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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202624 issues · 74 checks

This review found 24 issues worth fixing on spanglercandy.com, 4 of them high impact, across 74 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused CSS. 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
1.2 s832 msMay 16Oct 31970 ms
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 2026878 ms
May 23, 2026992 ms
May 30, 20261.1 s
Jun 6, 20261.2 s
Jun 13, 20261.2 s
Jun 20, 20261.2 s
Jun 27, 20261.1 s
Jul 4, 20261.1 s
Jul 11, 20261.1 s
Jul 18, 20261.1 s
Jul 25, 20261.1 s
Aug 1, 20261.1 s
Aug 8, 20261.1 s
Aug 15, 20261.0 s
Aug 22, 20261.0 s
Aug 29, 20261.0 s
Sep 5, 20261.0 s
Sep 12, 20261.0 s
Sep 19, 20261.0 s
Sep 26, 20261.1 s
Oct 3, 20261.0 s
Oct 10, 20261.0 s
Oct 17, 20261.0 s
Oct 24, 2026982 ms
Oct 31, 2026970 ms
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
88 ms78 msMay 16Oct 3179 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 202679 ms
May 23, 202681 ms
May 30, 202684 ms
Jun 6, 202686 ms
Jun 13, 202687 ms
Jun 20, 202687 ms
Jun 27, 202687 ms
Jul 4, 202687 ms
Jul 11, 202686 ms
Jul 18, 202686 ms
Jul 25, 202686 ms
Aug 1, 202686 ms
Aug 8, 202686 ms
Aug 15, 202685 ms
Aug 22, 202687 ms
Aug 29, 202687 ms
Sep 5, 202687 ms
Sep 12, 202687 ms
Sep 19, 202687 ms
Sep 26, 202687 ms
Oct 3, 202687 ms
Oct 10, 202686 ms
Oct 17, 202683 ms
Oct 24, 202681 ms
Oct 31, 202679 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 spanglercandy.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. spanglercandy.com at 0.6 s0.6 s
  2. spanglercandy.com at 1.2 s1.2 s
  3. spanglercandy.com at 1.7 s1.7 s
  4. spanglercandy.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  5. spanglercandy.com at 2.9 s2.9 s
  6. spanglercandy.com at 3.5 s3.5 s
  7. spanglercandy.com at 4.1 s4.1 s
  8. spanglercandy.com at 4.6 s4.6 s

Speed

6 to fix67
  • Reduce unused CSS

    1.5 s · 177 KiB

    About 177 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.5 s faster on a phone.

  • Minify CSS

    900 ms · 108 KiB

    108 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • Mobile performance score: 67

    67/100

    Your mobile performance score is 67. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Render-blocking requests

    650 ms

    2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 650 ms.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    440 ms · 97 KiB

    About 97 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 440 ms faster on a phone.

  • Improve image delivery

    398 KiB

    11 images could be 398 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Clarity, Shopify and usablenet.com and others), adding 440 KiB and 192 ms of main-thread time.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    50 ms · 20 KiB

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

  • Legacy JavaScript

    10 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 10 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.

2 checks passed
  • Main-thread work: 1.2 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 591 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 5 ms

    5 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 5 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

5 to fix100
  • 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 text “These little pops have a way of making life's everyday mome…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 9.4 s

    9.4 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 9.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.141

    0.141

    The layout shifts by 0.141 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • Speed Index: 3.9 s

    3.9 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 3.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.9 s

    1.9 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    0%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 79 ms to 79 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    +4%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 0.9 s to 1.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

7 checks passed
  • Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).

  • Real-user LCP: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors wait 1.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 79 ms

    79 ms

    Real visitors wait 79 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: 0.8 s

    0.8 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 0.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 461 ms

    461 ms

    Real visitors wait 461 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 0 ms

    0 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 0 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

2 to fix81
  • Page weight: 2.3 MB in 224 requests

    2.3 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.3 MB in 224 requests on a phone: other files 1.0 MB (147), images 582 KiB (15) and scripts 420 KiB (49). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    Dum_Dums.png is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).

  • About 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.67 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.67 g of CO₂e: 79.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

2 checks passed
  • 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

2 to fixGoogle 9697
  • Hidden but focusable

    2 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.

  • 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.

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

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 27 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 42 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 44 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 42 passed and 2 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.

  • One H1 headline

    Your <h1> is empty.

  • 76 internal links, 10 external

    The homepage links to 76 pages on spanglercandy.com and 10 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Meta description: 141 characters

    Your meta description is 141 characters: “Spangler Candy is a fourth-generation family-owned company since 1906. Buy bulk Dum-Dums, Bit-O-Honey & more for school…”.

  • Title: 59 characters

    Your title is a healthy 59 characters: “Buy Spangler Candy in Bulk | Dum-Dums, Necco Wafers, & more”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://spanglercandy.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://spanglercandy.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • 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.

3 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.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (457 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

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

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 32 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

7 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.

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • 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

2 to fixGoogle 9291
  • 9 small tap targets

    9 of 29 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 1 distorted image

    1 image is displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so it looks stretched or squashed.

  • 1 low-resolution image

    1 image is served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.

2 checks passed
  • No console errors

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

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix79
  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 10 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • 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 223 words

    The homepage has only about 223 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.

4 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

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

  • 5 calls to action

    The homepage has 5 calls to action, for example “Shop Dum Dums”, “Shop Bit-O-Honey” and “Learn More”.

  • 12 short forms

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

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.

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 Microsoft Clarity (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.

  • 12 cookies set on arrival

    12

    Opening the homepage sets 12 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.

  • 21 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 21 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 spanglercandy.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 3 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

Apps your storefront loads

Sami Product Labels · Judge Me Reviews · searchserverapi.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
Analytics
Microsoft Clarity
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Founded
1906
Headquarters
Bryan

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

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