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originalbtc.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202628 issues · 84 checks
This review found 28 issues worth fixing on originalbtc.com, 7 of them high impact, across 84 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
83B- #22,763 of 98,162 reviewed websitesbeats 72%
- #14,513 of 53,564 online storesbeats 66%
- #14,055 of 48,578 Shopify storesbeats 64%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 105 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 110 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 101 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 99 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 92 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 95 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
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
450 ms · 563 KiBAbout 563 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 71
71/100Your mobile performance score is 71. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
800 ms4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 800 ms.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Accessibe Accessibility Overlay, Vimeo and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 3.4 MB and 351 ms of main-thread time.
Vimeo adds 105 ms
105 msVimeo costs a phone 105 ms of main-thread work and 2.8 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.
1,597 HTML elements
The page has 1,597 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 54 KiBAbout 54 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
3 long tasks on the main thread
3 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 119 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
100 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).
Use efficient cache lifetimes
58 KiB9 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (58 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
12 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 12 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.
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Main-thread work: 1.7 s
A phone's processor spends 1.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 833 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 37 ms
37 msYour server sent the HTML in 37 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.
Largest Contentful Paint: 6.3 s
6.3 sYour largest element takes 6.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “OUR FAMILIAR OPAL GLASS SHADE FINDS NEW FREEDOM IN THE MAGN…”.
Time to Interactive: 13.9 s
13.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 13.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 6.3 s
6.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Real-user LCP: 2.7 s
2.7 sReal visitors wait 2.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors wait 1.1 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
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Real-user INP: 91 ms
91 msReal visitors wait 91 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) got 11% faster for real visitors
-11%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 105 ms to 95 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 28% faster for real visitors
-28%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.8 s to 1.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Total Blocking Time: 74 ms
74 msScripts block the page for only 74 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001
0.001The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).
First Contentful Paint: 1.1 s
1.1 sThe first text or image appears after 1.1 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 6.0 MB in 207 requests
6.0 MBYour homepage downloads 6.0 MB in 207 requests on a phone: other files 3.0 MB (111), images 1.4 MB (33) and scripts 1.3 MB (50). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 1.7 g of CO₂ per visit
1.71 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.71 g of CO₂e: 205.3 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
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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
14 text elements with low contrast
14 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (4 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 4 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.
14 form fields without a label
14 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Headings should not be empty (2 elements)
Headings should not be empty: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (2 elements)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
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Every image has alt text
All 38 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 56 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 6 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
6 links with vague text
6 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
191 internal links, 8 external
The homepage links to 191 pages on originalbtc.com and 8 external pages.
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Meta description: 148 characters
Your meta description is 148 characters: “Discover timeless British lighting, handmade in England. Shop Original BTC and Davey Lighting for pendants, wall lights…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “well handled”.
Title: 57 characters
Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “British Designer Lighting, Made in England | ORIGINAL BTC”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://originalbtc.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: OnlineStore 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://originalbtc.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No llms.txt
There is no https://originalbtc.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.
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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: 5 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description; contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,007 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 link to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example https://originalbtc.com/pages/trade, whose canonical is https://originalbtc.com/pages/trade-programme. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 82 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
4 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Every page has a meta description
All 4 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 4 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=97103426&tm=gtm002&Ver=2&mid=11a64d66-2684-48d2-bc54-6cc7eea625c9&bo=1&sid=5bf3e9a0da7d11f1a504d3fba70af058&vid=5bf42050da7d11f19af98fee90cb02ab&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=91.
95 small tap targets
95 of 110 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 third-party cookies
2 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
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No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 2 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
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.
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 551 words of copy
The homepage carries about 551 words of visible text.
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Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “LEARN MORE”.
18 calls to action
The homepage has 18 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “Contact Us” and “stoke-on-trent factory learn more”.
6 short forms
6 short forms (6 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Microsoft Ads and 1 more (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.
17 cookies set on arrival
17Opening the homepage sets 17 cookies, 3 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.
24 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 24 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 originalbtc.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
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