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thepawject.com website review
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This review found 34 issues worth fixing on thepawject.com, 13 of them high impact, across 72 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. 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
73C- #80,853 of 108,615 reviewed websitesbeats 22%
- #50,568 of 61,618 online storesbeats 15%
- #47,426 of 56,235 Shopify storesbeats 13%
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Speed
Improve image delivery
1.1 s · 2.2 MB29 images could be 2.2 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.1 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 45
45/100Your mobile performance score is 45. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 7.0 s
A phone's processor spends 7.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Facebook and aov.ai and others), adding 5.2 MB and 1.6 s of main-thread time.
Shopify adds 959 ms
959 msShopify costs a phone 959 ms of main-thread work and 4.4 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.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.1 MBAbout 1.1 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Render-blocking requests
850 ms14 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 850 ms.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
150 ms · 491 KiB23 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (491 KiB).
2,854 HTML elements
The page has 2,854 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
azurefd.net adds 95 ms
95 msazurefd.net costs a phone 95 ms of main-thread work and 331 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.
18 long tasks on the main thread
18 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 241 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 69 KiBAbout 69 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Legacy JavaScript
39 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 39 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Minify JavaScript
11 KiB11 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 52 ms
52 msYour server sent the HTML in 52 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 42.3 s
42.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 42.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 8.9 s
8.9 sYour largest element takes 8.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Speed Index: 10.7 s
10.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 10.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 729 ms
729 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 729 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.6 s
2.6 sThe first text or image appears after 2.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
5 images without width and height
5 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
1 checks passed
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.002
0.002The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.002, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 9.9 MB in 464 requests
9.9 MBYour homepage downloads 9.9 MB in 464 requests on a phone: images 5.8 MB (53), scripts 2.6 MB (218) and other files 806 KiB (125). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
16 images far larger than shown
2.9 MB16 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example KC008-08.png at 1,200 px wide, shown at 44 px. Resized copies would save about 2.9 MB.
1 image over 500 KB
KC008-08.png weighs 601 KiB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
12 images in older formats
12 images (2.2 MB) are JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
Pet_Trinket_BOGO_Banner-WEB.webp 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 2.8 g of CO₂ per visit
2.79 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.79 g of CO₂e: 335.3 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
50 text elements with low contrast
50 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 37 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
51 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: 51 passed and 1 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Meta description is long (305 characters)
Your meta description is 305 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
1 link with vague text
1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
85 internal links, 16 external
The homepage links to 85 pages on thepawject.com and 16 external pages.
6 checks passed
Title: 61 characters
Your title is a healthy 61 characters: “The Pawject - Customized Well-Designed Pet Products with Love”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://thepawject.com/.
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://thepawject.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 (900 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://thepawject.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page without a title
https://thepawject.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no <title>, so Google invents the link text in results.
1 linked page hidden from search
https://thepawject.com/customer_authentication/redirect is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
4 pages without a meta description
https://thepawject.com/customer_authentication/redirect, https://thepawject.com/policies/shipping-policy, https://thepawject.com/collections/tech-accessories and https://thepawject.com/collections/collar have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
2 pages without an H1
https://thepawject.com/customer_authentication/redirect and https://thepawject.com/collections/accessories 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 37 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
3 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.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Best practices
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 429 ()”.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
26 of 32 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: 24 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.
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 367 words of copy
The homepage carries about 367 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
5 calls to action
The homepage has 5 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Contact Us” and “Learn more”.
11 short forms
11 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
Privacy and tracking
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel 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.
15 cookies set on arrival
15Opening the homepage sets 15 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.
36 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 36 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 thepawject.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 11 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Uppromote Affiliate · Judge Me Reviews · Gsc Instagram Feed · Microsoft Clarity · Inbox · Tapita Seo Speed · Affliate By Secomapp · Avada Upsell · Aov Cart Drawer · myqcloud.com · cloudfront.net
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
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
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