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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202628 issues · 73 checks

This review found 28 issues worth fixing on shopexpertbrand.com, 11 of them high impact, across 73 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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

Full-page screenshot of shopexpertbrand.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. shopexpertbrand.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. shopexpertbrand.com at 0.9 s0.9 s
  3. shopexpertbrand.com at 1.3 s1.3 s
  4. shopexpertbrand.com at 1.7 s1.7 s
  5. shopexpertbrand.com at 2.1 s2.1 s
  6. shopexpertbrand.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  7. shopexpertbrand.com at 3.0 s3.0 s
  8. shopexpertbrand.com at 3.4 s3.4 s

Speed

8 to fix49
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    3.4 s · 678 KiB

    About 678 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.4 s faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    2.3 s · 1.5 MB

    20 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.5 MB).

  • Improve image delivery

    1.8 s · 2.0 MB

    11 images could be 2.0 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.8 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 49

    49/100

    Your mobile performance score is 49. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and Shopify and others), adding 1.6 MB and 1.1 s of main-thread time.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 510 ms

    510 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 510 ms of main-thread work and 642 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.

  • Main-thread work: 3.0 s

    A phone's processor spends 3.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.2 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Shopify adds 173 ms

    173 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 173 ms of main-thread work and 441 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.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    250 ms · 31 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 31 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 250 ms faster on a phone.

  • 6 long tasks on the main thread

    6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 224 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    150 ms · 64 KiB

    About 64 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.

  • Render-blocking requests

    100 ms

    2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 100 ms.

  • 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

    3 KiB

    3 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Minify CSS

    2 KiB

    2 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

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  • Server response: 8 ms

    8 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 8 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix50
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 20.1 s

    20.1 s

    Your largest element takes 20.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “A blonde male model with a beard on a gray background weari…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 20.3 s

    20.3 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 20.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 8.8 s

    8.8 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 8.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 592 ms

    592 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 592 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.4 s

    2.4 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 5 images without width and height

    5 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • Not enough real-visitor data yet

    Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.

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  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

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

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 5.1 MB in 298 requests

    5.1 MB

    Your homepage downloads 5.1 MB in 298 requests on a phone: images 2.2 MB (23), scripts 1.7 MB (131) and other files 820 KiB (128). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 2 images below the first screen load straight away

    2 images further down the page (77 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.4 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.43 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.43 g of CO₂e: 172.2 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

4 to fixGoogle 9394
  • Hidden but focusable

    1 element hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.

  • 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.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Headings should not be empty (1 element)

    Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 13 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 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 4 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 10091
  • 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 (“Expert Apparel” and “”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • 76 internal links, 6 external

    The homepage links to 76 pages on shopexpertbrand.com and 6 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Meta description: 95 characters

    Your meta description is 95 characters: “Made in USA performance apparel and essentials for running, training, and the active lifestyle.”.

  • Title: 37 characters

    Your title is a healthy 37 characters: “Expert Brand Apparel – Expert Apparel”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://shopexpertbrand.com/.

  • 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://shopexpertbrand.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix83
  • 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.

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  • 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.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://shopexpertbrand.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

2 to fix90
  • 4 pages without a meta description

    https://shopexpertbrand.com/collections/mens-polos, https://shopexpertbrand.com/collections/mens-comfy-classics, https://shopexpertbrand.com/collections/mens-hiking and https://shopexpertbrand.com/collections/mens-training have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 1 link to non-canonical URLs

    Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example https://shopexpertbrand.com/collections/siro%E2%84%A2-performance-soft/mens, whose canonical is https://shopexpertbrand.com/collections/siro%e2%84%a2-performance-soft/mens. 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 35 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.

  • 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

Google 96100
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  • No console errors

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

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    20 of 22 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix71
  • No social proof

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

  • 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.

  • Only about 95 words

    The homepage has only about 95 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • 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.

  • Urgency cues

    The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP NOW”.

  • 18 calls to action

    The homepage has 18 calls to action, for example “Shop By Collection”, “Shop By Action” and “Shop by Collection”.

  • 3 short forms

    3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Meta Pixel.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 6 trackers load before any consent

    6

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 1 more (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

    14

    Opening the homepage sets 14 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.

  • 29 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 29 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 shopexpertbrand.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 10 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

Apps your storefront loads

Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Inbox · Judge Me Reviews · Pixee Facebook Pixel · Also Bought · Unlimited Bundles · revy.io · afterpay.com · gropulse.com · useifsapp.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

Framework
jQuery
E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Shopify

Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info

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