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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202634 issues · 92 checks

This review found 34 issues worth fixing on pdhsports.com, 9 of them high impact, across 92 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
1.4 s1.1 sMay 16Oct 311.1 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20261.3 s
May 23, 20261.3 s
May 30, 20261.3 s
Jun 6, 20261.3 s
Jun 13, 20261.3 s
Jun 20, 20261.3 s
Jun 27, 20261.3 s
Jul 4, 20261.4 s
Jul 11, 20261.4 s
Jul 18, 20261.4 s
Jul 25, 20261.3 s
Aug 1, 20261.3 s
Aug 8, 20261.3 s
Aug 15, 20261.3 s
Aug 22, 20261.3 s
Aug 29, 20261.3 s
Sep 5, 20261.3 s
Sep 12, 20261.3 s
Sep 19, 20261.3 s
Sep 26, 20261.3 s
Oct 3, 20261.2 s
Oct 10, 20261.2 s
Oct 17, 20261.2 s
Oct 24, 20261.1 s
Oct 31, 20261.1 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
148 ms123 msMay 16Oct 31143 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026126 ms
May 23, 2026126 ms
May 30, 2026128 ms
Jun 6, 2026129 ms
Jun 13, 2026129 ms
Jun 20, 2026130 ms
Jun 27, 2026132 ms
Jul 4, 2026135 ms
Jul 11, 2026136 ms
Jul 18, 2026135 ms
Jul 25, 2026131 ms
Aug 1, 2026131 ms
Aug 8, 2026135 ms
Aug 15, 2026136 ms
Aug 22, 2026138 ms
Aug 29, 2026141 ms
Sep 5, 2026141 ms
Sep 12, 2026144 ms
Sep 19, 2026144 ms
Sep 26, 2026143 ms
Oct 3, 2026145 ms
Oct 10, 2026142 ms
Oct 17, 2026143 ms
Oct 24, 2026143 ms
Oct 31, 2026143 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 pdhsports.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. pdhsports.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  2. pdhsports.com at 2.2 s2.2 s
  3. pdhsports.com at 3.3 s3.3 s
  4. pdhsports.com at 4.4 s4.4 s
  5. pdhsports.com at 5.6 s5.6 s
  6. pdhsports.com at 6.7 s6.7 s
  7. pdhsports.com at 7.8 s7.8 s
  8. pdhsports.com at 8.9 s8.9 s

Speed

8 to fix57
  • Main-thread work: 8.1 s

    A phone's processor spends 8.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.5 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 5,757 HTML elements

    The page has 5,757 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Yotpo and Clarity and others), adding 1.1 MB and 1.5 s of main-thread time.

  • Mobile performance score: 57

    57/100

    Your mobile performance score is 57. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Shopify adds 805 ms

    805 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 805 ms of main-thread work and 499 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

    450 ms

    2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 450 ms.

  • 19 long tasks on the main thread

    19 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 304 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Yotpo adds 271 ms

    271 ms

    Yotpo costs a phone 271 ms of main-thread work and 264 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.

  • Improve image delivery

    182 KiB

    9 images could be 182 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    160 KiB

    About 160 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    87 KiB

    9 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (87 KiB).

  • Legacy JavaScript

    31 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 31 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    11 KiB

    About 11 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.

  • Minify JavaScript

    7 KiB

    7 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • 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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  • Server response: 44 ms

    44 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 44 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

7 to fix67
  • 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: 12.6 s

    12.6 s

    Your largest element takes 12.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Nox 27 range just landed”.

