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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202635 issues · 77 checks

This review found 35 issues worth fixing on kbellsocks.com, 9 of them high impact, across 77 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 7.2 MB in 459 requests. 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

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

How it loaded on a phone

  1. kbellsocks.com at 0.9 s0.9 s
  2. kbellsocks.com at 1.7 s1.7 s
  3. kbellsocks.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  4. kbellsocks.com at 3.4 s3.4 s
  5. kbellsocks.com at 4.3 s4.3 s
  6. kbellsocks.com at 5.2 s5.2 s
  7. kbellsocks.com at 6.0 s6.0 s
  8. kbellsocks.com at 6.9 s6.9 s

Speed

12 to fix64
  • 3,258 HTML elements

    The page has 3,258 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Mobile performance score: 64

    64/100

    Your mobile performance score is 64. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Render-blocking requests

    950 ms

    5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 950 ms.

  • Improve image delivery

    650 ms · 250 KiB

    6 images could be 250 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 650 ms faster on a phone.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Yotpo, Klaviyo and Shopify and others), adding 1.7 MB and 525 ms of main-thread time.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 113 KiB

    About 113 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.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    390 KiB

    18 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (390 KiB).

  • Main-thread work: 3.2 s

    A phone's processor spends 3.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    320 KiB

    About 320 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • Yotpo adds 196 ms

    196 ms

    Yotpo costs a phone 196 ms of main-thread work and 435 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 93 ms

    93 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 93 ms of main-thread work and 726 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.

  • Klaviyo adds 103 ms

    103 ms

    Klaviyo costs a phone 103 ms of main-thread work and 312 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.

  • 6 long tasks on the main thread

    6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 131 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    27 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 27 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Minify JavaScript

    8 KiB

    8 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: 12 ms

    12 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 12 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

3 to fix65
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 12.2 s

    12.2 s

    Your largest element takes 12.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Three people sitting on a bench, shown from the knees down,…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 22.8 s

    22.8 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 22.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 13.3 s

    13.3 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 13.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Not enough real-visitor data yet

    Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.

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  • Total Blocking Time: 131 ms

    131 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 131 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.2 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.027

    0.027

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.027, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix63
  • Page weight: 7.2 MB in 459 requests

    7.2 MB

    Your homepage downloads 7.2 MB in 459 requests on a phone: images 4.1 MB (44), scripts 1.4 MB (191) and other files 1.1 MB (191). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 16 images below the first screen load straight away

    16 images further down the page (780 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 2.1 g of CO₂ per visit

    2.05 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.05 g of CO₂e: 246.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

2 checks passed
  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images are sized for phones

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

Accessibility

7 to fixGoogle 8791
  • Invalid ARIA attributes

    3 elements use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.

  • Hidden but focusable

    23 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.

  • 3 tap targets too small

    3 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 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.

  • 23 links without text

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

  • ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (1 element)

    ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h5 and h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 79 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 49 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 57 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 49 passed and 8 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

3 to fixGoogle 10092
  • Canonical points to another host

    Your canonical URL points to loopsandwales.com, not kbellsocks.com, so Google may credit that host instead.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • No favicon declared

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

  • 282 internal links, 9 external

    The homepage links to 282 pages on kbellsocks.com and 9 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Meta description: 124 characters

    Your meta description is 124 characters: “Shop Loops & Wales and discover socks for all the moments that make up your day. Free shipping on all orders of $50 or …”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Loops & Wales”.

  • Title: 48 characters

    Your title is a healthy 48 characters: “Loops & Wales | A Sock Shop by the Sock Obsessed”.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Organization.

  • 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://kbellsocks.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix83
  • Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)

    Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.

  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://kbellsocks.com/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.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 1 page without an H1

    https://kbellsocks.com/collections/brand-dr-scholls has 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 112 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

6 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    1 page of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).

  • Canonical URLs point to themselves

    No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 1 page that loaded have a meta description.

  • 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 1 page that loaded have a <title>.

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.”).

  • 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 ()”.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    67 of 71 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix71
  • 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 134 words

    The homepage has only about 134 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • 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.

4 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

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

  • 22 calls to action

    The homepage has 22 calls to action, for example “Shop All Men's”, “Shop All Women's” and “Shop All Kids”.

  • 18 short forms

    18 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Analytics.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Pinterest Tag (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.

  • 10 cookies set on arrival

    10

    Opening the homepage sets 10 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.

  • 24 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 24 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Security, domain, email and software versions

The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at kbellsocks.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

Apps on your store

Your storefront loads 6 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

Apps your storefront loads

Yotpo Loyalty Rewards · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Avada Cookie Bar · Swell · nofraud.com · revenuehunt.com

Apps found in the homepage's code. Apps that only run in checkout or the admin aren't seen, and a headless storefront shows none. App data from programmable.info

Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Google Analytics
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Headquarters
New York

Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info

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