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maxs.com.au website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202633 issues · 82 checks
This review found 33 issues worth fixing on maxs.com.au, 10 of them high impact, across 82 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. 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
84B- #15,958 of 89,224 reviewed websitesbeats 77%
- #9,693 of 46,543 online storesbeats 73%
- #9,370 of 41,792 Shopify storesbeats 71%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 138 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 142 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 148 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 152 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 143 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 175 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 188 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 192 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 181 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 199 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 198 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
Speed
Improve image delivery
1.1 s · 398 KiB8 images could be 398 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.1 s faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 15.3 s
A phone's processor spends 15.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 5.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
5,347 HTML elements
The page has 5,347 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Clarity and Snapchat and others), adding 1.8 MB and 1.8 s of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 50
50/100Your mobile performance score is 50. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
750 ms3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 750 ms.
Shopify adds 551 ms
551 msShopify costs a phone 551 ms of main-thread work and 811 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.
Reduce unused JavaScript
150 ms · 338 KiBAbout 338 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Clarity adds 323 ms
323 msClarity costs a phone 323 ms of main-thread work and 31 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.
Snapchat adds 306 ms
306 msSnapchat costs a phone 306 ms of main-thread work and 63 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.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
263 KiB26 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (263 KiB).
azurefd.net adds 126 ms
126 msazurefd.net costs a phone 126 ms of main-thread work and 321 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.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 95 KiBAbout 95 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 168 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
10 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 10 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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: 13 ms
13 msYour server sent the HTML in 13 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 8.8 s
8.8 sYour largest element takes 8.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Load video:”.
Time to Interactive: 22.2 s
22.2 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 22.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.3 s
8.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 701 ms
701 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 701 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 42% slower for real visitors
+42%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 138 ms to 198 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: 2.0 s
2.0 sReal visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 196 ms
196 msReal visitors wait 196 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.01
0.01For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 768 ms
768 msReal visitors wait 768 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 24% faster for real visitors
-24%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.0 s to 1.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 1.2 s
1.2 sThe first text or image appears after 1.2 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 12.2 MB in 594 requests
12.2 MBYour homepage downloads 12.2 MB in 594 requests on a phone: media 7.1 MB (1), other files 1.9 MB (293) and scripts 1.4 MB (216). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
c0626318cb73449abaaea70642762239.thumbnail.0000000000.jpg 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 3.5 g of CO₂ per visit
3.46 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 3.46 g of CO₂e: 415.0 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
Interactive controls must not be nested (1 element)
Interactive controls must not be nested: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
9 images without alt text
9 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
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.
The skip-link target should exist and be focusable (1 element)
The skip-link target should exist and be focusable: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
51 links without text
51 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
56 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 61 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 56 passed and 5 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (74 characters)
Your title is 74 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “MAX'S Protein Australia Official | Gym Supplements For Men – Max's Protein”.
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“Max's Protein” and “MAX'S Protein Australian-Made Gym Supplements”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
150 internal links, 14 external
The homepage links to 150 pages on maxs.com.au and 14 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 138 characters
Your meta description is 138 characters: “MAX's Protein. 100% Australian owned and made, we're proud to offer the best-tasting protein on the market. Shop MAX's …”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://maxs.com.au/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: FAQPage.
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://maxs.com.au/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 (1,938 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
8 pages without a meta description
/pages/max-your-stack, /pages/gold-club, /pages/store-locations, /pages/careers, /pages/training and /pages/nutrition and 2 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 53 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
35 small tap targets
35 of 110 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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.
About 423 words of copy
The homepage carries about 423 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “10% OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER” and “SIGN UP”.
17 calls to action
The homepage has 17 calls to action, for example “10% off your first order”, “Shop” and “Contact”.
4 short forms
4 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: a star rating and 1 trust badge.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
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
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and Meta Pixel and 2 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.
24 cookies set on arrival
24Opening the homepage sets 24 cookies, 3 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.
40 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 40 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 maxs.com.au, 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 8 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Microsoft Clarity · Ta Mappy Store Locator Maps · Judge Me Reviews · Omnisend · cloudfront.net · snapchat.com · saincserv.com · Selleasy
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
- Tailwind CSS
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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