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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 22 October 202633 issues · 72 checks

This review found 33 issues worth fixing on moonpie.com, 12 of them high impact, across 72 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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 s1.5 sMay 2Oct 171.7 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 2, 20261.8 s
May 9, 20261.7 s
May 16, 20261.6 s
May 23, 20261.7 s
May 30, 20261.8 s
Jun 6, 20261.8 s
Jun 13, 20261.9 s
Jun 20, 20261.8 s
Jun 27, 20261.7 s
Jul 4, 20261.8 s
Jul 11, 20261.9 s
Jul 18, 20261.9 s
Jul 25, 20262.0 s
Aug 1, 20261.9 s
Aug 8, 20261.7 s
Aug 15, 20261.6 s
Aug 22, 20261.6 s
Aug 29, 20261.6 s
Sep 5, 20261.7 s
Sep 12, 20261.8 s
Sep 19, 20261.8 s
Sep 26, 20261.8 s
Oct 3, 20261.8 s
Oct 10, 20261.7 s
Oct 17, 20261.7 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
123 ms96 msMay 2Oct 17104 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 2, 2026112 ms
May 9, 2026110 ms
May 16, 2026111 ms
May 23, 2026112 ms
May 30, 2026112 ms
Jun 6, 2026113 ms
Jun 13, 2026113 ms
Jun 20, 2026111 ms
Jun 27, 2026111 ms
Jul 4, 2026111 ms
Jul 11, 2026108 ms
Jul 18, 2026109 ms
Jul 25, 2026109 ms
Aug 1, 2026109 ms
Aug 8, 2026111 ms
Aug 15, 2026112 ms
Aug 22, 2026114 ms
Aug 29, 2026120 ms
Sep 5, 2026116 ms
Sep 12, 2026111 ms
Sep 19, 2026104 ms
Sep 26, 202699 ms
Oct 3, 2026102 ms
Oct 10, 2026103 ms
Oct 17, 2026104 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 moonpie.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

Speed

6 to fix61
  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    10.4 s · 2.6 MB

    33 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (2.6 MB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    2.5 s

    4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.5 s.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.5 s · 304 KiB

    About 304 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.5 s faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    1.2 s · 274 KiB

    About 274 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.2 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 61

    61/100

    Your mobile performance score is 61 (desktop: 80). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Improve image delivery

    300 ms · 179 KiB

    2 images could be 179 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • 5 third-party services on the page

    5 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Google CDN and cdn-cookieyes.com and others), adding 453 KiB and 149 ms of main-thread time.

  • Font display

    150 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 150 ms).

  • 1 long task on the main thread

    1 long task block the main thread while loading, the longest for 76 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Document request latency

    22 KiB

    The HTML itself could arrive sooner: redirects, a slow server response or missing compression delay everything after it.

  • Minify CSS

    22 KiB

    22 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.

2 checks passed
  • Main-thread work: 0.6 s

    A phone's processor spends 0.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 283 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 31 ms

    31 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 31 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

9 to fix33
  • 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.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 17.0 s

    17.0 s

    Your largest element takes 17.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve p…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 17.2 s

    17.2 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 17.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 5.4 s

    5.4 s

    The first text or image appears after 5.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user LCP: 3.9 s

    3.9 s

    Real visitors wait 3.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.19

    0.19

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.19 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user TTFB: 868 ms

    868 ms

    Real visitors wait 868 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Speed Index: 5.4 s

    5.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • 42 images without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -7%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 112 ms to 104 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -4%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.8 s to 1.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

4 checks passed
  • Real-user INP: 105 ms

    105 ms

    Real visitors wait 105 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.5 s

    1.5 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

  • Total Blocking Time: 26 ms

    26 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 26 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

3 to fix65
  • Page weight: 3.1 MB in 52 requests

    3.1 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.1 MB in 52 requests on a phone: media 1.2 MB (2), images 707 KiB (24) and scripts 680 KiB (10). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 6 images in older formats

    6 images (582 KiB) are JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.

  • 1 image far larger than shown

    57 KiB

    1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example slider-moonpie-general-fade-02.jpg at 1,400 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 57 KiB.

  • About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.87 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.87 g of CO₂e: 104.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

1 checks passed
  • Images load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

Accessibility

4 to fixGoogle 9193
  • ARIA roles used must conform to valid values (1 element)

    ARIA roles used must conform to valid values: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • 4 tap targets too small

    4 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • 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.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 13 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 40 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 44 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 40 passed and 4 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

5 to fixGoogle 9277
  • 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.

  • No XML sitemap

    No XML sitemap at https://www.moonpie.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.

  • No robots.txt

    There is no robots.txt at moonpie.com/robots.txt, the first file search crawlers ask for.

  • 2 links crawlers can't follow

    2 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

    No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.

  • 56 internal links, 24 external

    The homepage links to 56 pages on moonpie.com and 24 external pages.

4 checks passed
  • Meta description: 120 characters

    Your meta description is 120 characters: “Welcome to moonpie.com, where you can learn about all things MoonPie, buy factory fresh MoonPies, apparel, gifts & more!”.

  • Title: 35 characters

    Your title is a healthy 35 characters: “Welcome to MoonPie Online | MoonPie”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

  • Open Graph tags complete

    Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.

AI search readiness

1 to fix83
  • 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.

  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://www.moonpie.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.

1 checks passed
  • AI answer engines may read the site

    There is no robots.txt, so nothing stops the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity from reading the site and cite it in answers.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 28 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

1 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

Best practices

2 to fixGoogle 8887
  • 13 small tap targets

    13 of 41 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 “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.

  • 4 low-resolution images

    4 images are served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.

1 checks passed
  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix75
  • No social proof

    No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.

  • 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.

  • Only about 110 words

    The homepage has only about 110 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

5 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

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

  • 9 calls to action

    The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Join Email List” and “Shop MoonPie”.

  • 3 short forms

    3 short forms (4 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

  • 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

  • 2 trackers load before any consent

    2

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (CookieYes) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 1 cookie set on arrival

    1

    Opening the homepage sets 1 cookie (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 7 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 7 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: CookieYes

    A consent management tool (CookieYes) loads with the page.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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Upkeep, stack and company

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Stack

Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Azure

Company

Founded
1917

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