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rhymesayers.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202639 issues · 86 checks
This review found 39 issues worth fixing on rhymesayers.com, 14 of them high impact, across 86 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
75C- #68,068 of 103,078 reviewed websitesbeats 30%
- #42,542 of 57,384 online storesbeats 22%
- #40,163 of 52,216 Shopify storesbeats 19%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.2 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 112 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 111 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 131 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 110 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
1.2 s
2.4 s
3.6 s
4.9 s
6.1 s
7.3 s
8.5 s
9.7 s
Speed
Improve image delivery
3.1 s · 712 KiB11 images could be 712 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.1 s faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 11.7 s
A phone's processor spends 11.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 5.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
10,175 HTML elements
The page has 10,175 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Mobile performance score: 35
35/100Your mobile performance score is 35. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 1.4 s. During a long task the page ignores taps.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (YouTube, minmaxify.com and Hotjar and others), adding 1.4 MB and 1.1 s of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.0 MBAbout 1.0 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
995 KiB22 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (995 KiB).
YouTube adds 587 ms
587 msYouTube costs a phone 587 ms of main-thread work and 980 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.
Reduce unused CSS
450 ms · 216 KiBAbout 216 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
600 ms6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 600 ms.
Minify JavaScript
140 ms · 2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Legacy JavaScript
46 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 46 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 30 ms
30 msYour server sent the HTML in 30 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 11.2 s
11.2 sYour largest element takes 11.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “AESOP ROCK X BLOCKHEAD - TROUBLE MOUNTAIN”.
Time to Interactive: 26.9 s
26.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 26.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 13.2 s
13.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 13.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.5 s
1.5 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.5 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.6 s
2.6 sThe first text or image appears after 2.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 112 ms to 110 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 10% slower for real visitors
+10%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.0 s to 2.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
7 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: 2.4 s
2.4 sReal visitors wait 2.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 183 ms
183 msReal visitors wait 183 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.09
0.09For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.09 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 356 ms
356 msReal visitors wait 356 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.073
0.073The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.073, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 6.0 MB in 236 requests
6.0 MBYour homepage downloads 6.0 MB in 236 requests on a phone: images 2.6 MB (45), scripts 2.1 MB (82) and other files 687 KiB (82). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (21 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
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: 205.6 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
Invalid ARIA attributes
243 elements use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.
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.
16 images without alt text
16 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (511 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 511 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Heading levels should only increase by one (1 element)
Heading levels should only increase by one: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Document should not have more than one banner landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one banner landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
No main landmark
The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.
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.
Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)
Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
8 links without text
8 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
5 form fields without a label
5 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
1 checks passed
41 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 41 passed and 10 failed. 3 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 short (11 characters)
Your title is only 11 characters: “Rhymesayers”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
Structured data has 1 problem
Structured data found (ItemList, Organization and WebSite) but with 1 problem, for example “WebSite: potentialAction.target is not an absolute URL ("https://rhymesayers.com/search?q={search_term_string}")”.
2 links crawlers can't follow
2 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
520 internal links, 0 external
The homepage links to 520 pages on rhymesayers.com and 0 external pages.
5 checks passed
Meta description: 103 characters
Your meta description is 103 characters: “Independent Hip Hop since 1995. Official Rhymesayers Store: CDs, Vinyl, Apparel, Accessories, and more.”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://rhymesayers.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://rhymesayers.com/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 (2,642 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://rhymesayers.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
6 pages without a meta description
https://rhymesayers.com/collections/all, https://rhymesayers.com/collections/music, https://rhymesayers.com/collections/new-music, https://rhymesayers.com/collections/topsellers, https://rhymesayers.com/collections/vinyl and https://rhymesayers.com/collections/apparel-accessories have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 174 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
6 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.
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 6 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
5 third-party cookies
5 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
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”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
19 of 19 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 1 trust badge. 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 2,181 words of copy
The homepage carries about 2,181 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
8 calls to action
The homepage has 8 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “Newsletter Sign Up” and “Contact Us”.
6 short forms
6 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Hotjar.
Privacy and tracking
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and Klaviyo and 2 mores (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.
26 cookies set on arrival
26Opening the homepage sets 26 cookies, 1 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.
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 rhymesayers.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 9 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Gorgias Live Chat Helpdesk · Minmaxify Order Limits · Attentive · elfsight.com · pxucdn.com · jst.ai · attn.tv · kiwisizing.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
- Hotjar
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Founded
- 1995
- Headquarters
- Minneapolis
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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