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sensiolighting.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 12 November 202622 issues · 77 checks
This review found 22 issues worth fixing on sensiolighting.com, 3 of them high impact, across 77 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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- #5,075 of 105,010 reviewed websitesbeats 93%
- #2,790 of 58,889 online storesbeats 93%
- #2,708 of 53,648 Shopify storesbeats 92%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.8 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 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 82 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 82 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 82 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 85 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 90 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 109 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
1.3 s
1.7 s
2.1 s
2.5 s
2.9 s
3.3 s
Speed
Mobile performance score: 66
66/100Your mobile performance score is 66. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
750 ms · 131 KiB13 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (131 KiB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
450 ms · 83 KiBAbout 83 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
450 ms3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 450 ms.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Klaviyo, Noibu and Shopify and others), adding 607 KiB and 193 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 23 KiBAbout 23 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 JavaScript
150 ms · 2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Improve image delivery
50 ms · 83 KiB4 images could be 83 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
19 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 19 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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Main-thread work: 1.6 s
A phone's processor spends 1.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 598 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 5 ms
5 msYour server sent the HTML in 5 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: 8.7 s
8.7 sYour largest element takes 8.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 8.8 s
8.8 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 8.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Tap response (INP) got 31% slower for real visitors
+31%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 82 ms to 109 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user FCP: 2.0 s
2.0 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.6 s
5.6 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.7 s
2.7 sThe first text or image appears after 2.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+5%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.9 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: 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: 112 ms
112 msReal visitors wait 112 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 TTFB: 344 ms
344 msReal visitors wait 344 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.004
0.004The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.004, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 0 ms
0 msScripts block the page for only 0 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.2 MB in 202 requests
2.2 MBYour homepage downloads 2.2 MB in 202 requests on a phone: other files 788 KiB (101), scripts 616 KiB (68) and images 476 KiB (18). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (21 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.6 g of CO₂ per visit
0.61 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.61 g of CO₂e: 73.3 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
All page content should be contained by landmarks (6 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
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Every image has alt text
All 34 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
50 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 52 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 2 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
143 internal links, 15 external
The homepage links to 143 pages on sensiolighting.com and 15 external pages.
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Meta description: 150 characters
Your meta description is 150 characters: “UK designer and supplier of LED lighting for kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms since 2000. Under cabinet lights, LED str…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Sensio Lighting, LED lighting for kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms”.
Title: 58 characters
Your title is a healthy 58 characters: “Sensio Lighting | LED Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Lighting”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.sensiolighting.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, 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.sensiolighting.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 (1,251 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.sensiolighting.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page without a meta description
https://www.sensiolighting.com/collections/new-product-collection-2026 has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 62 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
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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.
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 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
14 small tap targets
14 of 34 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://d19ayerf5ehaab.cloudfront.net/css/product-widget/style.css' from origin 'https://w…”.
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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.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: a star rating. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
About 777 words of copy
The homepage carries about 777 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: “Order before 2pm for same day despatch”.
10 calls to action
The homepage has 10 calls to action, for example “Get In Touch”, “Shop Fittings” and “Start a return”.
5 short forms
5 short forms (5 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
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.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Privacy and tracking
4 trackers load before any consent
4Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo 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.
14 cookies set on arrival
14Opening the homepage sets 14 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (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.
23 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 23 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 sensiolighting.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 4 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Noibupixel · Tolstoy · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Reviews Co Uk Product And Merchant Review Collection
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
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 22 issues on sensiolighting.com, including 12 speed issues and 3 conversion gaps. 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.
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- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
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- Earned media and PR openings
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