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midlandusa.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202630 issues · 84 checks
This review found 30 issues worth fixing on midlandusa.com, 7 of them high impact, across 84 checks. The most urgent: main-thread work: 6.0 s. 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
86B- #10,748 of 108,471 reviewed websitesbeats 86%
- #6,627 of 61,524 online storesbeats 85%
- #6,434 of 56,148 Shopify storesbeats 84%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.2 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 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 121 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 122 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 149 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 137 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
Main-thread work: 6.0 s
A phone's processor spends 6.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (ZenDesk, Klaviyo and Google CDN and others), adding 2.1 MB and 1.5 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.
Reduce unused JavaScript
887 KiBAbout 887 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Render-blocking requests
650 ms2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 650 ms.
ZenDesk adds 394 ms
394 msZenDesk costs a phone 394 ms of main-thread work and 431 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
300 ms · 85 KiBAbout 85 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Klaviyo adds 247 ms
247 msKlaviyo costs a phone 247 ms of main-thread work and 528 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.
Google CDN adds 224 ms
224 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 224 ms of main-thread work and 299 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.
18 long tasks on the main thread
18 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 253 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
rebuyengine.com adds 198 ms
198 msrebuyengine.com costs a phone 198 ms of main-thread work and 332 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.
1,685 HTML elements
The page has 1,685 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 194 KiB10 images could be 194 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
245 KiB20 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (245 KiB).
Minify CSS
150 ms · 14 KiB14 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Legacy JavaScript
36 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 36 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 JavaScript
2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 9 ms
9 msYour server sent the HTML in 9 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 21.5 s
21.5 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 21.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 5.7 s
5.7 sYour largest element takes 5.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Total Blocking Time: 1.0 s
1.0 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.0 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Speed Index: 6.8 s
6.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 16% slower for real visitors
+16%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 121 ms to 137 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-8%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.3 s to 1.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
8 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: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors wait 1.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 134 ms
134 msReal visitors wait 134 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: 1.0 s
1.0 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 526 ms
526 msReal visitors wait 526 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
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: 0.002
0.002The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.002, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.6 MB in 332 requests
4.6 MBYour homepage downloads 4.6 MB in 332 requests on a phone: scripts 2.4 MB (151), images 1.0 MB (45) and other files 784 KiB (113). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
2 images far larger than shown
60 KiB2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example Screenshot_2026-08-13_at_2.38.08_PM.png at 1,400 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 60 KiB.
About 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit
1.31 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.31 g of CO₂e: 157.2 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 load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Accessibility
3 tap targets too small
3 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (2 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
18 links without text
18 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 53 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
50 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 52 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 2 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
5 links with vague text
5 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
132 internal links, 19 external
The homepage links to 132 pages on midlandusa.com and 19 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 154 characters
Your meta description is 154 characters: “Midland has built two-way radios since 1959. Shop GMRS MicroMobile® radios, walkie talkies, CB and NOAA weather alert r…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Handhelds, Two-Way GMRS Mobile Radios, and NOAA Weather Radios”.
Title: 59 characters
Your title is a healthy 59 characters: “GMRS Radios, Walkie Talkies & NOAA Weather Radios – MIDLAND”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://midlandusa.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Product.
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://midlandusa.com/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.
Parts of the site are closed to 6 AI crawlers
Your robots.txt lets ChatGPT search (OAI-SearchBot), ChatGPT (ChatGPT-User), Claude search (Claude-SearchBot), Claude (Claude-User), Perplexity (PerplexityBot) and Perplexity (Perplexity-User) read the homepage but closes other sections to them, so answers about those pages can't cite you.
No llms.txt
There is no https://midlandusa.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.
Opted out of AI training for 1 crawler
robots.txt blocks CCBot, which collect pages to train models. That's a legitimate choice and doesn't by itself stop the site appearing in AI answers, which the crawlers above handle.
1 checks passed
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (685 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 87 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
3 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.
Every page has a meta description
All 3 pages that loaded have a meta description.
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 3 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
9 small tap targets
9 of 28 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://shopify-extension.getredo.com/7036-a115bc9f.css' from origin 'https://midlandusa.c…”.
1 distorted image
1 image is displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so it looks stretched or squashed.
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 284 words of copy
The homepage carries about 284 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: “SHOP NOW”.
14 calls to action
The homepage has 14 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Apply” and “Learn More”.
16 short forms
16 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 4 testimonial or review blocks and 2 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity and LinkedIn Insight.
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 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Klaviyo (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.
13 cookies set on arrival
13Opening the homepage sets 13 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.
34 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 34 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 midlandusa.com, 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 14 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Impact Com · Redo · Rebuy Personalization Engine · Google Youtube · Accentuate · Justuno Email Sms Pop Ups · Bazaarvoice Reviews Photos · Zigpoll Customer Surveys · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Noibupixel · Bcode Pixel · Deco Labels Badges · upfluence.co · getredo.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
- Tailwind CSS
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Employees
- 48
- Founded
- 1959
- Headquarters
- Kansas City
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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