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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.

  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
1.3 s1.1 sMay 16Oct 311.1 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20261.3 s
May 23, 20261.2 s
May 30, 20261.2 s
Jun 6, 20261.2 s
Jun 13, 20261.2 s
Jun 20, 20261.2 s
Jun 27, 20261.2 s
Jul 4, 20261.2 s
Jul 11, 20261.2 s
Jul 18, 20261.2 s
Jul 25, 20261.2 s
Aug 1, 20261.2 s
Aug 8, 20261.2 s
Aug 15, 20261.2 s
Aug 22, 20261.2 s
Aug 29, 20261.2 s
Sep 5, 20261.2 s
Sep 12, 20261.2 s
Sep 19, 20261.2 s
Sep 26, 20261.1 s
Oct 3, 20261.1 s
Oct 10, 20261.1 s
Oct 17, 20261.2 s
Oct 24, 20261.2 s
Oct 31, 20261.1 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
162 ms116 msMay 16Oct 31137 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026121 ms
May 23, 2026122 ms
May 30, 2026129 ms
Jun 6, 2026136 ms
Jun 13, 2026142 ms
Jun 20, 2026149 ms
Jun 27, 2026155 ms
Jul 4, 2026156 ms
Jul 11, 2026156 ms
Jul 18, 2026157 ms
Jul 25, 2026154 ms
Aug 1, 2026154 ms
Aug 8, 2026153 ms
Aug 15, 2026150 ms
Aug 22, 2026145 ms
Aug 29, 2026138 ms
Sep 5, 2026141 ms
Sep 12, 2026144 ms
Sep 19, 2026145 ms
Sep 26, 2026146 ms
Oct 3, 2026147 ms
Oct 10, 2026145 ms
Oct 17, 2026145 ms
Oct 24, 2026144 ms
Oct 31, 2026137 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 midlandusa.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. midlandusa.com at 0.6 s0.6 s
  2. midlandusa.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  3. midlandusa.com at 1.7 s1.7 s
  4. midlandusa.com at 2.2 s2.2 s
  5. midlandusa.com at 2.8 s2.8 s
  6. midlandusa.com at 3.3 s3.3 s
  7. midlandusa.com at 3.9 s3.9 s
  8. midlandusa.com at 4.5 s4.5 s

Speed

12 to fix50
  • 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

    50/100

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

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    887 KiB

    About 887 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • Render-blocking requests

    650 ms

    2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 650 ms.

  • ZenDesk adds 394 ms

    394 ms

    ZenDesk 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 KiB

    About 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 ms

    Klaviyo 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 ms

    Google 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 ms

    rebuyengine.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 KiB

    10 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 KiB

    20 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (245 KiB).

  • Minify CSS

    150 ms · 14 KiB

    14 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    36 KiB

    Polyfills 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 KiB

    2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 9 ms

    9 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 9 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

4 to fix100
  • Time to Interactive: 21.5 s

    21.5 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 21.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 5.7 s

    5.7 s

    Your 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 s

    Scripts 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 s

    Visually, 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 s

    Real 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 ms

    Real visitors wait 134 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

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

  • Real-user FCP: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 526 ms

    526 ms

    Real 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 s

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

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.002

    0.002

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.002, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix60
  • Page weight: 4.6 MB in 332 requests

    4.6 MB

    Your 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 KiB

    2 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 g

    By 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

4 to fixGoogle 9795
  • 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

1 to fixGoogle 9298
  • 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

2 to fix70
  • 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

100
  • 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

3 to fixGoogle 9285
  • 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

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 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 to fix
  • 1 tracker load before any consent

    1

    Before 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

    13

    Opening 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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