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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 9 November 202649 issues · 93 checks
This review found 49 issues worth fixing on kindscience.com, 16 of them high impact, across 93 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
75C- #71,979 of 108,951 reviewed websitesbeats 30%
- #45,814 of 61,775 online storesbeats 22%
- #43,335 of 56,370 Shopify storesbeats 19%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 137 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 137 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 143 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 149 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 159 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 161 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 160 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 165 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 168 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 170 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 168 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 174 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 177 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
2.5 s
4.9 s
7.4 s
9.9 s
12.3 s
14.8 s
17.3 s
19.8 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.7 s · 670 KiBAbout 670 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.7 s faster on a phone.
FontAwesome CDN adds 3.2 s
3.2 sFontAwesome CDN costs a phone 3.2 s of main-thread work and 246 KiB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.6 s · 365 KiB32 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (365 KiB).
Minify JavaScript
1.0 s · 181 KiB181 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Main-thread work: 11.5 s
A phone's processor spends 11.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 8.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Render-blocking requests
1.1 s13 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.1 s.
Mobile performance score: 47
47/100Your mobile performance score is 47. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (FontAwesome CDN, Shopify and getdeviceinf.com and others), adding 4.8 MB and 4.3 s of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
450 ms · 510 KiB9 images could be 510 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Shopify adds 280 ms
280 msShopify costs a phone 280 ms of main-thread work and 3.0 MB 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.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 182 KiBAbout 182 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.
Legacy JavaScript
300 ms · 46 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 46 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
2,831 HTML elements
The page has 2,831 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Klaviyo adds 174 ms
174 msKlaviyo costs a phone 174 ms of main-thread work and 333 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.
gotolstoy.com adds 127 ms
127 msgotolstoy.com costs a phone 127 ms of main-thread work and 567 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.
18 long tasks on the main thread
18 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 215 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
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 KiB4 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
1 checks passed
Server response: 17 ms
17 msYour server sent the HTML in 17 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
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.
Largest Contentful Paint: 19.6 s
19.6 sYour largest element takes 19.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “DEGENERES DEAL! Get Visibly Smoother, Firmer, Brighter Skin…”.
Speed Index: 16.0 s
16.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 16.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 24.4 s
24.4 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 24.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 3.2 s
3.2 sThe first text or image appears after 3.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.11
0.11For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.11 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Tap response (INP) got 30% slower for real visitors
+30%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 137 ms to 177 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user TTFB: 897 ms
897 msReal visitors wait 897 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 496 ms
496 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 496 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
5 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.5 s
2.5 sReal visitors wait 2.5 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 193 ms
193 msReal visitors wait 193 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user FCP: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
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 2.5 s to 2.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001
0.001The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 11.0 MB in 526 requests
11.0 MBYour homepage downloads 11.0 MB in 526 requests on a phone: media 5.6 MB (3), scripts 2.1 MB (123) and other files 1.7 MB (311). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 3.1 g of CO₂ per visit
3.12 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 3.12 g of CO₂e: 374.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
3 images without alt text
3 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (9 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 9 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
2 links without text
2 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (1 element)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h3 → h5 and h2 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
44 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 49 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 44 passed and 5 failed. 5 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
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.
Meta description is long (181 characters)
Your meta description is 181 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
2 links crawlers can't follow
2 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
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.
48 internal links, 41 external
The homepage links to 48 pages on kindscience.com and 41 external pages.
5 checks passed
Title: 55 characters
Your title is a healthy 55 characters: “Kind Science by Ellen DeGeneres | Age-Positive Skincare”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://kindscience.com/.
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.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://kindscience.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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.
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.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (17,314 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://kindscience.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
2 pages share a title
https://kindscience.com/policies/privacy-policy and https://kindscience.com/privacy all use the title “Privacy policy – Kind Science”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.
2 pages without a meta description
https://kindscience.com/pages/sas-tv-coreb and https://kindscience.com/pages/ingredients have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
2 pages share a meta description
https://kindscience.com/policies/privacy-policy and https://kindscience.com/privacy use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
1 link to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example https://kindscience.com/privacy, whose canonical is https://kindscience.com/policies/privacy-policy. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
2 pages without an H1
https://kindscience.com/pages/sas-tv-coreb and https://kindscience.com/pages/ingredients have 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 16 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
3 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
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
4 small tap targets
4 of 14 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
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.”).
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
6 distorted images
6 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
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.
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 opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
About 333 words of copy
The homepage carries about 333 words of visible text.
7 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “ORDER NOW” and “Shop Now”.
10 calls to action
The homepage has 10 calls to action, for example “SHOP”, “ORDER NOW” and “Order History”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 7 phone links and 11 email links.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Privacy and tracking
9 trackers load before any consent
9Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Criteo, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Klaviyo and 4 mores (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.
36 cookies set on arrival
36Opening the homepage sets 36 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (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.
69 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 69 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 kindscience.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 14 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Seon Fraud Prevention · Wingify · Tolstoy · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Instafeed · Sc Easy Redirects · Yotpo Product Reviews · Seon Shopify App · Applovin Shop Integration · Ab Check · Free Gift · Hs Slide Cart Drawer · rechargecdn.com · trafficmanager.net
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
- Framework
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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