  • Time to Interactive: 18.4 s

    18.4 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 18.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 7.2 s

    7.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 7.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user INP: 243 ms

    243 ms

    Real visitors wait 243 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 449 ms

    449 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 449 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 1 image without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) got 13% slower for real visitors

    +13%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 126 ms to 143 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    Real visitors wait 1.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.3 s

    1.3 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 470 ms

    470 ms

    Real visitors wait 470 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 12% faster for real visitors

    -12%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.3 s to 1.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.2 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

4 to fix52
  • Page weight: 4.7 MB in 476 requests

    4.7 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.7 MB in 476 requests on a phone: images 2.7 MB (128), scripts 1.1 MB (107) and other files 799 KiB (201). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    2027_-_AGUSTIN_TAPIA_-_GENIUS_12K_ALUM_XTREM_-1.jpg is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).

  • 5 images below the first screen load straight away

    5 images further down the page (460 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • 1 image far larger than shown

    47 KiB

    1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example 12SLA12023_01syngutnatural.png at 390 px wide, shown at 40 px. Resized copies would save about 47 KiB.

  • About 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.34 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.34 g of CO₂e: 160.3 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.

Accessibility

6 to fixGoogle 9194
  • 31 images without alt text

    31 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (3 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 58 form fields without a label

    58 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (44 elements)

    Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 44 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • 2 links without text

    2 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • Headings should not be empty (5 elements)

    Headings should not be empty: 5 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h1 → h3 and h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (3 elements).

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  • 52 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 58 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 52 passed and 6 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 8584
  • 6 H1 headlines

    There are 6 <h1> headlines (“Nox 27 range just landed”, “Shop the new 27 Bullpadel range” and “The Viper Lebron 3.1 has arrived”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • Meta description is long (162 characters)

    Your meta description is 162 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • Structured data has 1 problem

    Structured data found (Organization and WebSite) but with 1 problem, for example “Organization: sameAs is not an absolute URL ("q")”.

  • 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.

  • 547 internal links, 11 external

    The homepage links to 547 pages on pdhsports.com and 11 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • Title: 57 characters

    Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “PDH - The UK's Best Online Racket Sports Shop – PDHSports”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://pdhsports.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://pdhsports.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
4 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: 5 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details; description would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,881 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://pdhsports.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

2 to fix88
  • 2 linked pages hidden from search

    https://pdhsports.com/collections/babolat-lebron-27-collection and https://pdhsports.com/collections/bullpadel-2027-collection are marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If they are meant to be found, remove the noindex.

  • 7 pages without a meta description

    https://pdhsports.com/collections/babolat-lebron-27-collection, https://pdhsports.com/pages/lacoste, https://pdhsports.com/collections/bullpadel-2027-collection, https://pdhsports.com/collections/k-swiss-indoor-shoes, https://pdhsports.com/pages/nox and https://pdhsports.com/collections/sale and 1 other have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 4 pages slow to respond

    https://pdhsports.com/collections/padel-rackets, https://pdhsports.com/collections/padel-bags, https://pdhsports.com/collections/padel-balls and https://pdhsports.com/collections/padel-shoes took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 177 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • 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.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • Every page has an H1

    Each page we checked has a main headline.

  • Every page has a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

2 to fixGoogle 9282
  • 1 broken image

    1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=97278270&Ver=2&mid=c98fdf15-590d-4d44-bdcf-6ff5c7781757&bo=1&sid=4abc1490d80411f1a0251b5c03aa870a&vid=4abc41e0d80411f18261c37696702370&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=918639831&lg.

  • 1 distorted image

    1 image is displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so it looks stretched or squashed.

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  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    282 of 339 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

1 to fix94
  • 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 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 2,049 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 2,049 words of visible text.

  • Urgency cues

    The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop now” and “Shop all”.

  • 63 calls to action

    The homepage has 63 calls to action, for example “Shop now”, “Shop all” and “Back to Shop by Brand”.

  • 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: a star rating and 1 trust badge.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link 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

  • 7 trackers load before any consent

    7

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 2 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Cookiebot) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 25 cookies set on arrival

    25

    Opening the homepage sets 25 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 33 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 33 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: Cookiebot

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

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 pdhsports.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

Upkeep, stack and company

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E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Microsoft Clarity
Hosting
Shopify

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