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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202631 issues · 96 checks

This review found 31 issues worth fixing on hiproof.com, 9 of them high impact, across 96 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
978 ms769 msMay 16Oct 31793 ms
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 2026950 ms
May 23, 2026954 ms
May 30, 2026949 ms
Jun 6, 2026933 ms
Jun 13, 2026924 ms
Jun 20, 2026911 ms
Jun 27, 2026902 ms
Jul 4, 2026903 ms
Jul 11, 2026903 ms
Jul 18, 2026903 ms
Jul 25, 2026895 ms
Aug 1, 2026888 ms
Aug 8, 2026871 ms
Aug 15, 2026871 ms
Aug 22, 2026884 ms
Aug 29, 2026897 ms
Sep 5, 2026907 ms
Sep 12, 2026891 ms
Sep 19, 2026866 ms
Sep 26, 2026840 ms
Oct 3, 2026821 ms
Oct 10, 2026810 ms
Oct 17, 2026810 ms
Oct 24, 2026803 ms
Oct 31, 2026793 ms
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
104 ms84 msMay 16Oct 3196 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 202686 ms
May 23, 202687 ms
May 30, 202693 ms
Jun 6, 202696 ms
Jun 13, 202696 ms
Jun 20, 202696 ms
Jun 27, 202696 ms
Jul 4, 202696 ms
Jul 11, 202696 ms
Jul 18, 202697 ms
Jul 25, 202698 ms
Aug 1, 202699 ms
Aug 8, 202698 ms
Aug 15, 2026100 ms
Aug 22, 2026100 ms
Aug 29, 2026101 ms
Sep 5, 2026102 ms
Sep 12, 202699 ms
Sep 19, 202697 ms
Sep 26, 202696 ms
Oct 3, 202696 ms
Oct 10, 202696 ms
Oct 17, 202696 ms
Oct 24, 202696 ms
Oct 31, 202696 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

Full-page screenshot of hiproof.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. hiproof.com at 0.7 s0.7 s
  2. hiproof.com at 1.4 s1.4 s
  3. hiproof.com at 2.1 s2.1 s
  4. hiproof.com at 2.8 s2.8 s
  5. hiproof.com at 3.5 s3.5 s
  6. hiproof.com at 4.2 s4.2 s
  7. hiproof.com at 4.9 s4.9 s
  8. hiproof.com at 5.6 s5.6 s

hiproof.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.

Speed

11 to fix57
  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    1.9 s · 530 KiB

    18 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (530 KiB).

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.8 s · 443 KiB

    About 443 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.8 s faster on a phone.

  • Improve image delivery

    1.1 s · 183 KiB

    3 images could be 183 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.1 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 57

    57/100

    Your mobile performance score is 57. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (PayPal, Yotpo and Google CDN and others), adding 1.3 MB and 620 ms of main-thread time.

  • Main-thread work: 3.3 s

    A phone's processor spends 3.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Render-blocking requests

    300 ms

    4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 300 ms.

  • 2,599 HTML elements

    The page has 2,599 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Yotpo adds 201 ms

    201 ms

    Yotpo costs a phone 201 ms of main-thread work and 344 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.

  • Google CDN adds 135 ms

    135 ms

    Google CDN costs a phone 135 ms of main-thread work and 296 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.

  • Shopify adds 43 ms

    43 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 43 ms of main-thread work and 339 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.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    150 ms · 35 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 35 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • 8 long tasks on the main thread

    8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 144 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    50 ms · 26 KiB

    26 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    30 KiB

    About 30 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • Minify JavaScript

    12 KiB

    12 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • 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: 5 ms

    5 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 5 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

4 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 14.5 s

    14.5 s

    Your largest element takes 14.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Time to Interactive: 14.6 s

    14.6 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 14.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 9.1 s

    9.1 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 9.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.6 s

    3.6 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Tap response (INP) got 11% slower for real visitors

    +11%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 86 ms to 96 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • 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: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors wait 1.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 96 ms

    96 ms

    Real visitors wait 96 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 0.8 s

    0.8 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 0.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 476 ms

    476 ms

    Real visitors wait 476 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 16% faster for real visitors

    -16%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 0.9 s to 0.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Total Blocking Time: 169 ms

    169 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 169 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix83
  • Page weight: 3.5 MB in 261 requests

    3.5 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.5 MB in 261 requests on a phone: scripts 1.2 MB (90), images 1.1 MB (23) and other files 681 KiB (106). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    MAIN_BANNER2.png 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).

  • 1 image in older formats

    1 image (79 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.

  • 1 image below the first screen load straight away

    1 image further down the page (150 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.99 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.99 g of CO₂e: 118.6 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 are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

3 to fixGoogle 9496
  • Frames without titles

    1 frame has no title, so screen-reader users cannot tell what it contains.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (7 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 7 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 8 links without text

    8 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 24 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 53 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: 53 passed and 3 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 9294
  • No XML sitemap

    No XML sitemap at https://www.hiproof.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.

  • 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.

  • 178 internal links, 4 external

    The homepage links to 178 pages on hiproof.com and 4 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 156 characters

    Your meta description is 156 characters: “Shop rare bourbon, scotch, tequila & fine wine at Hi Proof in Fullerton, CA. Top-ranked independent retailer with exclu…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Rare Bourbon, Scotch & Fine Spirits — Fullerton's #1 Independent Retailer”.

  • Title: 58 characters

    Your title is a healthy 58 characters: “Hi Proof — Premium Whiskey & Spirits Store | Fullerton, CA”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.hiproof.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: LiquorStore, 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.

AI search readiness

100
  • 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.

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.

  • Organization data: 6 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,019 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

  • Your server turned our page checks away

    15 pages we tried to fetch timed out or refused automated requests, so these checks couldn't run. Some firewalls do this to every bot, including search engine crawlers they don't recognise.

Best practices

2 to fixGoogle 7791
  • 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.”).

  • 2 JavaScript errors while loading

    2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “merchantWidgetScript.addEventListener is not a function”.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    46 of 48 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

100
  • 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.

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  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (hiproof.com).

  • Valid certificate (67 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for hiproof.com and is valid for another 67 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://hiproof.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 44 links work

    All 44 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 4 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

1 checks passed
  • Certificate issuers are restricted

    CAA records allow only ssl.com, digicert.com, globalsign.com and letsencrypt.org to issue certificates for hiproof.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.

Content and conversion

5 to fix67
  • No social proof

    No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.

  • 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.

  • No phone number on the homepage

    A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.

  • 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 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 598 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 598 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”.

  • 6 calls to action

    The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Learn more”, “Shop now” and “Start shopping”.

  • 22 short forms

    22 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Opening hours shown

    Your opening hours are on the homepage.

Email authentication

1 to fix75
  • DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

    DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be hiproof.com is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.

  • Email authentication score: 75/100

    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 with a strict ending (-all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1” and “selector2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 4 trackers load before any consent

    4

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager 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.

  • 11 cookies set on arrival

    11

    Opening the homepage sets 11 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.

  • 23 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 23 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

E-commerce
Shopify;Shopify Local Pickup;Shopify Plus;Shopify POS
Hosting
Shopify

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