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lfgaming.ca website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202637 issues · 86 checks
This review found 37 issues worth fixing on lfgaming.ca, 12 of them high impact, across 86 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
78C- #49,367 of 97,107 reviewed websitesbeats 44%
- #31,067 of 52,761 online storesbeats 36%
- #29,596 of 47,819 Shopify storesbeats 33%
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Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
5.1 s · 770 KiBAbout 770 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 5.1 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.3 s · 275 KiB14 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (275 KiB).
Mobile performance score: 54
54/100Your mobile performance score is 54. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
950 ms6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 950 ms.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and Klaviyo and others), adding 1.8 MB and 707 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused CSS
450 ms · 73 KiBAbout 73 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 380 ms
380 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 380 ms of main-thread work and 810 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 81 ms
81 msKlaviyo costs a phone 81 ms of main-thread work and 325 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.
Legacy JavaScript
200 ms · 47 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 47 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 200 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
100 ms · 49 KiB7 images could be 49 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 100 ms faster on a phone.
6 long tasks on the main thread
6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 128 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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 1.8 s
A phone's processor spends 1.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 916 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 4 ms
4 msYour server sent the HTML in 4 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 19.2 s
19.2 sYour largest element takes 19.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Time to Interactive: 19.3 s
19.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 19.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 5.3 s
5.3 sThe first text or image appears after 5.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 7.8 s
7.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 226 ms
226 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 226 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
7 images without width and height
7 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
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.
1 checks passed
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.6 MB in 223 requests
3.6 MBYour homepage downloads 3.6 MB in 223 requests on a phone: scripts 1.9 MB (85), other files 699 KiB (96) and images 681 KiB (25). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit
1.02 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.02 g of CO₂e: 121.9 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
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (1 element)
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.
33 text elements with low contrast
33 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Interactive controls must not be nested (6 elements)
Interactive controls must not be nested: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
6 tap targets too small
6 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
Links look like plain text
1 link inside paragraphs relies on colour alone to stand out.
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 (29 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 29 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
No main landmark
The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.
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.
5 links without text
5 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
2 form fields without a label
2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Headings should not be empty (1 element)
Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h5, h2 → h5 and h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
45 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 58 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 13 failed. 1 more 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.
4 links crawlers can't follow
4 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
2 links with vague text
2 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
121 internal links, 22 external
The homepage links to 121 pages on lfgaming.ca and 22 external pages.
6 checks passed
Title: 64 characters
Your title is a healthy 64 characters: “Best Gaming Chairs Made In Canada | LF Gaming – LF Gaming CANADA”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://lfgaming.ca/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: 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://lfgaming.ca/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
4 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: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (943 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://lfgaming.ca/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
11 pages without a meta description
https://lfgaming.ca/collections/quick-ship, https://lfgaming.ca/collections/chairs, https://lfgaming.ca/collections/stools, https://lfgaming.ca/collections/accessories, https://lfgaming.ca/collections/lfg-ex and https://lfgaming.ca/collections/lf-re-imagined and 5 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 49 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 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.
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
13 small tap targets
13 of 39 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “fbq is not defined”.
3 low-resolution images
3 images are served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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 map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
About 731 words of copy
The homepage carries about 731 words of visible text.
9 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “HIT SPACE BAR TO EXPAND SUBMENU SHOP NOW” and “SHOP NOW”.
14 calls to action
The homepage has 14 calls to action, for example “SHOP NOW”, “Contact” and “Join”.
5 short forms
5 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 23 testimonial or review blocks and 1 trust badge.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Meta Pixel.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 0 email links.
Opening hours shown
Your opening hours are on the homepage.
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
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel (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.
17 cookies set on arrival
17Opening the homepage sets 17 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.
29 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 29 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 lfgaming.ca, 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 5 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Pagefly Ai Page Builder · Inbox · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · stamped.io · luckyorange.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
- Framework
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
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