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purezonebybalboa.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202632 issues · 79 checks
This review found 32 issues worth fixing on purezonebybalboa.com, 9 of them high impact, across 79 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. 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
80B- #40,569 of 102,353 reviewed websitesbeats 55%
- #26,439 of 56,833 online storesbeats 47%
- #25,408 of 51,696 Shopify storesbeats 44%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.4 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 62 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 60 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 60 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 68 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 62 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 62 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 62 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 71 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 90 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 85 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 84 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 135 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 198 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 293 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 293 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 282 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 241 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 252 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
2.1 s · 382 KiB3 images could be 382 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.1 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
1.3 s9 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.3 s.
Mobile performance score: 75
75/100Your mobile performance score is 75. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
440 ms · 349 KiBAbout 349 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 440 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
450 ms · 136 KiB9 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (136 KiB).
6 third-party services on the page
6 third-party services load with your homepage (Cookiebot, Shopify and skio.com and others), adding 1.2 MB and 199 ms of main-thread time.
Cookiebot adds 123 ms
123 msCookiebot costs a phone 123 ms of main-thread work and 382 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.
Shopify adds 46 ms
46 msShopify costs a phone 46 ms of main-thread work and 713 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.
1 long task on the main thread
1 long task 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).
Reduce unused CSS
14 KiBAbout 14 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
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.
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Main-thread work: 1.0 s
A phone's processor spends 1.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 411 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 3 ms
3 msYour server sent the HTML in 3 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: 7.8 s
7.8 sYour largest element takes 7.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide s…”.
Time to Interactive: 8.0 s
8.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 8.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user INP: 277 ms
277 msReal visitors wait 277 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 304% slower for real visitors
+304%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 62 ms to 252 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user FCP: 2.1 s
2.1 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 867 ms
867 msReal visitors wait 867 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
4 images without width and height
4 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+5%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.4 s to 2.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user LCP: 2.5 s
2.5 sReal visitors wait 2.5 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Speed Index: 3.1 s
3.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 3.1 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
First Contentful Paint: 0.9 s
0.9 sThe first text or image appears after 0.9 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Total Blocking Time: 25 ms
25 msScripts block the page for only 25 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.6 MB in 176 requests
2.6 MBYour homepage downloads 2.6 MB in 176 requests on a phone: scripts 1.0 MB (56), other files 768 KiB (95) and images 469 KiB (10). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
2 images in older formats
2 images (229 KiB) 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.
2 images below the first screen load straight away
2 images further down the page (210 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit
0.73 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.73 g of CO₂e: 87.1 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 are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
4 text elements with low contrast
4 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
1 image without alt text
1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
4 links without text
4 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
1 checks passed
45 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 48 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 3 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
Title is long (78 characters)
Your title is 78 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Smart Spa Water Testing & Monitoring | Purezone by Balboa – Purezone by Balboa”.
16 internal links, 8 external
The homepage links to 16 pages on purezonebybalboa.com and 8 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 140 characters
Your meta description is 140 characters: “Automate spa water testing with Purezone. Monitor pH, chlorine or bromine, and alkalinity from your phone and get clear…”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://purezonebybalboa.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization.
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://purezonebybalboa.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing logo, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
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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.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (129 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://purezonebybalboa.com/llms.txt (5 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page without a meta description
https://purezonebybalboa.com/blogs/news has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
2 pages without an H1
https://purezonebybalboa.com/blogs/news and https://purezonebybalboa.com/pages/faq have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
2 pages with very little text
https://purezonebybalboa.com/pages/shop and https://purezonebybalboa.com/pages/quick-start have under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
7 internal pages checked
We fetched 7 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.
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Linked pages load
All 7 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.
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
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was 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
14 of 14 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
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.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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 169 words
The homepage has only about 169 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 form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
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.
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Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop Now”.
6 calls to action
The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “Quick Start” and “Shop Now”.
Privacy and tracking
6 cookies set on arrival
6Opening the homepage sets 6 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
7 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 7 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
2 checks passed
Consent tool: Cookiebot
A consent management tool (Cookiebot) loads with the page.
No known trackers before consent
No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).
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 purezonebybalboa.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 2 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Judge Me Reviews · Forms
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
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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