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smartstepsalonmats.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 November 202639 issues · 83 checks
This review found 39 issues worth fixing on smartstepsalonmats.com, 14 of them high impact, across 83 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
74C- #76,347 of 108,332 reviewed websitesbeats 26%
- #48,125 of 61,429 online storesbeats 18%
- #45,323 of 56,055 Shopify storesbeats 16%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 180 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 170 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 166 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 188 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 188 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 200 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 210 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 219 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 228 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 227 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 225 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 221 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 222 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 222 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 220 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 226 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 229 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 227 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 230 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 238 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
3.4 s
3.9 s
4.5 s
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.4 s8 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.4 s.
Mobile performance score: 49
49/100Your mobile performance score is 49. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 7.3 s
A phone's processor spends 7.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
4,865 HTML elements
The page has 4,865 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, negate.io and Facebook and others), adding 2.3 MB and 1.7 s of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
830 ms · 883 KiBAbout 883 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 830 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
600 ms · 551 KiB13 images could be 551 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
500 ms · 614 KiB34 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (614 KiB).
Reduce unused CSS
630 ms · 107 KiBAbout 107 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 630 ms faster on a phone.
Shopify adds 420 ms
420 msShopify costs a phone 420 ms of main-thread work and 1.1 MB 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.
negate.io adds 345 ms
345 msnegate.io costs a phone 345 ms of main-thread work and 40 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.
Klaviyo adds 252 ms
252 msKlaviyo costs a phone 252 ms of main-thread work and 542 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.
Facebook adds 254 ms
254 msFacebook costs a phone 254 ms of main-thread work and 228 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
200 ms · 52 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 52 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 200 ms faster on a phone.
17 long tasks on the main thread
17 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 189 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 13 KiB13 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Minify CSS
10 KiB10 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
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.
Duplicated JavaScript
3 KiB3 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
1 checks passed
Server response: 16 ms
16 msYour server sent the HTML in 16 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: 9.9 s
9.9 sYour largest element takes 9.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 26.3 s
26.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 26.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 9.2 s
9.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 9.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 671 ms
671 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 671 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user INP: 238 ms
238 msReal visitors wait 238 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 28% slower for real visitors
+28%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 180 ms to 238 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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 1.8 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
6 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 1.9 s
1.9 sReal visitors wait 1.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.06
0.06For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.06 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 600 ms
600 msReal visitors wait 600 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 1.4 s
1.4 sThe first text or image appears after 1.4 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 10.9 MB in 392 requests
10.9 MBYour homepage downloads 10.9 MB in 392 requests on a phone: images 7.2 MB (110), scripts 2.6 MB (147) and other files 715 KiB (105). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 3.1 g of CO₂ per visit
3.10 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 3.10 g of CO₂e: 371.8 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
8 text elements with low contrast
8 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
2 images without alt text
2 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (22 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 22 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
85 links without text
85 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
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.
1 checks passed
46 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: 46 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
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
18 links crawlers can't follow
18 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
278 internal links, 12 external
The homepage links to 278 pages on smartstepsalonmats.com and 12 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 147 characters
Your meta description is 147 characters: “Why stylists and barbers choose WellnessMats Smart Step Salon Mats: anti-fatigue comfort behind the chair, built for sa…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Beauty Industry Leaders Choose Made-in-the-USA WellnessMats”.
Title: 58 characters
Your title is a healthy 58 characters: “Anti-Fatigue Salon & Barber Mats | WellnessMats Smart Step”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.wellnessmats.com/pages/salon-barber.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, FAQPage, Organization and ProductGroup.
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.wellnessmats.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Parts of the site are closed to 4 AI crawlers
Your robots.txt lets ChatGPT search (OAI-SearchBot), ChatGPT (ChatGPT-User), Perplexity (PerplexityBot) and Perplexity (Perplexity-User) read the homepage but closes other sections to them, so answers about those pages can't cite you.
3 checks passed
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 (1,789 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.wellnessmats.com/llms.txt (19 KiB, 65 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page without a title
https://www.wellnessmats.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no <title>, so Google invents the link text in results.
1 linked page hidden from search
https://www.wellnessmats.com/customer_authentication/redirect is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
1 page without a meta description
https://www.wellnessmats.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
12 links to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 12 pages by a URL that isn't their canonical one, for example https://www.wellnessmats.com/collections/salon/products/salon-4-x-4-5-black, whose canonical is https://www.wellnessmats.com/products/salon-4-x-4-5-black. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
2 pages without an H1
https://www.wellnessmats.com/customer_authentication/redirect and https://www.wellnessmats.com/collections/salon 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 42 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
2 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Best practices
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Refused to apply style from 'https://www.wellnessmats.com/cdn/shop/t/49/assets/component-rte.css?v=15081' because its M…”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
54 of 56 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 13 customer or partner logos. 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 direct contact details
No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.
About 820 words of copy
The homepage carries about 820 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
29 calls to action
The homepage has 29 calls to action, for example “Shop By Size”, “Request a Quote” and “Request A Sample”.
4 short forms
4 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
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
9 trackers load before any consent
9Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Klaviyo and 4 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
25 cookies set on arrival
25Opening the homepage sets 25 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
55 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 55 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner
A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.
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 smartstepsalonmats.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 19 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Mntn · Globo Mega Menu · Smart Seo · Indexgpt · Minmaxify Order Limits · Sami Product Labels · Gift Card Pro · Customer Group Pricing · Main Main · Giftkart · Easify Product Options · Mailchimp · Ecomsend · loox.io · amazonaws.com · axtrics.com · hubapi.com · spinwheelapp.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
Hiring
- Hiring
- 1 open role
- Job board
- careers page
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 39 issues on smartstepsalonmats.com, including 20 speed issues, 2 SEO issues and 4 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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- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
- Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
- Earned media and PR openings
- At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
- PDF, Markdown, CSV, Notion and Linear exports, and a shareable page your team can track progress on
- Refresh the playbook later to see what changed
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