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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 19 October 202639 issues · 88 checks

This review found 39 issues worth fixing on samson.no, 16 of them high impact, across 88 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
2.6 s1.3 sApr 25Oct 101.6 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
Apr 25, 20261.5 s
May 2, 20261.4 s
May 9, 20261.5 s
May 16, 20261.8 s
May 23, 20262.1 s
May 30, 20262.3 s
Jun 6, 20262.4 s
Jun 13, 20262.2 s
Jun 20, 20262.2 s
Jun 27, 20262.1 s
Jul 4, 20261.9 s
Jul 11, 20261.7 s
Jul 18, 20261.5 s
Jul 25, 20261.5 s
Aug 1, 20261.4 s
Aug 8, 20261.4 s
Aug 15, 20261.5 s
Aug 22, 20261.7 s
Aug 29, 20261.6 s
Sep 5, 20261.7 s
Sep 12, 20261.7 s
Sep 19, 20261.6 s
Sep 26, 20261.7 s
Oct 3, 20261.7 s
Oct 10, 20261.6 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
81 ms68 msApr 25Oct 1079 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
Apr 25, 202672 ms
May 2, 202671 ms
May 9, 202671 ms
May 16, 202670 ms
May 23, 202669 ms
May 30, 202670 ms
Jun 6, 202669 ms
Jun 13, 202671 ms
Jun 20, 202672 ms
Jun 27, 202675 ms
Jul 4, 202677 ms
Jul 11, 202677 ms
Jul 18, 202677 ms
Jul 25, 202672 ms
Aug 1, 202673 ms
Aug 8, 202671 ms
Aug 15, 202675 ms
Aug 22, 202675 ms
Aug 29, 202671 ms
Sep 5, 202671 ms
Sep 12, 202671 ms
Sep 19, 202673 ms
Sep 26, 202677 ms
Oct 3, 202678 ms
Oct 10, 202679 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

Full-page screenshot of samson.no (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. samson.no at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. samson.no at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. samson.no at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. samson.no at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. samson.no at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. samson.no at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. samson.no at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. samson.no at 3.0 s3.0 s

Speed

10 to fix46
  • Render-blocking requests

    4.0 s

    43 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 4.0 s.

  • Improve image delivery

    1.6 s · 643 KiB

    11 images could be 643 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.6 s faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    1.1 s · 216 KiB

    About 216 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.1 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 46

    46/100

    Your mobile performance score is 46 (desktop: 82). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 6.1 s

    A phone's processor spends 6.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.9 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 5 third-party services on the page

    5 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Google CDN and Google Analytics and others), adding 1.0 MB and 909 ms of main-thread time.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 622 ms

    622 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 622 ms of main-thread work and 643 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 JavaScript

    535 KiB

    About 535 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • 16 long tasks on the main thread

    16 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 298 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Google CDN adds 238 ms

    238 ms

    Google CDN costs a phone 238 ms of main-thread work and 347 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.

  • Font display

    250 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 250 ms).

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    16 KiB

    1 file is served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (16 KiB).

  • Legacy JavaScript

    16 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 16 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Phones get a much slower page than desktops

    Desktop scores 82 but mobile only 46. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.

  • 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.

  • Minify JavaScript

    2 KiB

    2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 50 ms

    50 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 50 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

5 to fix100
  • Time to Interactive: 19.2 s

    19.2 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 19.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 7.9 s

    7.9 s

    Your largest element takes 7.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Gamle_bakere_WBS”.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.5 s

    3.5 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 718 ms

    718 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 718 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 6.2 s

    6.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 6.2 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 2026-10-10, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 72 ms to 79 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 14% slower for real visitors

    +14%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-10, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.5 s to 1.6 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: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    Real visitors wait 1.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 78 ms

    78 ms

    Real visitors wait 78 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.10

    0.10

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.10 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 741 ms

    741 ms

    Real visitors wait 741 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

3 to fix68
  • Page weight: 3.5 MB in 324 requests

    3.5 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.5 MB in 324 requests on a phone: scripts 1.6 MB (234), images 1.3 MB (21) and stylesheets 321 KiB (44). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 13 images in older formats

    13 images (1.2 MB) 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.

  • 8 images below the first screen load straight away

    8 images further down the page (617 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.99 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.99 g of CO₂e: 118.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

1 checks passed
  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

5 to fixGoogle 8792
  • Interactive controls must not be nested (3 elements)

    Interactive controls must not be nested: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 2 tap targets too small

    2 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • 1 text element with low contrast

    1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • 4 form fields without a label

    4 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • 2 links without text

    2 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h1 → h5 and h1 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 18 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 43 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 48 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 43 passed and 5 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

5 to fixGoogle 9277
  • Title is long (75 characters)

    Your title is 75 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Oslos eldste bakeri med nedslagsfelt i Oslo, Bærum og Lillestrøm W.B Samson”.

  • No structured data

    No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.

  • 2 H1 headlines

    There are 2 <h1> headlines (“SIDEN 1894” and “BESTILL MED LEVERING TIL JOBBEN ELLER HJEMME.”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • No canonical URL

    No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

    No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.

  • 39 internal links, 4 external

    The homepage links to 39 pages on samson.no and 4 external pages.

3 checks passed
  • Meta description: 154 characters

    Your meta description is 154 characters: “W.B. Samson er et Oslo basert bakeri etablert i 1894. Vi lager surdeigsbrød, kanelboller, skolebrød, kaker og wienervar…”.

  • 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://samson.no/pub/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • No Organization structured data

    There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.

  • 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.

2 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.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (213 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

4 to fix81
  • 8 pages share 2 titles

    /anbefalt/vart-sortiment.html and /anbefalt/vart-sortiment/lunsj.html all use the title “Lunsj W.B Samson”, and 1 other title repeat too. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.

  • 7 pages without a meta description

    /catalogsearch/advanced, /filialer.html, /aktuelt.html, /aktuelt/vare-ravarer.html, /aktuelt/brodbaking.html and /informasjon/betingelser.html and 1 other have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 2 pages share a meta description

    /anbefalt/vart-sortiment.html and /anbefalt/vart-sortiment/lunsj.html use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.

  • 1 link to non-canonical URLs

    Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example /anbefalt/vart-sortiment.html, whose canonical is /anbefalt/vart-sortiment/lunsj.html. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.

  • 2 pages with very little text

    /catalogsearch/advanced and /aktuelt/brodbaking.html have 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.

  • 4 pages slow to respond

    /catalogsearch/advanced, /anbefalt/vart-sortiment.html, /anbefalt/vart-sortiment/lunsj.html and /drikke-meny.html took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 26 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

4 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • 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 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

Google 100100
3 checks passed
  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    17 of 21 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

5 to fix56
  • 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 calls to action

    We found no call-to-action buttons or links (such as “Book a demo” or “Get a quote”) anywhere on the homepage.

  • No social proof

    No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.

  • Local business without LocalBusiness data

    Your homepage shows a map but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.

  • Only about 154 words

    The homepage has only about 154 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • No opening hours

    The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.

  • 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.

4 checks passed
  • 2 short forms

    2 short forms (4 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 1 email link.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (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.

  • 18 cookies set on arrival

    18

    Opening the homepage sets 18 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.

  • 7 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 7 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 samson.no, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

Upkeep, stack and company

  • The footer still says © 2024.

Stack

Framework
Bootstrap
E-commerce
Magento
Analytics
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager

Company

Employees
358
Founded
1894
Headquarters
Oslo

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