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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202625 issues · 79 checks

This review found 25 issues worth fixing on medstudy.com, 5 of them high impact, across 79 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 6.8 MB in 316 requests. 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
1.6 s1.3 sMay 16Oct 311.4 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20261.5 s
May 23, 20261.5 s
May 30, 20261.5 s
Jun 6, 20261.5 s
Jun 13, 20261.4 s
Jun 20, 20261.5 s
Jun 27, 20261.6 s
Jul 4, 20261.6 s
Jul 11, 20261.5 s
Jul 18, 20261.5 s
Jul 25, 20261.4 s
Aug 1, 20261.4 s
Aug 8, 20261.4 s
Aug 15, 20261.4 s
Aug 22, 20261.3 s
Aug 29, 20261.3 s
Sep 5, 20261.4 s
Sep 12, 20261.4 s
Sep 19, 20261.5 s
Sep 26, 20261.5 s
Oct 3, 20261.5 s
Oct 10, 20261.5 s
Oct 17, 20261.5 s
Oct 24, 20261.5 s
Oct 31, 20261.4 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
120 ms85 msMay 16Oct 31110 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 202699 ms
May 23, 2026104 ms
May 30, 2026101 ms
Jun 6, 2026104 ms
Jun 13, 2026104 ms
Jun 20, 2026102 ms
Jun 27, 2026108 ms
Jul 4, 2026104 ms
Jul 11, 2026102 ms
Jul 18, 2026104 ms
Jul 25, 2026102 ms
Aug 1, 202696 ms
Aug 8, 2026101 ms
Aug 15, 202695 ms
Aug 22, 202694 ms
Aug 29, 202689 ms
Sep 5, 202689 ms
Sep 12, 2026100 ms
Sep 19, 2026104 ms
Sep 26, 2026113 ms
Oct 3, 2026116 ms
Oct 10, 2026113 ms
Oct 17, 2026106 ms
Oct 24, 2026113 ms
Oct 31, 2026110 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 medstudy.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. medstudy.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. medstudy.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. medstudy.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. medstudy.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. medstudy.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. medstudy.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. medstudy.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. medstudy.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

Speed

9 to fix64
  • Mobile performance score: 64

    64/100

    Your mobile performance score is 64. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Bold Commerce, Hubspot and commoninja.com and others), adding 1.4 MB and 653 ms of main-thread time.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    751 KiB

    11 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (751 KiB).

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    547 KiB

    About 547 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • 7 long tasks on the main thread

    7 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 462 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Render-blocking requests

    450 ms

    6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 450 ms.

  • Bold Commerce adds 271 ms

    271 ms

    Bold Commerce costs a phone 271 ms of main-thread work and 484 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.

  • Main-thread work: 2.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Hubspot adds 211 ms

    211 ms

    Hubspot costs a phone 211 ms of main-thread work and 401 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.

  • Improve image delivery

    94 KiB

    2 images could be 94 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    29 KiB

    About 29 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    26 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 26 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.

  • Minify CSS

    3 KiB

    3 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • Minify JavaScript

    2 KiB

    2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 5 ms

    5 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 5 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix100
  • Time to Interactive: 18.4 s

    18.4 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 18.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 931 ms

    931 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 931 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 6.9 s

    6.9 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 6.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.8 s

    2.8 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 2.8 s

    2.8 s

    Your largest element takes 2.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Built for how memory actually works.”. Most of its time is element render delay (2.4 s).

  • 1 image without width and height

    1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • Tap response (INP) got 10% slower for real visitors

    +10%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 99 ms to 110 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -3%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.5 s to 1.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

7 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: 1.8 s

    1.8 s

    Real visitors wait 1.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 129 ms

    129 ms

    Real visitors wait 129 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.8 s

    1.8 s

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

  • Real-user TTFB: 785 ms

    785 ms

    Real visitors wait 785 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 6.8 MB in 316 requests

    6.8 MB

    Your homepage downloads 6.8 MB in 316 requests on a phone: media 2.9 MB (1), scripts 2.0 MB (54) and other files 1.3 MB (217). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 1.9 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.91 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.91 g of CO₂e: 229.7 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 to fixGoogle 10096
  • Summary elements must have discernible text (1 element)

    Summary elements must have discernible text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (6 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 13 links without text

    13 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (3 elements).

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 2 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 47 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: 47 passed and 2 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 10097
  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • 64 internal links, 13 external

    The homepage links to 64 pages on medstudy.com and 13 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 152 characters

    Your meta description is 152 characters: “Board prep built on learning science for Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Med School — Core books, Qbank+, flashcards …”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Built for how memory actually works.”.

  • Title: 48 characters

    Your title is a healthy 48 characters: “MedStudy | Board Prep Built for How Memory Works”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://medstudy.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.

  • 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://medstudy.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://medstudy.com/llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.

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.

  • 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 (1,097 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

2 to fix90
  • 3 pages without a meta description

    https://medstudy.com/pages/programs-institutions, https://medstudy.com/pages/resources and https://medstudy.com/pages/free-trial have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 2 pages without an H1

    https://medstudy.com/pages/programs-institutions and https://medstudy.com/pages/resources 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 31 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

5 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    7 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).

  • 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 7 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

1 to fixGoogle 10093
  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    11 of 12 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

1 to fix92
  • 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.

  • 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 970 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 970 words of visible text.

5 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP”.

  • 8 calls to action

    The homepage has 8 calls to action, for example “Start free trial”, “Learn more about our story →” and “Join Our Team”.

  • 1 short form

    A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 33 testimonial or review blocks and a star rating.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: HubSpot.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 6 trackers load before any consent

    6

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Reddit Pixel and 1 more (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.

  • 15 cookies set on arrival

    15

    Opening the homepage sets 15 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.

  • 27 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 27 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

E-commerce
10 Shopify Products;Shopify;Shopify Plus
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Headquarters
Colorado Springs

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