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rubicon.tech website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 3 November 202635 issues · 107 checks
This review found 35 issues worth fixing on rubicon.tech, 11 of them high impact, across 107 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking 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
85B- #11,506 of 86,332 reviewed websitesbeats 82%
- #6,731 of 44,230 online storesbeats 79%
- #6,512 of 39,542 Shopify storesbeats 78%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 154 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 164 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 165 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 166 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 183 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 185 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 197 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 197 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 197 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 198 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 204 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 211 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 233 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 257 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 255 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 257 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 233 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
rubicon.tech does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.5 s14 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.5 s.
Mobile performance score: 81
81/100Your mobile performance score is 81. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
150 ms · 275 KiBAbout 275 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 2.2 s
A phone's processor spends 2.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 617 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
1,651 HTML elements
The page has 1,651 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 (Shopify, Google Tag Manager and roseperl.com and others), adding 599 KiB and 122 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 17 KiBAbout 17 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.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
92 KiB20 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (92 KiB).
1 long task on the main thread
1 long task block the main thread while loading, the longest for 56 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Minify JavaScript
39 KiB39 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Legacy JavaScript
6 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 6 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: 16 ms
16 msYour server sent the HTML in 16 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: 4.2 s
4.2 sYour largest element takes 4.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Real-user INP: 250 ms
250 msReal visitors wait 250 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 54% slower for real visitors
+54%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 154 ms to 233 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user FCP: 2.2 s
2.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.0 s
1.0 sReal visitors wait 1.0 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Time to Interactive: 6.7 s
6.7 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 6.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 4.1 s
4.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 4.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.1 s
2.1 sThe first text or image appears after 2.1 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
2 images without width and height
2 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
5 checks passed
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.
Largest content (LCP) got 30% faster for real visitors
-30%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.2 s to 2.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.07
0.07The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.07, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 3 ms
3 msScripts block the page for only 3 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.1 MB in 241 requests
2.1 MBYour homepage downloads 2.1 MB in 241 requests on a phone: other files 882 KiB (117), scripts 810 KiB (73) and images 155 KiB (11). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
Homepage-hero--apex-m-3a_2x_ede97827-5a24-4d0c-b08c-5f29a276 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 0.6 g of CO₂ per visit
0.59 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.59 g of CO₂e: 70.5 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
1 element use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (1 element)
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.
ARIA attributes must conform to valid values (1 element)
ARIA attributes must conform to valid values: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.
21 text elements with low contrast
21 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Hidden but focusable
3 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
ARIA input fields must have an accessible name (1 element)
ARIA input fields must have an accessible name: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
Interactive controls must not be nested (1 element)
Interactive controls must not be nested: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
1 tap target too small
1 tap target is too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (8 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 8 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Elements marked as presentational should be consistently ignored (1 element)
Elements marked as presentational should be consistently ignored: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
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 66 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
54 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 64 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 54 passed and 10 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Meta description is long (307 characters)
Your meta description is 307 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
181 internal links, 34 external
The homepage links to 181 pages on rubicon.tech and 34 external pages.
7 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Solar, inverter and lithium battery distributor for South African installers”.
Title: 40 characters
Your title is a healthy 40 characters: “Rubicon: Sustainable Tech for Businesses”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.rubicon.tech/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: LocalBusiness, 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://www.rubicon.tech/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 (1,048 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page without an H1
/pages/shop-deals 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.
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 8 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 8 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
19 small tap targets
19 of 42 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://cdn.roseperl.com/storelocator-prod/assets/css/findonline-1771903877.css' from orig…”.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
Short HSTS lifetime
HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
No Referrer-Policy
No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.
No Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
Deprecated X-XSS-Protection
X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
7 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (rubicon.tech).
Valid certificate (66 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for rubicon.tech and is valid for another 66 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.
http:// redirects to https
http://rubicon.tech redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 54 links work
All 54 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 14 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
rubicon.tech's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.
3 checks passed
Domain is 6 years old
6 yearsrubicon.tech was registered in May 2020 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only ssl.com, digicert.com, globalsign.com and letsencrypt.org to issue certificates for rubicon.tech, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until May 2027
rubicon.tech is registered until May 2027.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 3 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
Phone number is not tap-to-call
Your phone number appears as text but isn't a tel: link, so phone visitors can't tap to call.
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.
About 510 words of copy
The homepage carries about 510 words of visible text.
7 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP BATTERIES” and “SHOP EV CHARGERS”.
13 calls to action
The homepage has 13 calls to action, for example “Contact Support”, “Contact us” and “Register for pricing”.
5 short forms
5 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Opening hours shown
Your opening hours are on the homepage.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage.
LocalBusiness structured data
Your homepage describes the business with LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants can read its address, hours and phone reliably.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be rubicon.tech is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.
No DKIM key on the usual selectors
We found no DKIM key on the selectors the big email providers use. If you send through one of them, turning on DKIM signing improves delivery.
Email authentication score: 65/100
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.
1 checks passed
SPF with a strict ending (-all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all”.
Privacy and tracking
4 trackers load before any consent
4Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel (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.
10 cookies set on arrival
10Opening the homepage sets 10 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.
21 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 21 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Upkeep, stack and company
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- Framework
- Bootstrap
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Shopify
Hiring
- Hiring
- 8 open roles
- Teams
- Energy (3), Lighting (2), Industrial Automation (1), Industrial Technology (1)
- Job board
- breezy
- Careers page
- rubicon-group.breezy.hr (opens in a new tab)
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 35 issues on rubicon.tech, including 15 speed issues, 1 SEO issue 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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