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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.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
2.0 s1.4 sMay 16Oct 311.5 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.0 s
May 23, 20261.9 s
May 30, 20261.8 s
Jun 6, 20261.8 s
Jun 13, 20261.8 s
Jun 20, 20261.8 s
Jun 27, 20261.8 s
Jul 4, 20261.8 s
Jul 11, 20261.9 s
Jul 18, 20261.9 s
Jul 25, 20261.8 s
Aug 1, 20261.8 s
Aug 8, 20261.8 s
Aug 15, 20261.8 s
Aug 22, 20261.8 s
Aug 29, 20261.7 s
Sep 5, 20261.7 s
Sep 12, 20261.7 s
Sep 19, 20261.6 s
Sep 26, 20261.6 s
Oct 3, 20261.5 s
Oct 10, 20261.5 s
Oct 17, 20261.4 s
Oct 24, 20261.5 s
Oct 31, 20261.5 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
208 ms128 msMay 16Oct 31198 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026138 ms
May 23, 2026142 ms
May 30, 2026144 ms
Jun 6, 2026141 ms
Jun 13, 2026145 ms
Jun 20, 2026150 ms
Jun 27, 2026153 ms
Jul 4, 2026148 ms
Jul 11, 2026152 ms
Jul 18, 2026145 ms
Jul 25, 2026138 ms
Aug 1, 2026137 ms
Aug 8, 2026143 ms
Aug 15, 2026142 ms
Aug 22, 2026145 ms
Aug 29, 2026150 ms
Sep 5, 2026154 ms
Sep 12, 2026175 ms
Sep 19, 2026187 ms
Sep 26, 2026188 ms
Oct 3, 2026187 ms
Oct 10, 2026192 ms
Oct 17, 2026181 ms
Oct 24, 2026199 ms
Oct 31, 2026198 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

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

How it loaded on a phone

  1. maxs.com.au at 1.6 s1.6 s
  2. maxs.com.au at 3.2 s3.2 s
  3. maxs.com.au at 4.8 s4.8 s
  4. maxs.com.au at 6.4 s6.4 s
  5. maxs.com.au at 8.0 s8.0 s
  6. maxs.com.au at 9.6 s9.6 s
  7. maxs.com.au at 11.2 s11.2 s
  8. maxs.com.au at 12.8 s12.8 s

Speed

12 to fix50
  • Improve image delivery

    1.1 s · 398 KiB

    8 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

    50/100

    Your mobile performance score is 50. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Render-blocking requests

    750 ms

    3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 750 ms.

  • Shopify adds 551 ms

    551 ms

    Shopify 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 KiB

    About 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 ms

    Clarity 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 ms

    Snapchat 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 KiB

    26 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (263 KiB).

  • azurefd.net adds 126 ms

    126 ms

    azurefd.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 KiB

    About 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 KiB

    Polyfills 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 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 13 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

5 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 8.8 s

    8.8 s

    Your 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 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 22.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 8.3 s

    8.3 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 8.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 701 ms

    701 ms

    Scripts 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 s

    Real 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 ms

    Real visitors wait 196 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.01

    0.01

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 768 ms

    768 ms

    Real 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 s

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

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix64
  • Page weight: 12.2 MB in 594 requests

    12.2 MB

    Your 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 g

    By 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.

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  • 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

5 to fixGoogle 9294
  • 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.

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  • 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

2 to fixGoogle 9288
  • 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

1 to fix88
  • 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

1 to fix95
  • 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

3 to fixGoogle 7385
  • 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

1 to fix93
  • 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

1 to fix
  • 7 trackers load before any consent

    7

    Before 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

    24

    Opening 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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