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hegen.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 25 October 202632 issues · 105 checks
This review found 32 issues worth fixing on hegen.com, 12 of them high impact, across 105 checks. The most urgent: avoid multiple page redirects. 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
85B- #10,795 of 82,255 reviewed websitesbeats 83%
- #6,167 of 40,940 online storesbeats 80%
- #5,956 of 36,310 Shopify storesbeats 78%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 131 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 134 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 138 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 142 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 152 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 152 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 161 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 174 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 167 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 164 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 161 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 162 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
0.9 s
1.7 s
2.6 s
3.5 s
4.4 s
5.2 s
6.1 s
7.0 s
hegen.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Avoid multiple page redirects
10.8 sThe page goes through 2 redirects before it starts loading, costing about 10.8 s. Link and advertise the final URL directly.
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.5 s · 890 KiBAbout 890 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.5 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 49
49/100Your mobile performance score is 49 (desktop: 52). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 7.3 s
A phone's processor spends 7.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.5 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Render-blocking requests
450 ms6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 450 ms.
11 long tasks on the main thread
11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 156 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Improve image delivery
130 KiB5 images could be 130 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Reduce unused CSS
78 KiBAbout 78 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
6 third-party services on the page
6 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Google Tag Manager and shop.app and others), adding 437 KiB and 11 ms of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
33 KiB5 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (33 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
30 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 30 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 9 ms
9 msYour server sent the HTML in 9 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 28.3 s
28.3 sYour largest element takes 28.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s.
Time to Interactive: 38.5 s
38.5 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 38.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 7.6 s
7.6 sThe first text or image appears after 7.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 10.8 s
10.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 10.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 22% slower for real visitors
+22%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 131 ms to 162 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Total Blocking Time: 310 ms
310 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 310 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
8 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: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors wait 1.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 118 ms
118 msReal visitors wait 118 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: 426 ms
426 msReal visitors wait 426 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 58% faster for real visitors
-58%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.1 s to 1.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 55.3 MB in 674 requests
55.3 MBYour homepage downloads 55.3 MB in 674 requests on a phone: media 47.8 MB (4), scripts 3.2 MB (273) and images 2.1 MB (65). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image far larger than shown
24 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example Category_Expecting_and_Newborn.jpg at 560 px wide, shown at 140 px. Resized copies would save about 24 KiB.
2 images in older formats
2 images (154 KiB) are 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.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (30 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 15.7 g of CO₂ per visit
15.67 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 15.67 g of CO₂e: 1879.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
22 text elements with low contrast
22 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Malformed lists
Some lists contain elements other than list items, which screen readers announce wrongly.
5 images without alt text
5 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (9 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 9 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 (3 elements)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)
Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Document should not have more than one banner landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one banner landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Orphan list items
Some list items are not inside a list.
1 tap target too small
1 tap target is too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (5 elements)
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 5 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
1 checks passed
51 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 59 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 51 passed and 8 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
2 links with vague text
2 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
150 internal links, 16 external
The homepage links to 150 pages on hegen.com and 16 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 151 characters
Your meta description is 151 characters: “Innovative baby products to support breastfeeding. Hegen is an award-winning brand to enhance the breastfeeding journey…”.
Title: 55 characters
Your title is a healthy 55 characters: “Hegen | Innovative Baby Products For Parents | Shop Now”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.hegen.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, Organization 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.hegen.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
4 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 contact details; description would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,505 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
2 pages without a meta description
/pages/shop-by-journey and /pages/shop-by-age have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
2 pages without an H1
/pages/shop-by-journey and /pages/shop-by-age 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 66 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
5 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.
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
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
123 of 149 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.
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 (hegen.com).
Valid certificate (74 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for hegen.com and is valid for another 74 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://hegen.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 47 links work
All 47 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 7 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
hegen.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 22 years old
22 yearshegen.com was registered in Oct 2004 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only pki.goog, letsencrypt.org, digicert.com and globalsign.com to issue certificates for hegen.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until Oct 2028
hegen.com is registered until Oct 2028.
Content and conversion
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 1,811 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,811 words of visible text.
Urgency cues
The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop By” and “Shop by Journey”.
6 calls to action
The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Shop By” and “Shop by Journey”.
6 short forms
6 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 331 testimonial or review blocks and 2 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be hegen.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.
2 checks passed
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:mailgun.org include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.protection.outlook.com include:secureserver.net ~all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1” and “k2”), 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 Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Microsoft Clarity 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.
22 cookies set on arrival
22Opening the homepage sets 22 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.
42 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 42 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
- Framework
- Bootstrap
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Microsoft Clarity
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
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