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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 9 November 202629 issues · 86 checks
This review found 29 issues worth fixing on pathprojects.com, 5 of them high impact, across 86 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 5.4 MB in 285 requests. 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
88B- #4,313 of 89,626 reviewed websitesbeats 93%
- #2,224 of 46,876 online storesbeats 93%
- #2,151 of 42,116 Shopify storesbeats 92%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 206 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 207 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 213 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 220 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 220 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 221 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 215 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 213 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 212 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 211 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 216 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 220 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 224 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 229 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 222 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 213 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 202 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 189 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 181 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 170 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 165 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 160 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 155 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
Improve image delivery
1.6 MB9 images could be 1.6 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Mobile performance score: 67
67/100Your mobile performance score is 67. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
750 ms6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 750 ms.
Reduce unused JavaScript
150 ms · 293 KiBAbout 293 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
2,834 HTML elements
The page has 2,834 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Main-thread work: 2.4 s
A phone's processor spends 2.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Google Tag Manager adds 137 ms
137 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 137 ms of main-thread work and 310 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.
Klaviyo adds 75 ms
75 msKlaviyo costs a phone 75 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.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, corso.com and Clarity and others), adding 1,024 KiB and 491 ms of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
50 ms · 203 KiB15 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (203 KiB).
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 28 KiBAbout 28 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.
8 long tasks on the main thread
8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 125 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).
Legacy JavaScript
19 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 19 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.
Minify JavaScript
5 KiB5 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Duplicated JavaScript
3 KiB3 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
1 checks passed
Server response: 13 ms
13 msYour server sent the HTML in 13 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 7.5 s
7.5 sYour largest element takes 7.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 17.8 s
17.8 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 17.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.0 s
5.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.4 s
2.4 sThe first text or image appears after 2.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-4%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.0 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
9 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 2.0 s
2.0 sReal visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 105 ms
105 msReal visitors wait 105 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.
Real-user TTFB: 383 ms
383 msReal visitors wait 383 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 24% faster for real visitors
-24%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 206 ms to 155 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Total Blocking Time: 159 ms
159 msScripts block the page for only 159 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.043
0.043The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.043, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.4 MB in 285 requests
5.4 MBYour homepage downloads 5.4 MB in 285 requests on a phone: images 3.0 MB (20), scripts 1.3 MB (102) and other files 880 KiB (119). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image in older formats
1 image (97 KiB) is 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.
About 1.5 g of CO₂ per visit
1.54 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.54 g of CO₂e: 185.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
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
2 text elements with low contrast
2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
33 links without text
33 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings should not be empty (1 element)
Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 457 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 55 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 5 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Structured data has 7 problems
Structured data found (Organization, Store and WebSite) but with 7 problems, for example “Organization: sameAs is not an absolute URL ("https")”.
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
133 internal links, 3 external
The homepage links to 133 pages on pathprojects.com and 3 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 155 characters
Your meta description is 155 characters: “Designs and technical fabrics that outperform, out style and out-run. Mens running shorts with pockets, shirts and head…”.
Title: 60 characters
Your title is a healthy 60 characters: “Mens running shorts with pockets, shirts and headwear to run”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://pathprojects.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://pathprojects.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No llms.txt
There is no /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 (955 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
4 pages without a meta description
/collections/new-arrivals, /collections/best-sellers, /collections/short-sleeves-and-tanks and /collections/hoodies-and-long-sleeves have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
7 pages without an H1
/collections/all, /collections/new-arrivals, /collections/best-sellers, /collections/short-sleeves-and-tanks, /collections/hoodies-and-long-sleeves and /collections/midlayers 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 53 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
5 checks passed
Linked pages load
7 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
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 7 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
20 small tap targets
20 of 39 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 “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED”.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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.
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 231 words
The homepage has only about 231 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
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.
6 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP FALL GEAR”.
15 calls to action
The homepage has 15 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Shop All Kits & Bundles” and “Shop”.
4 short forms
4 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 20 testimonial or review blocks and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.
LocalBusiness structured data
Your homepage describes the business with LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants can read its address, hours and phone reliably.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel 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.
29 cookies set on arrival
29Opening the homepage sets 29 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.
51 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 51 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 pathprojects.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 11 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Intelligems A B Testing · Uso Ultimate Special Offers · Okendo · Triplewhale · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Gorgias Live Chat Helpdesk · Seo Manager Venntov · Back In Stock · yotpo.com · giftcardpro.app · corso.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
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 29 issues on pathprojects.com, including 13 speed issues, 2 SEO issues and 3 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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