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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 3 November 202640 issues · 77 checks

This review found 40 issues worth fixing on smstore.com, 13 of them high impact, across 77 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
3.0 s2.1 sMay 16Oct 312.4 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.4 s
May 23, 20262.4 s
May 30, 20262.4 s
Jun 6, 20262.3 s
Jun 13, 20262.3 s
Jun 20, 20262.3 s
Jun 27, 20262.3 s
Jul 4, 20262.3 s
Jul 11, 20262.3 s
Jul 18, 20262.3 s
Jul 25, 20262.2 s
Aug 1, 20262.2 s
Aug 8, 20262.3 s
Aug 15, 20262.5 s
Aug 22, 20262.7 s
Aug 29, 20262.9 s
Sep 5, 20262.9 s
Sep 12, 20262.8 s
Sep 19, 20262.7 s
Sep 26, 20262.5 s
Oct 3, 20262.5 s
Oct 10, 20262.5 s
Oct 17, 20262.5 s
Oct 24, 20262.5 s
Oct 31, 20262.4 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
145 ms127 msMay 16Oct 31140 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026130 ms
May 23, 2026134 ms
May 30, 2026137 ms
Jun 6, 2026138 ms
Jun 13, 2026138 ms
Jun 20, 2026135 ms
Jun 27, 2026133 ms
Jul 4, 2026132 ms
Jul 11, 2026130 ms
Jul 18, 2026132 ms
Jul 25, 2026131 ms
Aug 1, 2026129 ms
Aug 8, 2026131 ms
Aug 15, 2026135 ms
Aug 22, 2026137 ms
Aug 29, 2026139 ms
Sep 5, 2026139 ms
Sep 12, 2026139 ms
Sep 19, 2026138 ms
Sep 26, 2026137 ms
Oct 3, 2026139 ms
Oct 10, 2026138 ms
Oct 17, 2026142 ms
Oct 24, 2026143 ms
Oct 31, 2026140 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 smstore.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. smstore.com at 0.9 s0.9 s
  2. smstore.com at 1.7 s1.7 s
  3. smstore.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  4. smstore.com at 3.5 s3.5 s
  5. smstore.com at 4.3 s4.3 s
  6. smstore.com at 5.2 s5.2 s
  7. smstore.com at 6.1 s6.1 s
  8. smstore.com at 6.9 s6.9 s

Speed

11 to fix50
  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    4.5 s · 1.3 MB

    57 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.3 MB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    2.4 s

    22 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.4 s.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.2 s · 325 KiB

    About 325 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.2 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 50

    50/100

    Your mobile performance score is 50. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Document request latency

    750 ms · 145 KiB

    The HTML itself could arrive about 750 ms sooner: redirects, a slow server response or missing compression delay everything after it.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    600 ms · 201 KiB

    About 201 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.

  • Reduce initial server response time

    765 ms

    Reduce initial server response time. Google estimates savings of 765 ms on a phone.

  • 5 third-party services on the page

    5 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and smretailinc.com and others), adding 750 KiB and 647 ms of main-thread time.

  • Improve image delivery

    450 ms · 136 KiB

    4 images could be 136 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 378 ms

    378 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 378 ms of main-thread work and 445 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.

  • Server response: 865 ms

    865 ms

    Your server takes 865 ms to send the HTML. Google recommends under 600 ms; everything else waits for it.

  • Font display

    250 ms

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

  • 7 long tasks on the main thread

    7 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 172 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    13 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 13 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.

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  • Main-thread work: 1.4 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 676 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

Core Web Vitals

7 to fix100
  • 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: 9.3 s

    9.3 s

    Your largest element takes 9.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below. Most of its time is resource load delay (5.4 s).

  • Speed Index: 11.2 s

    11.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 11.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.8 s

    3.8 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 9.8 s

    9.8 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 9.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 942 ms

    942 ms

    Real visitors wait 942 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 362 ms

    362 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 362 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +7%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 130 ms to 140 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    +3%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.4 s to 2.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Real visitors wait 1.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 124 ms

    124 ms

    Real visitors wait 124 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.002

    0.002

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.002, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix85
  • Page weight: 2.0 MB in 72 requests

    2.0 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.0 MB in 72 requests on a phone: scripts 1,018 KiB (35), images 548 KiB (6) and HTML 219 KiB (1). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 0.6 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.58 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.58 g of CO₂e: 69.6 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 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

3 to fixGoogle 9395
  • 16 tap targets too small

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

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (3 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • No main landmark

    The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 2 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 39 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 42 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 39 passed and 3 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

7 to fixGoogle 10048
  • Page is set to noindex

    The robots meta tag says “noindex, follow”: Google is told not to list this page at all.

  • No meta description

    No meta description, so Google writes its own snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • Title is short (25 characters)

    Your title is only 25 characters: “Page not found - SM Store”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.

  • 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:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • No XML sitemap

    No XML sitemap at https://smstore.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.

  • No robots.txt

    There is no robots.txt at smstore.com/robots.txt, the first file search crawlers ask for.

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

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

  • 32 internal links, 9 external

    The homepage links to 32 pages on smstore.com and 9 external pages.

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  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “This page doesn't seem to exist.”.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.

AI search readiness

1 to fix69
  • Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)

    Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.

  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://smstore.com/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.

Other pages

3 to fix80
  • 15 linked pages hidden from search

    https://smstore.com/hello, https://smstore.com/gifts, https://smstore.com/promos-events, https://smstore.com/services, https://smstore.com/news-stories and https://smstore.com/store-locator and 9 others are marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If they are meant to be found, remove the noindex.

  • 16 pages share a title

    /, https://smstore.com/hello, https://smstore.com/gifts, https://smstore.com/promos-events, https://smstore.com/services and https://smstore.com/news-stories and 10 others all use the title “Page not found - SM Store”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.

  • 15 pages without a meta description

    https://smstore.com/hello, https://smstore.com/gifts, https://smstore.com/promos-events, https://smstore.com/services, https://smstore.com/news-stories and https://smstore.com/store-locator and 9 others have 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 20 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.

  • Every page has an H1

    Each page we checked has a main headline.

  • Every page has a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

3 to fixGoogle 9671
  • 1 broken image

    1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://smstore.com/maintenance/404_files/smstore-logo.png.

  • 22 small tap targets

    22 of 25 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Unexpected token '<'”.

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  • 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 77 words

    The homepage has only about 77 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.

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Contact Us”.

  • 6 calls to action

    The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Shop Online”, “Contact Us” and “Call To Deliver Privacy Policy”.

  • 1 short form

    A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.

  • Analytics in place

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

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 4 trackers load before any consent

    4

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

  • 7 cookies set on arrival

    7

    Opening the homepage sets 7 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.

  • 8 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 8 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

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Stack

CMS
WordPress
Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
Hosting
AWS

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