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ro.co website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 October 202630 issues · 93 checks
This review found 30 issues worth fixing on ro.co, 11 of them high impact, across 93 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
77CClosest competitors among SaaS websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| May 2, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.9 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 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 146 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 146 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 146 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 146 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 146 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 149 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 148 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 152 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 152 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 145 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
0.6 s
1.2 s
1.8 s
2.4 s
3.0 s
3.6 s
4.2 s
4.8 s
ro.co does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
3.3 s · 657 KiBAbout 657 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.3 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 44
44/100Your mobile performance score is 44 (desktop: 45). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
3,718 HTML elements
The page has 3,718 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Render-blocking requests
950 ms12 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 950 ms.
5 long tasks on the main thread
5 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 711 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
500 ms · 48 KiB3 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (48 KiB).
Improve image delivery
358 KiB11 images could be 358 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Main-thread work: 2.7 s
A phone's processor spends 2.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 21 KiBAbout 21 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.
Minify CSS
150 ms · 6 KiB6 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
2 third-party services on the page
2 third-party services load with your homepage (datadoghq-browser-agent.com and Cloudflare), adding 59 KiB and 45 ms of main-thread time.
Legacy JavaScript
10 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 10 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.
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Server response: 28 ms
28 msYour server sent the HTML in 28 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.
First Contentful Paint: 12.5 s
12.5 sThe first text or image appears after 12.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 18.0 s
18.0 sYour largest element takes 18.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Speed Index: 12.5 s
12.5 sVisually, the page fills in at 12.5 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 18.3 s
18.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 18.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user INP: 218 ms
218 msReal visitors wait 218 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 452 ms
452 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 452 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-1%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 147 ms to 145 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+6%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.8 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user LCP: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors wait 1.3 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.
Real-user FCP: 1.0 s
1.0 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 288 ms
288 msReal visitors wait 288 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 7.3 MB in 184 requests
7.3 MBYour homepage downloads 7.3 MB in 184 requests on a phone: media 4.1 MB (4), scripts 2.0 MB (132) and images 963 KiB (23). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
Serena_homepage_tile_Mobile.webp 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 2.1 g of CO₂ per visit
2.08 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.08 g of CO₂e: 249.0 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.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
3 tap targets too small
3 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4 and h2 → h4), 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. (22 elements).
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Every image has alt text
All 90 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
Title is long (72 characters)
Your title is 72 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Ro - Weight loss, better sex, fuller hair, improved skin and more online”.
Meta description is long (174 characters)
Your meta description is 174 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
13 links with vague text
13 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
223 internal links, 18 external
The homepage links to 223 pages on ro.co and 18 external pages.
5 checks passed
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://ro.co/.
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://ro.co/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
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.
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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 (1,441 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 linked page is broken
Your homepage links to /my/home, which answers with an error. Visitors hit a dead end and search engines drop it.
2 pages share a meta description
/weight-loss/pricing and /weight-loss/insurance use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
1 page without an H1
/weight-loss/pricing has 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 93 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
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Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 14 pages that loaded have a meta description.
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 14 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
20 small tap targets
20 of 51 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
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”.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
1 link through redirect chains
1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://ro.co/my/home/.
No Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
9 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (ro.co).
Valid certificate (64 days left)
The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for ro.co and is valid for another 64 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
Content-Security-Policy set
A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://ro.co redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 48 links work
All 48 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 8 external) answered without errors; 1 did not answer within 5 s.
security.txt published
A security.txt file tells researchers how to report a problem with your site.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
ro.co has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.
Content and conversion
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 form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
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 1,081 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,081 words of visible text.
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Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Lose weight on GLP-1s Start now” and “New GLP-1 options on Ro Start now”.
32 calls to action
The homepage has 32 calls to action, for example “Pricing”, “Start your FREE insurance check” and “Start losing weight”.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 67 testimonial or review blocks, 1 customer or partner logo, 1 trust badge and “3,000,000+ members”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Cloudflare Web Analytics.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 95/100
Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.
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DMARC policy: reject
DMARC tells receivers to reject mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 ip4:23.251.230.120 ip4:23.251.230.121 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:sendgrid.net incl…”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “k1” and “s1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
1 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Mixpanel (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.
12 cookies set on arrival
12Opening the homepage sets 12 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.
3 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 3 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- Remix
Hiring
- Hiring
- 55 open roles
- Teams
- Engineering (16), Pharmacy (16), Operations (8), Providers (5)
- Job board
- lever
- Careers page
- ro.co/careers (opens in a new tab)
Company
- Founded
- 2017
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