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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202619 issues · 68 checks

This review found 19 issues worth fixing on stmgoods.com, 3 of them high impact, across 68 checks. The most urgent: no social proof. 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
2.1 s1.6 sMay 23Nov 71.7 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 23, 20262.0 s
May 30, 20262.0 s
Jun 6, 20261.9 s
Jun 13, 20261.9 s
Jun 20, 20261.9 s
Jun 27, 20261.8 s
Jul 4, 20261.8 s
Jul 11, 20261.8 s
Jul 18, 20261.7 s
Jul 25, 20261.7 s
Aug 1, 20261.7 s
Aug 8, 20261.7 s
Aug 15, 20261.7 s
Aug 22, 20261.8 s
Aug 29, 20261.8 s
Sep 5, 20261.7 s
Sep 12, 20261.7 s
Sep 19, 20261.7 s
Sep 26, 20261.7 s
Oct 3, 20261.7 s
Oct 10, 20261.6 s
Oct 17, 20261.6 s
Oct 24, 20261.6 s
Oct 31, 20261.6 s
Nov 7, 20261.7 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
120 ms91 msMay 23Nov 7101 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 23, 2026117 ms
May 30, 2026112 ms
Jun 6, 2026113 ms
Jun 13, 2026112 ms
Jun 20, 2026114 ms
Jun 27, 2026114 ms
Jul 4, 2026112 ms
Jul 11, 2026110 ms
Jul 18, 2026107 ms
Jul 25, 2026104 ms
Aug 1, 2026103 ms
Aug 8, 2026104 ms
Aug 15, 202699 ms
Aug 22, 2026104 ms
Aug 29, 202699 ms
Sep 5, 202697 ms
Sep 12, 202694 ms
Sep 19, 202694 ms
Sep 26, 202696 ms
Oct 3, 202697 ms
Oct 10, 202696 ms
Oct 17, 202699 ms
Oct 24, 202696 ms
Oct 31, 202696 ms
Nov 7, 2026101 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 stmgoods.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. stmgoods.com at 0.5 s0.5 s
  2. stmgoods.com at 1.0 s1.0 s
  3. stmgoods.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  4. stmgoods.com at 2.0 s2.0 s
  5. stmgoods.com at 2.4 s2.4 s
  6. stmgoods.com at 2.9 s2.9 s
  7. stmgoods.com at 3.4 s3.4 s
  8. stmgoods.com at 3.9 s3.9 s

Speed

3 to fix90
  • Render-blocking requests

    550 ms

    8 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 550 ms.

  • Main-thread work: 2.2 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 829 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Shopify adds 163 ms

    163 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 163 ms of main-thread work and 502 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

    150 ms · 246 KiB

    About 246 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • 7 third-party services on the page

    7 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Google CDN and shop.app and others), adding 917 KiB and 228 ms of main-thread time.

  • Improve image delivery

    144 KiB

    3 images could be 144 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • 1 long task on the main thread

    1 long task block the main thread while loading, the longest for 53 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    25 KiB

    6 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (25 KiB).

  • 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.

  • Minify JavaScript

    4 KiB

    4 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    2 KiB

    2 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.

2 checks passed
  • Mobile performance score: 90

    90/100

    Your mobile performance score is 90. That is in Google's “good” band (90 and up).

  • Server response: 5 ms

    5 ms

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

Core Web Vitals

3 to fix100
  • Speed Index: 6.0 s

    6.0 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 6.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 6.5 s

    6.5 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 6.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.4 s

    2.4 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

11 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: 1.9 s

    1.9 s

    Real visitors wait 1.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 86 ms

    86 ms

    Real visitors wait 86 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.

  • Real-user TTFB: 624 ms

    624 ms

    Real visitors wait 624 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 14% faster for real visitors

    -14%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 117 ms to 101 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 18% faster for real visitors

    -18%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.0 s to 1.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 2.4 s

    2.4 s

    Your largest element renders in 2.4 s on a phone, inside Google's 2.5 s “good” threshold. The largest element is the text “We and our partners, including Shopify, use cookies and oth…”.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

  • Total Blocking Time: 2 ms

    2 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 2 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

2 to fix75
  • Page weight: 2.6 MB in 379 requests

    2.6 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.6 MB in 379 requests on a phone: other files 1.0 MB (177), scripts 1,011 KiB (147) and images 329 KiB (24). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 2 images far larger than shown

    111 KiB

    2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example Dux_Ultra_MacBook_Neo_Homepage_Banner.png at 3,410 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 111 KiB.

  • About 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.75 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.75 g of CO₂e: 89.9 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 load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

Accessibility

3 to fixGoogle 9697
  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (6 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)

    Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 2 links without text

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

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 21 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 43 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 46 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 43 passed and 3 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

3 to fixGoogle 9284
  • No H1 headline

    There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.

  • Structured data has 1 problem

    Structured data found (BreadcrumbList, CollectionPage, ImageObject and Organization) but with 1 problem, for example “Organization: sameAs is an empty list”.

  • 9 links with vague text

    9 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.

  • 129 internal links, 14 external

    The homepage links to 129 pages on stmgoods.com and 14 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Meta description: 157 characters

    Your meta description is 157 characters: “STM Bags has been designing lifestyle-oriented laptop bags, iPad cases, iPhone cases and accessories since 1998. Shop t…”.

  • Title: 58 characters

    Your title is a healthy 58 characters: “Best Tech Bags, Tablet Cases, & Laptop Sleeves | STM Goods”.

  • Canonical URL set

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

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • 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://stmgoods.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.

2 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 (420 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

  • Your server turned our page checks away

    15 pages we tried to fetch timed out or refused automated requests, so these checks couldn't run. Some firewalls do this to every bot, including search engine crawlers they don't recognise.

Best practices

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 2 JavaScript errors while loading

    2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 ()”.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    16 of 17 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix67
  • 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 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.

  • 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 346 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 346 words of visible text.

3 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “LEARN MORE” and “BUY NOW”.

  • 19 calls to action

    The homepage has 19 calls to action, for example “LEARN MORE”, “BUY NOW” and “Learn More”.

  • 1 short form

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

Privacy and tracking

  • 4 cookies set on arrival

    4

    Opening the homepage sets 4 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.

1 checks passed
  • No known trackers before consent

    No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).

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 stmgoods.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

Yoast Seo · Rez Preorder Back In Stock · Judge Me Reviews

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

Framework
jQuery
E-commerce
Shopify
Hosting
Shopify

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

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