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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 27 October 202644 issues · 85 checks

This review found 44 issues worth fixing on hopper.com, 21 of them high impact, across 85 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
7.4 s2.1 sMay 9Oct 245.8 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.7 s
May 16, 20262.8 s
May 23, 20262.8 s
May 30, 20262.8 s
Jun 6, 20263.2 s
Jun 13, 20263.8 s
Jun 20, 20264.4 s
Jun 27, 20265.2 s
Jul 4, 20265.7 s
Jul 11, 20266.0 s
Jul 18, 20266.3 s
Jul 25, 20266.5 s
Aug 1, 20266.6 s
Aug 8, 20266.7 s
Aug 15, 20266.7 s
Aug 22, 20266.7 s
Aug 29, 20266.8 s
Sep 5, 20266.6 s
Sep 12, 20266.4 s
Sep 19, 20266.1 s
Sep 26, 20265.8 s
Oct 3, 20265.8 s
Oct 10, 20265.8 s
Oct 17, 20265.8 s
Oct 24, 20265.8 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
636 ms534 msMay 9Oct 24603 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026569 ms
May 16, 2026571 ms
May 23, 2026586 ms
May 30, 2026584 ms
Jun 6, 2026581 ms
Jun 13, 2026573 ms
Jun 20, 2026571 ms
Jun 27, 2026568 ms
Jul 4, 2026570 ms
Jul 11, 2026571 ms
Jul 18, 2026564 ms
Jul 25, 2026557 ms
Aug 1, 2026552 ms
Aug 8, 2026546 ms
Aug 15, 2026549 ms
Aug 22, 2026549 ms
Aug 29, 2026556 ms
Sep 5, 2026565 ms
Sep 12, 2026567 ms
Sep 19, 2026578 ms
Sep 26, 2026588 ms
Oct 3, 2026610 ms
Oct 10, 2026624 ms
Oct 17, 2026615 ms
Oct 24, 2026603 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 hopper.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. hopper.com at 0.5 s0.5 s
  2. hopper.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  3. hopper.com at 1.6 s1.6 s
  4. hopper.com at 2.1 s2.1 s
  5. hopper.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  6. hopper.com at 3.2 s3.2 s
  7. hopper.com at 3.7 s3.7 s
  8. hopper.com at 4.2 s4.2 s

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

Speed

10 to fix30
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    6.5 s · 938 KiB

    About 938 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 6.5 s faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    3.2 s · 881 KiB

    10 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (881 KiB).

  • Improve image delivery

    3.0 s · 982 KiB

    6 images could be 982 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.0 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 30

    30/100

    Your mobile performance score is 30 (desktop: 33). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 4.6 s

    A phone's processor spends 4.6 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, Google CDN and Hotjar and others), adding 1.4 MB and 605 ms of main-thread time.

  • 19 long tasks on the main thread

    19 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 512 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 71 KiB

    About 71 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • Google CDN adds 252 ms

    252 ms

    Google CDN costs a phone 252 ms of main-thread work and 731 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 Tag Manager adds 253 ms

    253 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 253 ms of main-thread work and 492 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.

  • Minify JavaScript

    150 ms · 35 KiB

    35 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    50 ms · 13 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 13 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.

  • 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.

  • Minify CSS

    4 KiB

    4 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

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  • Server response: 6 ms

    6 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

12 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 LCP: 5.5 s

    5.5 s

    Real visitors wait 5.5 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 713 ms

    713 ms

    Real visitors wait 713 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.30

    0.30

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.30 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • First Contentful Paint: 8.0 s

    8.0 s

    The first text or image appears after 8.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 31.6 s

    31.6 s

    Your largest element takes 31.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Speed Index: 15.5 s

    15.5 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 15.5 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 32.3 s

    32.3 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 32.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 734 ms

    734 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 734 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 110% slower for real visitors

    +110%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.7 s to 5.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Real-user FCP: 2.1 s

    2.1 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 2.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.158

    0.158

    The layout shifts by 0.158 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +7%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 569 ms to 603 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user TTFB: 602 ms

    602 ms

    Real visitors wait 602 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

Images and page weight

1 to fix33
  • Page weight: 5.8 MB in 143 requests

    5.8 MB

    Your homepage downloads 5.8 MB in 143 requests on a phone: scripts 2.9 MB (73), images 2.1 MB (12) and other files 475 KiB (47). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 1.7 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.66 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.66 g of CO₂e: 198.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

Accessibility

7 to fixGoogle 7984
  • Images must have alternative text (1 element)

    Images must have alternative text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • 1 button without a name

    1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • No main landmark

    The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.

  • Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)

    Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 13 text elements with low contrast

    13 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • 1 form field without a label

    1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

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  • 21 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 25 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 21 passed and 4 failed. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

5 to fixGoogle 9280
  • 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 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.

  • 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.

  • No favicon declared

    No favicon is declared in the HTML, so browser tabs and Google's mobile results may show a generic icon.

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

    No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.

5 checks passed
  • Meta description: 117 characters

    Your meta description is 117 characters: “Join 120 million travelers in planning your next trip. Get the best price on hotels, homes, flights, and car rentals.”.

  • Title: 49 characters

    Your title is a healthy 49 characters: “Hopper | Book Hotels, Flights, Car Rentals & More”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://hopper.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.hopper.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.

1 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.

Best practices

Google 96100
  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

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  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

1 to fix93
  • No Content-Security-Policy

    No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • 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 (hopper.com).

  • Valid certificate (56 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YR2 verifies for hopper.com and is valid for another 56 days.

  • Protected from clickjacking

    X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.

  • HSTS enabled

    Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://hopper.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.

Domain and trust

1 to fix
  • Domain expires in 52 days

    hopper.com is registered until Dec 2026. Make sure auto-renew is on and the card on file is current.

3 checks passed
  • Domain is 31 years old

    31 years

    hopper.com was registered in Dec 1994 through Name.com, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Certificate issuers are restricted

    CAA records allow only entrust.net, pki.goog, amazonaws.com and letsencrypt.org to issue certificates for hopper.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.

  • DNSSEC is on

    hopper.com's DNS answers are signed (DNSSEC), so they can't be forged on the way to visitors.

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 0 words

    The homepage has only about 0 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.

Email authentication

85
  • Email authentication score: 85/100

    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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  • DMARC policy: quarantine

    DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.

  • SPF in place (~all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:51117657.spf02.hubspotemail.net include:_spf.google.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:_netblocks4.…”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “k2” and “s1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Hotjar (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.

  • 7 cookies set on arrival

    7

    Opening the homepage sets 7 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.

  • 7 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 7 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Framework
Next.js
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Google Cloud

Hiring

Hiring
18 open roles
Teams
Service (7), Travel Tech (6), Finance (5)
Job board
ashby

Company

Founded
2007
Headquarters
Boston

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