86 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 83 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 81 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 81 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
0.8 s
1.5 s
2.3 s
3.0 s
3.8 s
4.5 s
5.3 s
6.0 s
halffaceblades.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Render-blocking requests
2.0 s2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.0 s.
Improve image delivery
100 ms · 2.3 MB20 images could be 2.3 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 100 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
600 ms · 984 KiBAbout 984 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 72
72/100Your mobile performance score is 72. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
913 KiB8 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (913 KiB).
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (route.com, Klaviyo and POWr and others), adding 1.3 MB and 638 ms of main-thread time.
2 long tasks on the main thread
2 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 419 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
route.com adds 334 ms
334 msroute.com costs a phone 334 ms of main-thread work and 542 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.
Webkul adds 36 ms
36 msWebkul costs a phone 36 ms of main-thread work and 341 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
150 ms · 76 KiBAbout 76 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.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 26 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 26 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Minify JavaScript
133 KiB133 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Duplicated JavaScript
9 KiB9 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
Minify CSS
6 KiB6 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
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: 1.9 s
A phone's processor spends 1.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 842 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 6 ms
6 msYour server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 7.1 s
7.1 sYour largest element takes 7.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 14.0 s
14.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 14.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 3.5 s
3.5 sVisually, the page fills in at 3.5 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 79 ms to 81 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
10 checks passed
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: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors wait 1.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 104 ms
104 msReal visitors wait 104 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 0.9 s
0.9 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 430 ms
430 msReal visitors wait 430 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 31% faster for real visitors
-31%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.5 s to 1.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Total Blocking Time: 189 ms
189 msScripts block the page for only 189 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.061
0.061The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.061, good is under 0.1).
First Contentful Paint: 0.9 s
0.9 sThe first text or image appears after 0.9 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.0 MB in 187 requests
5.0 MBYour homepage downloads 5.0 MB in 187 requests on a phone: images 2.8 MB (25), scripts 1.4 MB (63) and other files 752 KiB (91). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
8 images far larger than shown
1.6 MB8 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example DSC_4456.jpg at 1,200 px wide, shown at 185 px. Resized copies would save about 1.6 MB.
2 images over 500 KB
2 images weigh 1.1 MB together. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
WEBSITE_BANNER.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).
About 1.4 g of CO₂ per visit
1.42 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.42 g of CO₂e: 170.4 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
1 image without alt text
1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
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.
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
3 links without text
3 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings should not be empty (1 element)
Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
1 checks passed
45 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 49 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 4 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
No favicon declared
No favicon is declared in the HTML, so browser tabs and Google's mobile results may show a generic icon.
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.
98 internal links, 7 external
The homepage links to 98 pages on halffaceblades.com and 7 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 132 characters
Your meta description is 132 characters: “Half Face Blades has made simplistic blade designs for consumers who demand the finest products to be used in a variety…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Half Face Blades”.
Title: 38 characters
Your title is a healthy 38 characters: “Half Face Blades | tools that cut deep”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.halffaceblades.com/.
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.halffaceblades.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.
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 (420 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page slow to respond
/collections/apparel took over 3 s to send its HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 40 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 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.
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 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://shopify-extension.getredo.com/7036-a115bc9f.css' from origin 'https://www.halfface…”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
18 of 19 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
Short HSTS lifetime
HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
1 link through redirect chains
1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://www.halffaceblades.com/customer_authentication/redirect?locale=en®ion_country=US.
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.
7 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (halffaceblades.com).
Valid certificate (45 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for halffaceblades.com and is valid for another 45 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://halffaceblades.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; 13 did not answer within 5 s.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
halffaceblades.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 12 years old
12 yearshalffaceblades.com was registered in Jul 2014 through eNom, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only pki.goog, ssl.com, digicert.com and globalsign.com to issue certificates for halffaceblades.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until Jul 2028
halffaceblades.com is registered until Jul 2028.
Content and conversion
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 analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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 325 words of copy
The homepage carries about 325 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”.
14 calls to action
The homepage has 14 calls to action, for example “LEARN MORE”, “Outdoor & Hunting Knives Shop now” and “Tactical Knives Shop now”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be halffaceblades.com is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.
No DKIM key on the usual selectors
We found no DKIM key on the selectors the big email providers use. If you send through one of them, turning on DKIM signing improves delivery.
Email authentication score: 60/100
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.
1 checks passed
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:_spf.hostedemail.com include:_spf.google.com include:shops.shopify.com ~all”.
Privacy and tracking
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and 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.
13 cookies set on arrival
13Opening the homepage sets 13 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.
28 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 28 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 9 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
Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Redo · Countdown Timer · powr.io · webkul.com · route.com · nfcube.com · getredo.com · pushowl.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
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 33 issues on halffaceblades.com, including 12 speed issues, 4 SEO issues and 3 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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