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rusticandmain.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 6 November 202626 issues · 85 checks
This review found 26 issues worth fixing on rusticandmain.com, 6 of them high impact, across 85 checks. The most urgent: invalid ARIA attributes. 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- #4,910 of 100,546 reviewed websitesbeats 93%
- #2,645 of 55,414 online storesbeats 93%
- #2,565 of 50,335 Shopify storesbeats 92%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 130 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 129 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 131 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 133 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 143 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 160 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 159 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 152 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 143 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
1.1 s
1.7 s
2.2 s
2.8 s
3.3 s
3.9 s
4.4 s
Speed
Mobile performance score: 76
76/100Your mobile performance score is 76. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Intercom and Shopify and others), adding 1.2 MB and 660 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
200 ms · 579 KiBAbout 579 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 200 ms faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
750 ms3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 750 ms.
2,749 HTML elements
The page has 2,749 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Main-thread work: 2.5 s
A phone's processor spends 2.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Google Tag Manager adds 185 ms
185 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 185 ms of main-thread work and 338 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.
Shopify adds 119 ms
119 msShopify costs a phone 119 ms of main-thread work and 299 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.
5 long tasks on the main thread
5 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 106 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
93 KiB24 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (93 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
27 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 27 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Minify JavaScript
17 KiB17 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Improve image delivery
13 KiB1 image could be 13 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
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: 14 ms
14 msYour server sent the HTML in 14 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 18.9 s
18.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 18.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 5.9 s
5.9 sYour largest element takes 5.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Man wearing a signet ring”.
Speed Index: 3.8 s
3.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 3.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 10% slower for real visitors
+10%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 130 ms to 143 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
10 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: 2.2 s
2.2 sReal visitors wait 2.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 113 ms
113 msReal visitors wait 113 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: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 690 ms
690 msReal visitors wait 690 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 32% faster for real visitors
-32%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.8 s to 1.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 1.2 s
1.2 sThe first text or image appears after 1.2 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Total Blocking Time: 81 ms
81 msScripts block the page for only 81 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.0 MB in 291 requests
3.0 MBYour homepage downloads 3.0 MB in 291 requests on a phone: scripts 1.4 MB (122), other files 807 KiB (121) and images 516 KiB (25). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit
0.86 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.86 g of CO₂e: 102.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
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.
2 text elements with low contrast
2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
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.
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.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (3 elements)
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 42 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
48 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 6 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 (75 characters)
Your title is 75 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Handcrafted Men's Wedding Bands & Custom Engagement Rings – Rustic and Main”.
Meta description is long (231 characters)
Your meta description is 231 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
1 link with vague text
1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.
278 internal links, 5 external
The homepage links to 278 pages on rusticandmain.com and 5 external pages.
6 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Rings that carry your story forward.”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://rusticandmain.com/.
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://rusticandmain.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No llms.txt
There is no https://rusticandmain.com/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.
3 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 (3,072 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 link to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example https://rusticandmain.com/pages/contact, whose canonical is https://rusticandmain.com/pages/customer-service. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 131 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
4 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Every page has a meta description
All 4 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 4 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
2 broken images
2 images failed to load on a phone, for example https://cdn.shopify.com/static/images/countries/us.svg.
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://shopify-extension.getredo.com/7036-a115bc9f.css' from origin 'https://rusticandmai…”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
57 of 67 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
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 1,020 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,020 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: “CONTACT US” and “BOOK A FREE CONSULTATION”.
42 calls to action
The homepage has 42 calls to action, for example “Shop All Wedding Bands”, “Shop All Men's Bands” and “Shop All Women's Bands”.
5 short forms
5 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 8 testimonial or review blocks and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 0 email links.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Privacy and tracking
8 trackers load before any consent
8Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 3 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.
22 cookies set on arrival
22Opening the homepage sets 22 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.
46 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 46 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 rusticandmain.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 16 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Pandectes Gdpr · Redo · Yotpo Product Reviews · Elevar Conversion Tracking · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Uppromote Affiliate · Gdpr Cookie Consent · Selleasy · Affliate By Secomapp · Swish Wishlist King · Xo Gallery · w3apps.co · verifypass.com · getredo.com · cloudfront.net · 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
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Huntersville
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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