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notobotanics.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202614 issues · 63 checks
This review found 14 issues worth fixing on notobotanics.com, 5 of them high impact, across 63 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 5.7 MB. Google's speed test didn't respond, so speed is not measured here; your full playbook measures it. 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
Not scored yet: Google's speed test didn't run in this review. Re-run the review to get a score.
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 156 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 159 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 160 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 158 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 167 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 152 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 149 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 158 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 192 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 219 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 205 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 177 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 172 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 158 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 158 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 158 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 141 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
Not measured in this review.
Core Web Vitals
8 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on your site (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 2.3 s
2.3 sReal visitors wait 2.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 162 ms
162 msReal visitors wait 162 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.01
0.01For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (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: 691 ms
691 msReal visitors wait 691 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 12% faster for real visitors
-12%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 156 ms to 141 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 14% faster for real visitors
-14%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.2 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.7 MB
5.7 MBYour homepage downloads 5.7 MB on a phone, 1.4 MB of it images (24%). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image over 500 KB
1_-_color_focus_banner_2.svg weighs 933 KiB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
About 1.6 g of CO₂ per visit
1.61 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.61 g of CO₂e: 193.1 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
[role="img"] and [role="image"] elements must have alternative text (4 elements)
[role="img"] and [role="image"] elements must have alternative text: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
Hidden but focusable
3 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes (1 element)
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (13 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 13 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
20 links without text
20 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h3 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 2 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
49 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 49 passed and 5 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
121 internal links, 21 external
The homepage links to 121 pages on notobotanics.com and 21 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 153 characters
Your meta description is 153 characters: “Shop clean beauty skincare and natural organic cosmetics from NOTO. Nontoxic, cruelty-free, and gender-neutral. Get cas…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “MULTI-USE • VEGAN • GENDERLESS”.
Title: 56 characters
Your title is a healthy 56 characters: “Clean Beauty Skincare | Natural Organic Cosmetics | NOTO”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://notobotanics.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: WebSite.
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://notobotanics.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 (1,187 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://notobotanics.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 linked page hidden from search
https://notobotanics.com/collections/frontpage is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
7 pages without an H1
https://notobotanics.com/collections/frontpage, https://notobotanics.com/collections/bundles, https://notobotanics.com/collections/skincare, https://notobotanics.com/pages/the-noto-story, https://notobotanics.com/pages/contact-us and https://notobotanics.com/pages/black-lives-matter and 1 other 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 48 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.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
6 JavaScript errors while loading
6 errors were 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
25 of 30 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
A 10-field form
Your longest form asks for 10 fields (0 required). Every extra field lowers completion.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
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 813 words of copy
The homepage carries about 813 words of visible text.
Urgency cues
The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).
6 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP ALL” and “SHOP ULTA”.
34 calls to action
The homepage has 34 calls to action, for example “SHOP ALL”, “SHOP YOUR WAY” and “Contact Us”.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 11 testimonial or review blocks and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 3 phone links and 1 email link.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
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 Meta Pixel 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.
33 cookies set on arrival
33Opening the homepage sets 33 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.
57 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 57 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 notobotanics.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 19 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Schema Plus For Seo · Rebuy Personalization Engine · Yotpo Loyalty Rewards · Pagefly Ai Page Builder · Microsoft Clarity · Attentive · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Okendo · Trymry · Forms · Freegifts · Discos Smart Bogo Cart Upsell · crazyegg.com · cloudfront.net · tabarn.app · bogos.io · rebuyengine.com · attn.tv · useamp.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
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 14 issues on notobotanics.com, including 2 conversion gaps. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.
- 28 research agents read your site, reviews, competitors, communities and public filings
- Customer review mining (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and more) and voice-of-pain analysis in your buyers’ own words
- Competitor intelligence with battlecards for your closest rivals
- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
- Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
- Earned media and PR openings
- At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
- PDF, Markdown, CSV, Notion and Linear exports, and a shareable page your team can track progress on
- Refresh the playbook later to see what changed
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