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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 October 202628 issues · 101 checks

This review found 28 issues worth fixing on johnnyseeds.com, 9 of them high impact, across 101 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
954 ms839 msApr 18Oct 3876 ms
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
Apr 18, 2026905 ms
Apr 25, 2026914 ms
May 2, 2026921 ms
May 9, 2026919 ms
May 16, 2026922 ms
May 23, 2026927 ms
May 30, 2026928 ms
Jun 6, 2026936 ms
Jun 13, 2026941 ms
Jun 20, 2026936 ms
Jun 27, 2026933 ms
Jul 4, 2026926 ms
Jul 11, 2026910 ms
Jul 18, 2026897 ms
Jul 25, 2026888 ms
Aug 1, 2026876 ms
Aug 8, 2026864 ms
Aug 15, 2026857 ms
Aug 22, 2026852 ms
Aug 29, 2026852 ms
Sep 5, 2026860 ms
Sep 12, 2026864 ms
Sep 19, 2026873 ms
Sep 26, 2026873 ms
Oct 3, 2026876 ms
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
147 ms118 msApr 18Oct 3144 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
Apr 18, 2026123 ms
Apr 25, 2026126 ms
May 2, 2026128 ms
May 9, 2026128 ms
May 16, 2026125 ms
May 23, 2026122 ms
May 30, 2026121 ms
Jun 6, 2026124 ms
Jun 13, 2026128 ms
Jun 20, 2026129 ms
Jun 27, 2026130 ms
Jul 4, 2026129 ms
Jul 11, 2026129 ms
Jul 18, 2026129 ms
Jul 25, 2026128 ms
Aug 1, 2026129 ms
Aug 8, 2026130 ms
Aug 15, 2026136 ms
Aug 22, 2026138 ms
Aug 29, 2026140 ms
Sep 5, 2026140 ms
Sep 12, 2026141 ms
Sep 19, 2026142 ms
Sep 26, 2026142 ms
Oct 3, 2026144 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 johnnyseeds.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. johnnyseeds.com at 0.6 s0.6 s
  2. johnnyseeds.com at 1.3 s1.3 s
  3. johnnyseeds.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  4. johnnyseeds.com at 2.5 s2.5 s
  5. johnnyseeds.com at 3.2 s3.2 s
  6. johnnyseeds.com at 3.8 s3.8 s
  7. johnnyseeds.com at 4.4 s4.4 s
  8. johnnyseeds.com at 5.1 s5.1 s

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

Speed

12 to fix50
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    4.6 s · 734 KiB

    About 734 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 4.6 s faster on a phone.

  • 3,658 HTML elements

    The page has 3,658 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Improve image delivery

    800 ms · 2.1 MB

    22 images could be 2.1 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 800 ms faster on a phone.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (ThreatMetrix, Google CDN and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 1.6 MB and 1.7 s of main-thread time.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    700 ms · 374 KiB

    31 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (374 KiB).

  • Mobile performance score: 50

    50/100

    Your mobile performance score is 50 (desktop: 60). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • ThreatMetrix adds 927 ms

    927 ms

    ThreatMetrix costs a phone 927 ms of main-thread work and 278 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.

  • Render-blocking requests

    900 ms

    10 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 900 ms.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    600 ms · 91 KiB

    About 91 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.

  • Google CDN adds 370 ms

    370 ms

    Google CDN costs a phone 370 ms of main-thread work and 764 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.

  • Main-thread work: 3.7 s

    A phone's processor spends 3.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.2 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 11 long tasks on the main thread

    11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 298 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    35 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 35 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Minify JavaScript

    10 KiB

    10 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: 7 ms

    7 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix100
  • First Contentful Paint: 8.7 s

    8.7 s

    The first text or image appears after 8.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 15.5 s

    15.5 s

    Your largest element takes 15.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Fall Bulbs”.

  • Time to Interactive: 20.2 s

    20.2 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 20.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 10.3 s

    10.3 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 10.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 289 ms

    289 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 289 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 9 images without width and height

    9 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • Tap response (INP) got 15% slower for real visitors

    +15%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 123 ms to 144 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -4%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 0.9 s to 0.9 s 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: 1.3 s

    1.3 s

    Real visitors wait 1.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 162 ms

    162 ms

    Real visitors wait 162 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: 1.1 s

    1.1 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 612 ms

    612 ms

    Real visitors wait 612 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.039

    0.039

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.039, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

3 to fix40
  • Page weight: 5.0 MB in 142 requests

    5.0 MB

    Your homepage downloads 5.0 MB in 142 requests on a phone: images 2.5 MB (51), scripts 1.5 MB (37) and other files 425 KiB (23). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 17 images far larger than shown

    1.0 MB

    17 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example root-crops-sq.jpg at 720 px wide, shown at 168 px. Resized copies would save about 1.0 MB.

  • 23 images in older formats

    23 images (2.4 MB) 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.

  • About 1.4 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.43 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.43 g of CO₂e: 171.2 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 load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

Accessibility

1 to fixGoogle 10099
  • 1 form field without a label

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

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 49 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 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 0 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 8589
  • Structured data has 1 problem

    Structured data found (Organization and WebSite) but with 1 problem, for example “WebSite: missing name”.

  • 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.

  • 5 links with vague text

    5 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.

  • 4 links crawlers can't follow

    4 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

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

  • 1,017 internal links, 1 external

    The homepage links to 1,017 pages on johnnyseeds.com and 1 external page.

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  • Meta description: 159 characters

    Your meta description is 159 characters: “Johnny's helps growers and gardeners succeed with superior seeds, tools and service. Quality vegetable, herb and flower…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Johnny's Selected Seeds - Superior Seeds & Gardening Tools”.

  • Title: 63 characters

    Your title is a healthy 63 characters: “Johnny’s Selected Seeds | Supporting Farms & Gardens Since 1973”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.johnnyseeds.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.johnnyseeds.com/sitemap_index.xml.

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: 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 (2,322 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 195 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

1 to fixGoogle 9293
  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()”.

  • 1 low-resolution image

    1 image is served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    49 of 57 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 0 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.

  • 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 (johnnyseeds.com).

  • Valid certificate (167 days left)

    The certificate from DigiCert Inc · DigiCert EV RSA CA G2 verifies for johnnyseeds.com and is valid for another 167 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://johnnyseeds.com redirects to the secure version.

  • HTTP/2

    The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.

  • All 41 links work

    All 41 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 1 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    johnnyseeds.com has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.

  • DNSSEC is off

    johnnyseeds.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.

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  • Domain is 31 years old

    31 years

    johnnyseeds.com was registered in Jun 1995 through GKG.Net, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Jun 2027

    johnnyseeds.com is registered until Jun 2027.

Content and conversion

1 to fix86
  • No social proof

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

  • About 307 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 307 words of visible text.

  • Urgency cues

    The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP NOW”.

  • 30 calls to action

    The homepage has 30 calls to action, for example “Don't Miss Fall Bulbs. SHOP NOW”, “Contact Us” and “Email Signup”.

  • 4 short forms

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

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Cloudflare Web Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 0 email links.

  • Risk reducer mentioned

    A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.

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:usb._netblocks.mimecast.com mx ip4:208.105.191.226/32 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.sa…”.

  • DKIM signing found

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

Privacy and tracking

  • 1 tracker load before any consent

    1

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (OneTrust) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 15 cookies set on arrival

    15

    Opening the homepage sets 15 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 21 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 21 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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  • Consent tool: OneTrust

    A consent management tool (OneTrust) loads with the page.

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