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starlightceiling.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202625 issues · 81 checks
This review found 25 issues worth fixing on starlightceiling.com, 6 of them high impact, across 81 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
88B- #5,077 of 105,045 reviewed websitesbeats 93%
- #2,790 of 58,918 online storesbeats 93%
- #2,708 of 53,676 Shopify storesbeats 92%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 100 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 92 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 95 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
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.4 s · 411 KiBAbout 411 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.4 s faster on a phone.
6 third-party services on the page
6 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, tidio.co and breadpayments.com and others), adding 10.3 MB and 224 ms of main-thread time.
Shopify adds 114 ms
114 msShopify costs a phone 114 ms of main-thread work and 9.6 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.
Mobile performance score: 70
70/100Your mobile performance score is 70. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Improve image delivery
300 ms · 230 KiB4 images could be 230 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
1,736 HTML elements
The page has 1,736 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
tidio.co adds 72 ms
72 mstidio.co costs a phone 72 ms of main-thread work and 515 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.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
150 ms · 42 KiB5 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (42 KiB).
2 long tasks on the main thread
2 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 96 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Minify JavaScript
50 ms · 39 KiB39 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Reduce unused CSS
50 ms · 21 KiBAbout 21 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.
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
4 KiB4 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Duplicated JavaScript
3 KiB3 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
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Main-thread work: 1.6 s
A phone's processor spends 1.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 417 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 7 ms
7 msYour server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 9.5 s
9.5 sYour largest element takes 9.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Pre-Built Fiber Optic Starlight Ceiling Panels”.
Time to Interactive: 9.6 s
9.6 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 9.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.0 s
5.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s
2.0 sThe first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-9%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 96 ms to 95 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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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 sReal visitors wait 1.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 94 ms
94 msReal visitors wait 94 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 0.8 s
0.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 439 ms
439 msReal visitors wait 439 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 35% faster for real visitors
-35%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.7 s to 1.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 55 ms
55 msScripts block the page for only 55 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 11.7 MB in 187 requests
11.7 MBYour homepage downloads 11.7 MB in 187 requests on a phone: media 9.3 MB (4), scripts 1,017 KiB (61) and other files 688 KiB (87). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 3.3 g of CO₂ per visit
3.30 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 3.30 g of CO₂e: 396.4 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
10 text elements with low contrast
10 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
20 images without alt text
20 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).
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50 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 52 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 2 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (66 characters)
Your title is 66 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Starlight Ceiling — Star Ceiling Lights, Fiber Optic Panels & Kits”.
Meta description is long (215 characters)
Your meta description is 215 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
53 internal links, 5 external
The homepage links to 53 pages on starlightceiling.com and 5 external pages.
6 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Pre-Built Fiber Optic Starlight Ceiling Panels”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.starlightceiling.com/en-us.
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.starlightceiling.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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 (1,489 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.starlightceiling.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
4 pages share 2 titles
https://www.starlightceiling.com/en-us/pages/contact and https://www.starlightceiling.com/pages/contact all use the title “Contact Starlight Ceiling — Tell Us About the Room”, and 1 other title repeat too. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.
2 pages without a meta description
https://www.starlightceiling.com/pages/installation-guide and https://www.starlightceiling.com/en-us/pages/free-design have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
4 pages share a meta description
https://www.starlightceiling.com/en-us/pages/contact and https://www.starlightceiling.com/pages/contact use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
3 links to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 3 pages by a URL that isn't their canonical one, for example https://www.starlightceiling.com/pages/installation-guide, whose canonical is https://www.starlightceiling.com/en-us/pages/installation-guide. 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 26 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
4 checks passed
Linked pages load
14 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
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 14 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
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Tap targets are thumb-sized
10 of 10 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 2 trust badges. 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 opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
About 1,133 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,133 words of visible text.
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Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Call Starlight Ceiling at 1-800-770-0925” and “Shop Starlight Panels”.
10 calls to action
The homepage has 10 calls to action, for example “Shop Panels”, “Contact Us” and “Shop Starlight Panels”.
6 short forms
6 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 1 email link.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
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
4 trackers load before any consent
4Before 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.
12 cookies set on arrival
12Opening 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.
19 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 19 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 starlightceiling.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 4 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
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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
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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