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monstertransmission.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202647 issues · 91 checks
This review found 47 issues worth fixing on monstertransmission.com, 19 of them high impact, across 91 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
66D- #96,978 of 105,871 reviewed websitesbeats 7%
- #56,972 of 59,600 online storesbeats 4%
- #52,350 of 54,324 Shopify storesbeats 3%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 183 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 187 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 193 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 199 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 198 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 193 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 198 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 203 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 206 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 207 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 212 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 213 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 219 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 226 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 229 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 230 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 229 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 221 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
How it loaded on a phone
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Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.9 s · 439 KiBAbout 439 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.9 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.6 s · 305 KiB14 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (305 KiB).
Render-blocking requests
1.6 s22 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.6 s.
Mobile performance score: 32
32/100Your mobile performance score is 32. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 5.0 s
A phone's processor spends 5.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.4 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 (posthog.com, Google Tag Manager and Clarity and others), adding 1.2 MB and 1.0 s of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
450 ms · 473 KiB13 images could be 473 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused CSS
310 ms · 95 KiBAbout 95 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 310 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 190 ms
190 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 190 ms of main-thread work and 328 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.
2,212 HTML elements
The page has 2,212 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 52 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 52 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Duplicated JavaScript
150 ms · 15 KiB15 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
12 long tasks on the main thread
12 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 134 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Minify JavaScript
11 KiB11 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Minify CSS
7 KiB7 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
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: 15 ms
15 msYour server sent the HTML in 15 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.
Real-user CLS: 0.33
0.33For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.33 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Largest Contentful Paint: 20.9 s
20.9 sYour largest element takes 20.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
First Contentful Paint: 7.3 s
7.3 sThe first text or image appears after 7.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Time to Interactive: 21.1 s
21.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 21.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 9.2 s
9.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 9.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.292
0.292The layout shifts by 0.292 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
Real-user INP: 214 ms
214 msReal visitors wait 214 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 22% slower for real visitors
+22%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 183 ms to 221 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user TTFB: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors wait 1.3 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 387 ms
387 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 387 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
8 images without width and height
8 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.6 s to 1.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
2 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 1.9 s
1.9 sReal visitors wait 1.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user FCP: 1.6 s
1.6 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.8 MB in 350 requests
5.8 MBYour homepage downloads 5.8 MB in 350 requests on a phone: images 1.9 MB (36), scripts 1.3 MB (90) and other files 1.2 MB (191). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (22 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 1.6 g of CO₂ per visit
1.65 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.65 g of CO₂e: 197.5 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
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes (2 elements)
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
1 text element with low contrast
1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Links look like plain text
1 link inside paragraphs relies on colour alone to stand out.
5 images without alt text
5 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (69 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 69 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
No main landmark
The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.
Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)
Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
1 tap target too small
1 tap target is too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (2 elements)
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Elements marked as presentational should be consistently ignored (2 elements)
Elements marked as presentational should be consistently ignored: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
1 checks passed
45 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 55 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 10 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
Meta description is long (320 characters)
Your meta description is 320 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
3 links with vague text
3 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
330 internal links, 6 external
The homepage links to 330 pages on monstertransmission.com and 6 external pages.
5 checks passed
Title: 61 characters
Your title is a healthy 61 characters: “Monster Transmission | High-Performance Transmissions & Parts”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://monstertransmission.com/.
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://monstertransmission.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.
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 (2,212 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://monstertransmission.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
3 pages without a meta description
https://monstertransmission.com/pages/free-warranty, https://monstertransmission.com/pages/store-locator and https://monstertransmission.com/pages/monster-order-tracker have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
4 pages without an H1
https://monstertransmission.com/collections/transmissions, https://monstertransmission.com/collections/transmissions-chevy, https://monstertransmission.com/collections/transmissions-chevy-4l60e and https://monstertransmission.com/collections/transmissions-chevy-4l70e 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 155 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
5 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.
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
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=187225047&Ver=2&mid=dc080e19-84f5-462d-9a2b-96127e956374&bo=1&sid=55e6aa50d95111f193a24b6882aff16e&vid=55e6fc70d95111f1a88fd7db6f6fedf3&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=918639831&l.
9 small tap targets
9 of 23 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
4 JavaScript errors while loading
4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Cannot read properties of null (reading 'length')”.
2 distorted images
2 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
About 1,016 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,016 words of visible text.
7 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop By Vehicle”.
14 calls to action
The homepage has 14 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Track Your Order Track” and “Shop Transmissions”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (4 fields at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 122 testimonial or review blocks and “over 10 reviews”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and PostHog.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 6 phone links and 0 email links.
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
8 trackers load before any consent
8Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and LinkedIn Insight and 3 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.
21 cookies set on arrival
21Opening the homepage sets 21 cookies, 1 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.
45 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 45 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 monstertransmission.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 3 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Judge Me Reviews · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Mntn
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
- The footer still says © 2024.
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager | PostHog
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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