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novaxidil.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 13 November 202639 issues · 80 checks
This review found 39 issues worth fixing on novaxidil.com, 12 of them high impact, across 80 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
One score from every part of this review. How it works
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
4.0 s · 777 KiBAbout 777 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 4.0 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.1 s · 681 KiB19 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (681 KiB).
Improve image delivery
100 ms · 3.6 MB11 images could be 3.6 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 100 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (YouTube, elfsightcdn.com and loox.io and others), adding 6.4 MB and 889 ms of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 55
55/100Your mobile performance score is 55. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
elfsightcdn.com adds 204 ms
204 mselfsightcdn.com costs a phone 204 ms of main-thread work and 4.7 MB 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.
YouTube adds 405 ms
405 msYouTube costs a phone 405 ms of main-thread work and 998 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 · 112 KiBAbout 112 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.
Main-thread work: 2.7 s
A phone's processor spends 2.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
2,037 HTML elements
The page has 2,037 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
loox.io adds 79 ms
79 msloox.io costs a phone 79 ms of main-thread work and 501 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.
Render-blocking requests
150 ms3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 150 ms.
7 long tasks on the main thread
7 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 100 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).
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
3 KiB3 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 6 ms
6 msYour server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
First Contentful Paint: 11.8 s
11.8 sThe first text or image appears after 11.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 20.1 s
20.1 sYour largest element takes 20.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 20.6 s
20.6 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 20.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 11.8 s
11.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 11.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
8 images without width and height
8 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
2 checks passed
Total Blocking Time: 76 ms
76 msScripts block the page for only 76 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 8.2 MB in 225 requests
8.2 MBYour homepage downloads 8.2 MB in 225 requests on a phone: images 5.3 MB (36), scripts 1.6 MB (62) and other files 766 KiB (96). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
5 images over 500 KB
5 images weigh 4.0 MB together. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
7 images in older formats
7 images (4.5 MB) 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.
7 images below the first screen load straight away
7 images further down the page (4.5 MB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
1 image far larger than shown
71 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example PHOTO-2025-05-15-19-22-01.jpg at 1,432 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 71 KiB.
About 2.3 g of CO₂ per visit
2.32 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.32 g of CO₂e: 278.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
9 text elements with low contrast
9 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
21 images without alt text
21 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
9 links without text
9 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
46 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 46 passed and 4 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Meta description is long (249 characters)
Your meta description is 249 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
1 link with vague text
1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
21 internal links, 7 external
The homepage links to 21 pages on novaxidil.com and 7 external pages.
6 checks passed
Title: 57 characters
Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “Novaxidil: World's Best Hair Loss Treatment – Perpetua US”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://novaxidil.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and 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://novaxidil.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No llms.txt
There is no https://novaxidil.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.
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.
Organization data: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,424 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 page without a title
https://novaxidil.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no <title>, so Google invents the link text in results.
1 linked page hidden from search
https://novaxidil.com/customer_authentication/redirect is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
5 pages without a meta description
https://novaxidil.com/customer_authentication/redirect, https://novaxidil.com/policies/privacy-policy, https://novaxidil.com/policies/refund-policy, https://novaxidil.com/policies/terms-of-service and https://novaxidil.com/policies/subscription-policy have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page without an H1
https://novaxidil.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
5 internal pages checked
We fetched 5 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
3 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 5 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.
Best practices
5 third-party cookies
5 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://a.shgcdn2.com/css-2026-03-06-0655/69eced91c2bb1d5d642836e6_69eced91c2bb1d5d64283ba…”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
5 of 5 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
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.
No phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 1 testimonial or review block. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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.
About 795 words of copy
The homepage carries about 795 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
2 calls to action
The homepage has 2 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”.
4 short forms
4 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 3 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
4 trackers load before any consent
4Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and TikTok Pixel (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.
18 cookies set on arrival
18Opening the homepage sets 18 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.
40 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 40 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 novaxidil.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify;Shopify Plus
- Hosting
- Shopify
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