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johnnyseeds.com website review
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.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
85B- #10,511 of 80,566 reviewed websitesbeats 83%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 905 ms |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 914 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 921 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 919 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 922 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 927 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 928 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 936 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 941 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 936 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 933 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 926 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 910 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 897 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 888 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 876 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 864 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 857 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 852 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 852 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 860 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 864 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 873 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 873 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 876 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 126 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 128 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 128 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 125 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 122 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 144 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
0.6 s
1.3 s
1.9 s
2.5 s
3.2 s
3.8 s
4.4 s
5.1 s
johnnyseeds.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
4.6 s · 734 KiBAbout 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 MB22 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 KiB31 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (374 KiB).
Mobile performance score: 50
50/100Your mobile performance score is 50 (desktop: 60). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
ThreatMetrix adds 927 ms
927 msThreatMetrix 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 ms10 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 900 ms.
Reduce unused CSS
600 ms · 91 KiBAbout 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 msGoogle 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 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 35 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Minify JavaScript
10 KiB10 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 7 ms
7 msYour server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
First Contentful Paint: 8.7 s
8.7 sThe 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 sYour 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 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 20.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 10.3 s
10.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 10.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 289 ms
289 msScripts 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).
7 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: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal 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 msReal visitors wait 162 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 612 ms
612 msReal visitors wait 612 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.039
0.039The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.039, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.0 MB in 142 requests
5.0 MBYour 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 MB17 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 gBy 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.
1 checks passed
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Accessibility
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).
2 checks passed
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
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.
6 checks passed
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
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
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 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.
2 checks passed
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
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.
7 checks passed
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.
2 checks passed
Domain is 31 years old
31 yearsjohnnyseeds.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
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).
6 checks passed
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
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
1Before 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
15Opening 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.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: OneTrust
A consent management tool (OneTrust) loads with the page.
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