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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 26 October 202636 issues · 84 checks

This review found 36 issues worth fixing on shophq.com, 14 of them high impact, across 84 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
2.7 s2.0 sMay 9Oct 242.5 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20262.2 s
May 16, 20262.2 s
May 23, 20262.2 s
May 30, 20262.1 s
Jun 6, 20262.1 s
Jun 13, 20262.1 s
Jun 20, 20262.1 s
Jun 27, 20262.1 s
Jul 4, 20262.1 s
Jul 11, 20262.1 s
Jul 18, 20262.1 s
Jul 25, 20262.1 s
Aug 1, 20262.1 s
Aug 8, 20262.1 s
Aug 15, 20262.2 s
Aug 22, 20262.3 s
Aug 29, 20262.4 s
Sep 5, 20262.5 s
Sep 12, 20262.6 s
Sep 19, 20262.6 s
Sep 26, 20262.6 s
Oct 3, 20262.6 s
Oct 10, 20262.6 s
Oct 17, 20262.6 s
Oct 24, 20262.5 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
191 ms130 msMay 9Oct 24182 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026138 ms
May 16, 2026137 ms
May 23, 2026142 ms
May 30, 2026145 ms
Jun 6, 2026152 ms
Jun 13, 2026157 ms
Jun 20, 2026158 ms
Jun 27, 2026161 ms
Jul 4, 2026162 ms
Jul 11, 2026164 ms
Jul 18, 2026167 ms
Jul 25, 2026169 ms
Aug 1, 2026169 ms
Aug 8, 2026165 ms
Aug 15, 2026169 ms
Aug 22, 2026169 ms
Aug 29, 2026170 ms
Sep 5, 2026178 ms
Sep 12, 2026181 ms
Sep 19, 2026184 ms
Sep 26, 2026184 ms
Oct 3, 2026181 ms
Oct 10, 2026178 ms
Oct 17, 2026177 ms
Oct 24, 2026182 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 shophq.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. shophq.com at 0.7 s0.7 s
  2. shophq.com at 1.3 s1.3 s
  3. shophq.com at 2.0 s2.0 s
  4. shophq.com at 2.7 s2.7 s
  5. shophq.com at 3.4 s3.4 s
  6. shophq.com at 4.0 s4.0 s
  7. shophq.com at 4.7 s4.7 s
  8. shophq.com at 5.4 s5.4 s

Speed

9 to fix39
  • Render-blocking requests

    1.1 s

    7 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.1 s.

  • Mobile performance score: 39

    39/100

    Your mobile performance score is 39 (desktop: 56). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 7.6 s

    A phone's processor spends 7.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.9 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 5,473 HTML elements

    The page has 5,473 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, Yotpo and privacy-mgmt.com and others), adding 1.6 MB and 964 ms of main-thread time.

  • Improve image delivery

    200 ms · 490 KiB

    12 images could be 490 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 200 ms faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    461 KiB

    21 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (461 KiB).

  • Shopify adds 302 ms

    302 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 302 ms of main-thread work and 750 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

    371 KiB

    About 371 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    210 ms · 49 KiB

    About 49 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 210 ms faster on a phone.

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 151 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    50 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 50 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    15 KiB

    15 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.

  • Minify JavaScript

    6 KiB

    6 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • 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 CSS

    5 KiB

    5 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

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  • Server response: 12 ms

    12 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 12 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

11 to fix33
  • 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.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.28

    0.28

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.28 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Time to Interactive: 22.1 s

    22.1 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 22.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 7.4 s

    7.4 s

    Your largest element takes 7.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “ShopHQ”.

  • Speed Index: 8.2 s

    8.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 8.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.0 s

    3.0 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user INP: 233 ms

    233 ms

    Real visitors wait 233 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 31% slower for real visitors

    +31%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 138 ms to 182 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Real-user FCP: 2.2 s

    2.2 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 2.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 557 ms

    557 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 557 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.212

    0.212

    The layout shifts by 0.212 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 16% slower for real visitors

    +16%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.2 s to 2.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.3 s

    2.3 s

    Real visitors wait 2.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 617 ms

    617 ms

    Real visitors wait 617 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 4.9 MB in 492 requests

    4.9 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.9 MB in 492 requests on a phone: images 1.8 MB (61), scripts 1.6 MB (189) and other files 963 KiB (191). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image below the first screen load straight away

    1 image further down the page (32 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.4 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.39 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.39 g of CO₂e: 166.6 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

6 to fixGoogle 9393
  • 7 text elements with low contrast

    7 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • 1 image without alt text

    1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (2 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 10 links without text

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

  • Headings should not be empty (10 elements)

    Headings should not be empty: 10 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (6 elements)

    Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h1 → h3 and h3 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (11 elements).

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  • 54 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 59 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 54 passed and 5 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 9295
  • One H1 headline

    Your <h1> is empty.

  • 454 internal links, 14 external

    The homepage links to 454 pages on shophq.com and 14 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 146 characters

    Your meta description is 146 characters: “ShopHQ brings you jewelry, watches, fashion, beauty and home deals every day. Explore fresh styles, limited-time saving…”.

  • Title: 50 characters

    Your title is a healthy 50 characters: “ShopHQ - Refreshed, Reimagined & Better Than Ever!”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.shophq.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://www.shophq.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
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: 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 (2,174 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

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

Other pages

2 to fix90
  • 1 page without a meta description

    https://www.shophq.com/collections/jewelry-sets has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 15 pages without an H1

    https://www.shophq.com/collections/jewelry, https://www.shophq.com/collections/bracelets, https://www.shophq.com/collections/earrings, https://www.shophq.com/collections/necklaces, https://www.shophq.com/collections/rings and https://www.shophq.com/collections/jewelry-sets and 9 others have 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 151 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

5 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.

  • 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 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

3 to fixGoogle 7785
  • 13 small tap targets

    13 of 48 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • Deprecated browser APIs

    The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).

  • 6 JavaScript errors while loading

    6 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()”.

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  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

2 to fix70
  • 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 analytics detected

    No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.

  • 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 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 761 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 761 words of visible text.

  • Urgency cues

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

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  • 47 calls to action

    The homepage has 47 calls to action, for example “Shop All Types”, “Shop By Brand” and “Shop All Jewelry”.

  • 21 short forms

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

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 16 testimonial or review blocks and 6 customer or partner logos.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 9 trackers load before any consent

    9

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Criteo, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Klaviyo and 4 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.

  • 27 cookies set on arrival

    27

    Opening the homepage sets 27 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.

  • 57 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 57 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Framework
Tailwind CSS
E-commerce
Shopify
Hosting
FlyWheel;US Internet;Akamai Hosted;Fastly Hosted;Fastly Load Balancer;Shopify Hosted

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