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rovelab.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 9 November 202637 issues · 87 checks
This review found 37 issues worth fixing on rovelab.com, 12 of them high impact, across 87 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 23.1 MB in 838 requests. 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
81B- #33,004 of 97,138 reviewed websitesbeats 60%
- #21,202 of 52,785 online storesbeats 53%
- #20,404 of 47,841 Shopify storesbeats 51%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 2.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 162 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 158 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 165 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 188 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 193 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 186 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 173 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 177 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 176 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 173 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 176 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 177 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 181 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 183 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 203 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 204 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
Improve image delivery
1.1 s · 347 KiB7 images could be 347 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.1 s faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 12.0 s
A phone's processor spends 12.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 5.5 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Mobile performance score: 41
41/100Your mobile performance score is 41. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
3,231 HTML elements
The page has 3,231 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 (reddit, Google Tag Manager and alia-prod.com and others), adding 6.1 MB and 3.0 s of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
750 ms · 1.2 MBAbout 1.2 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
250 ms · 653 KiB25 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (653 KiB).
reddit adds 868 ms
868 msreddit costs a phone 868 ms of main-thread work and 27 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.
Google Tag Manager adds 647 ms
647 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 647 ms of main-thread work and 942 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.
alia-prod.com adds 367 ms
367 msalia-prod.com costs a phone 367 ms of main-thread work and 1.4 MB 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.
loox.io adds 304 ms
304 msloox.io costs a phone 304 ms of main-thread work and 516 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
350 ms9 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 350 ms.
Facebook adds 315 ms
315 msFacebook costs a phone 315 ms of main-thread work and 317 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
300 ms · 40 KiBAbout 40 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
18 long tasks on the main thread
18 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 311 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 13 KiB13 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Legacy JavaScript
101 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 101 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Duplicated JavaScript
11 KiB11 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
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: 12 ms
12 msYour server sent the HTML in 12 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 13.4 s
13.4 sYour largest element takes 13.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 42.0 s
42.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 42.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 9.1 s
9.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 9.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.1 s
1.1 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.1 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 27% slower for real visitors
+27%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 162 ms to 204 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 2.2 s
2.2 sThe first text or image appears after 2.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
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) got 17% slower for real visitors
+17%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.7 s to 2.1 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: 2.0 s
2.0 sReal visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 187 ms
187 msReal visitors wait 187 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: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 558 ms
558 msReal visitors wait 558 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.002
0.002The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.002, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 23.1 MB in 838 requests
23.1 MBYour homepage downloads 23.1 MB in 838 requests on a phone: media 12.3 MB (2), images 5.0 MB (272) and scripts 3.4 MB (175). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
Mobile_S8Plus_BFCM_Site_v1_5.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).
1 image far larger than shown
5 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example Mobile_M1_BFCM_Site_v1.png at 1,186 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 5 KiB.
5 images in older formats
5 images (238 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.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (63 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 6.6 g of CO₂ per visit
6.56 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 6.56 g of CO₂e: 786.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
27 text elements with low contrast
27 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Summary elements must have discernible text (1 element)
Summary elements must have discernible text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (35 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 35 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 135 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
47 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 3 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (68 characters)
Your title is 68 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Rove Lab | Modular Sofas for Cozy Living - Join the club – Rove Lab™”.
Meta description is long (264 characters)
Your meta description is 264 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
121 internal links, 6 external
The homepage links to 121 pages on rovelab.com and 6 external pages.
6 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Homepage”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://rovelab.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization, ProductGroup 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://rovelab.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: 6 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,344 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://rovelab.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
3 pages without an H1
https://rovelab.com/collections/modular-sofa, https://rovelab.com/collections/sofa-modules and https://rovelab.com/collections/add-ons-accessories have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
1 page with very little text
https://rovelab.com/collections/modular-sofa has 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.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 58 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 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.
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
6 small tap targets
6 of 30 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
5 JavaScript errors while loading
5 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
1 checks passed
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.
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 806 words of copy
The homepage carries about 806 words of visible text.
Urgency cues
The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).
4 checks passed
5 calls to action
The homepage has 5 calls to action, for example “Shop now”, “Shop” and “Contact Us”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 59 testimonial or review blocks, a star rating and 8 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Privacy and tracking
10 trackers load before any consent
10Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 5 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.
37 cookies set on arrival
37Opening the homepage sets 37 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.
59 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 59 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 rovelab.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 15 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Intelligems A B Testing · Rebuy Personalization Engine · Crazy Egg · P69fp5f94 Opensend · Kaching Bundles · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Geolocation Flow · Xapps Geo · Selleasy · Customer Account Area · Simple Bundle · Gallery Flow · loox.io · bogos.io · amazonaws.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
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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