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koolatron.ca website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 9 November 202631 issues · 100 checks
This review found 31 issues worth fixing on koolatron.ca, 7 of them high impact, across 100 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
83B- #19,341 of 85,987 reviewed websitesbeats 72%
- #11,714 of 43,956 online storesbeats 67%
- #11,292 of 39,272 Shopify storesbeats 64%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 996 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 79 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 79 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 78 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 81 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 78 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 81 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 81 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 81 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 77 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 79 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
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
koolatron.ca does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.3 s · 96 KiB6 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (96 KiB).
Mobile performance score: 77
77/100Your mobile performance score is 77. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
420 ms · 84 KiBAbout 84 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 420 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
349 KiB17 images could be 349 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
1,995 HTML elements
The page has 1,995 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 7 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 7 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
150 ms2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 150 ms.
Reduce unused CSS
120 ms · 23 KiBAbout 23 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 120 ms faster on a phone.
2 third-party services on the page
2 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify and shop.app), adding 280 KiB and 62 ms of main-thread time.
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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 1.2 s
A phone's processor spends 1.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 295 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 6 ms
6 msYour server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 4.7 s
4.7 sYour largest element takes 4.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image. Most of its time is element render delay (2.0 s).
Speed Index: 5.0 s
5.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.4 s
2.4 sThe first text or image appears after 2.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Time to Interactive: 4.7 s
4.7 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 4.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
0%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 79 ms to 79 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
9 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: 1.0 s
1.0 sReal visitors wait 1.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 84 ms
84 msReal visitors wait 84 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: 0.7 s
0.7 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 405 ms
405 msReal visitors wait 405 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 13% faster for real visitors
-13%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.2 s to 1.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 0 ms
0 msScripts block the page for only 0 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.8 MB in 205 requests
2.8 MBYour homepage downloads 2.8 MB in 205 requests on a phone: images 1.5 MB (51), other files 827 KiB (95) and scripts 375 KiB (48). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
ChatGPT_Image_Sep_16_2026_11_03_07_AM.png is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).
About 0.8 g of CO₂ per visit
0.81 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.81 g of CO₂e: 96.9 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
Invalid ARIA attributes
1 element use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.
20 text elements with low contrast
20 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (3 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
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.
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
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.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 134 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
48 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 6 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Meta description is long (320 characters)
Your meta description is 320 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
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.
253 internal links, 17 external
The homepage links to 253 pages on koolatron.ca and 17 external pages.
7 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Koolatron Canada”.
Title: 52 characters
Your title is a healthy 52 characters: “Koolatron | Global Leader in Thermoelectric Products”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.koolatron.ca/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, Organization and WebSite.
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://www.koolatron.ca/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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.
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 (1,417 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
2 pages without a meta description
/collections/parts and /pages/brands have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page without an H1
/pages/bellaro-appliances 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 78 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
5 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.
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 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
15 small tap targets
15 of 62 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
Scrolls sideways on phones
On a 390 px-wide phone the page scrolls sideways, a sign that something is wider than the screen.
2 checks passed
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 broken link to your own pages
1 link from your homepage to your own site is broken, for example https://www.koolatron.ca/collections/pest-contro (404).
1 broken external link
1 link to other sites is dead, for example https://www.koolatron.com/pages/about-us (404).
Short HSTS lifetime
HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
4 links through redirect chains
4 links go through two or more redirects, for example https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.koolatron.ca/products/mirrored-cosmetics-fridge-6l.
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.
Deprecated X-XSS-Protection
X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
6 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (koolatron.ca).
Valid certificate (33 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for koolatron.ca and is valid for another 33 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://koolatron.ca 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
No CAA record
koolatron.ca 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
koolatron.ca'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 14 years old
14 yearskoolatron.ca was registered in Oct 2012 through Go Daddy Domains Canada, Inc. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Oct 2027
koolatron.ca is registered until Oct 2027.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 2 trust badges. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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.
About 823 words of copy
The homepage carries about 823 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop Coffee & More” and “Shop Now”.
14 calls to action
The homepage has 14 calls to action, for example “Shop By Brand”, “Contact Us” and “Shop our products”.
28 short forms
28 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 5 email links.
Email authentication
No DMARC policy
koolatron.ca has no DMARC record, so nothing tells receivers what to do with mail that fails SPF or DKIM. Gmail and Yahoo require DMARC from bulk senders.
No SPF record
koolatron.ca has no SPF record, so mail servers can't tell which servers may send email as you. Your mail lands in spam more often, and anyone can send mail pretending to be you.
No DKIM key on the usual selectors
We found no DKIM key on the selectors the big email providers use. If you send through one of them, turning on DKIM signing improves delivery.
Domain receives no email
koolatron.ca has no MX record, so it receives no email. SPF -all and DMARC reject still matter: they stop others sending mail as you.
Email authentication score: 0/100
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.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (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
10Opening 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.
13 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 13 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Apps on your store
No apps were seen in the code your storefront loads.
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
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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