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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 6 November 202629 issues · 85 checks
This review found 29 issues worth fixing on rel.net, 7 of them high impact, across 85 checks. The most urgent: 3,290 HTML elements. 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- #5,068 of 104,906 reviewed websitesbeats 93%
- #2,779 of 58,805 online storesbeats 93%
- #2,697 of 53,565 Shopify storesbeats 92%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 138 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 139 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 134 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 134 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 149 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 151 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 159 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
Speed
3,290 HTML elements
The page has 3,290 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Mobile performance score: 64
64/100Your mobile performance score is 64. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
350 ms · 550 KiB17 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (550 KiB).
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (mavenoid.com, Google Tag Manager and Hotjar and others), adding 941 KiB and 739 ms of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
700 ms12 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 700 ms.
mavenoid.com adds 388 ms
388 msmavenoid.com costs a phone 388 ms of main-thread work and 316 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.
Main-thread work: 3.7 s
A phone's processor spends 3.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Reduce unused JavaScript
313 KiBAbout 313 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
10 long tasks on the main thread
10 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 278 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Improve image delivery
135 KiB9 images could be 135 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Font display
100 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
16 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 16 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Reduce unused CSS
12 KiBAbout 12 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Minify JavaScript
6 KiB6 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 19 ms
19 msYour server sent the HTML in 19 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 12.1 s
12.1 sYour largest element takes 12.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “A Bold New Look”.
Time to Interactive: 15.1 s
15.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 15.1 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.
Total Blocking Time: 262 ms
262 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 262 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 14% slower for real visitors
+14%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 138 ms to 159 ms 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: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors wait 1.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 143 ms
143 msReal visitors wait 143 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: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 434 ms
434 msReal visitors wait 434 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 1.7 s to 1.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 1.4 s
1.4 sThe first text or image appears after 1.4 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.9 MB in 217 requests
3.9 MBYour homepage downloads 3.9 MB in 217 requests on a phone: images 2.1 MB (105), scripts 1.1 MB (57) and fonts 463 KiB (10). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
image_1_c59863f6-1317-4ac3-b239-97f733532d08.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).
About 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit
1.11 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.11 g of CO₂e: 133.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
15 text elements with low contrast
15 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Links must have discernible text (11 elements)
Links must have discernible text: 11 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
6 tap targets too small
6 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (2 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Document should not have more than one main landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one main landmark: 1 element on the page fails 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.
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 172 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
46 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 53 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 46 passed and 7 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 (217 characters)
Your meta description is 217 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
15 links crawlers can't follow
15 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
3 links with vague text
3 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
213 internal links, 19 external
The homepage links to 213 pages on rel.net and 19 external pages.
7 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “A Bold New Look”.
Title: 61 characters
Your title is a healthy 61 characters: “REL Acoustics | Premium Subwoofers & High-Fidelity Home Audio”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://rel.net/.
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://rel.net/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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: 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 (2,707 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://rel.net/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 77 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
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.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 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 15 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”.
12 distorted images
12 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
17 of 20 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
A 236-field form
Your longest form asks for 236 fields (0 required). Every extra field lowers completion.
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 1,766 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,766 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Reference Subwoofers - Learn More” and “Learn More”.
22 calls to action
The homepage has 22 calls to action, for example “Reference Subwoofers - Learn More”, “Shop” and “Shop All Subwoofers”.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 13 testimonial or review blocks, 11 customer or partner logos and 5 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Meta Pixel and Hotjar.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 4 phone links and 4 email links.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and Klaviyo 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.
15 cookies set on arrival
15Opening the homepage sets 15 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.
29 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 29 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 rel.net, 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 7 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Helium Customer Fields · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Instafeed · Yotpo Product Reviews · Mntn · Restockrocket · nfcube.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
- Tailwind CSS
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager | Hotjar
- 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 rel.net, including 13 speed issues, 3 SEO issues and 1 conversion gap. 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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