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uhs-hardware.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202633 issues · 85 checks
This review found 33 issues worth fixing on uhs-hardware.com, 11 of them high impact, across 85 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
82B- #30,898 of 108,925 reviewed websitesbeats 66%
- #20,616 of 61,775 online storesbeats 60%
- #19,946 of 56,369 Shopify storesbeats 58%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.8 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 127 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 131 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 142 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
0.9 s
1.8 s
2.6 s
3.5 s
4.4 s
5.3 s
6.2 s
7.1 s
Speed
7,452 HTML elements
The page has 7,452 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Main-thread work: 5.9 s
A phone's processor spends 5.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Improve image delivery
1.4 MB76 images could be 1.4 MB 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 (Shopify, Klaviyo and searchspring.io and others), adding 1.7 MB and 920 ms of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 58
58/100Your mobile performance score is 58. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
945 KiBAbout 945 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Render-blocking requests
800 ms16 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 800 ms.
9 long tasks on the main thread
9 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 678 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Shopify adds 411 ms
411 msShopify costs a phone 411 ms of main-thread work and 578 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
252 KiB22 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (252 KiB).
Klaviyo adds 174 ms
174 msKlaviyo costs a phone 174 ms of main-thread work and 512 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 CSS
54 KiBAbout 54 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Legacy JavaScript
30 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 30 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Minify CSS
6 KiB6 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
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 JavaScript
5 KiB5 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 17 ms
17 msYour server sent the HTML in 17 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
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.
Time to Interactive: 27.3 s
27.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 27.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.4 s
8.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 779 ms
779 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 779 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.11
0.11For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.11 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Largest Contentful Paint: 3.9 s
3.9 sYour largest element takes 3.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “ABRITES Promo”.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.108
0.108The layout shifts by 0.108 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+9%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 127 ms to 142 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user LCP: 2.1 s
2.1 sReal visitors wait 2.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 178 ms
178 msReal visitors wait 178 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user FCP: 1.6 s
1.6 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 738 ms
738 msReal visitors wait 738 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 25% faster for real visitors
-25%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.5 s to 1.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 1.5 s
1.5 sThe first text or image appears after 1.5 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 6.4 MB in 438 requests
6.4 MBYour homepage downloads 6.4 MB in 438 requests on a phone: images 2.9 MB (113), scripts 2.2 MB (170) and other files 965 KiB (115). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
Doorbusters_Mobile_3321aaf2-16a5-45ad-99c8-75af44cd2580.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).
5 images in older formats
5 images (344 KiB) 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.
About 1.8 g of CO₂ per visit
1.82 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.82 g of CO₂e: 218.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
11 text elements with low contrast
11 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Hidden but focusable
2 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
12 images without alt text
12 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
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.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (4 elements).
1 checks passed
48 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: 48 passed and 4 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
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.
821 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 821 pages on uhs-hardware.com and 9 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 157 characters
Your meta description is 157 characters: “➤ Shop professional locksmith tools and supplies 【key machines, locks, and remotes】 trusted by experts globally. Fast d…”.
Title: 57 characters
Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “Locksmith Tools | Locksmith Supply Company | UHS Hardware”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.uhs-hardware.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://www.uhs-hardware.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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 (4,799 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.uhs-hardware.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://www.uhs-hardware.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no <title>, so Google invents the link text in results.
1 linked page hidden from search
https://www.uhs-hardware.com/customer_authentication/redirect is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
3 pages without a meta description
https://www.uhs-hardware.com/customer_authentication/redirect, https://www.uhs-hardware.com/pages/contact-us and https://www.uhs-hardware.com/pages/preferred-plus have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
10 pages without an H1
https://www.uhs-hardware.com/collections/all, https://www.uhs-hardware.com/customer_authentication/redirect, https://www.uhs-hardware.com/pages/preferred-plus, https://www.uhs-hardware.com/collections/reddit-r-lockpicking-belt-ranking-products-locksport, https://www.uhs-hardware.com/collections/new-remotes-2 and https://www.uhs-hardware.com/collections/remote-head-keys and 4 others have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
1 page slow to respond
https://www.uhs-hardware.com/collections/new-keys-remote took over 3 s to send its HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 198 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
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
303 of 304 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.
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 4,310 words of copy
The homepage carries about 4,310 words of visible text.
8 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Call us” and “Judge.me Silver Authentic Shop medal”.
69 calls to action
The homepage has 69 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Shop by Brands” and “Shop Automotive”.
4 short forms
4 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 57 testimonial or review blocks, a star rating and 2 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 4 phone links and 0 email links.
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
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 1 more (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.
20 cookies set on arrival
20Opening the homepage sets 20 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (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.
33 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 33 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 uhs-hardware.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 19 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Pandectes Gdpr · Judge Me Reviews · Elevar Conversion Tracking · Hulk Form Builder · Searchanise Search Filter · Advance Reorder Repeat Order · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Persistent Cart · Gdpr Cookie Consent · Cart Persistify · Pushowl · Swishlist · activatedapps.com · cloudfront.net · identixweb.com · b-cdn.net · answerbase.com · usecorner.io · cornercart.io
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
- Cloudflare
Hiring
- Hiring
- 4 open roles
- Job board
- careers page
Company
- Headquarters
- Hollywood
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 33 issues on uhs-hardware.com, including 18 speed issues, 2 SEO issues and 1 conversion gap. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.
- 28 research agents read your site, reviews, competitors, communities and public filings
- Customer review mining (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and more) and voice-of-pain analysis in your buyers’ own words
- Competitor intelligence with battlecards for your closest rivals
- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
- Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
- Earned media and PR openings
- At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
- PDF, Markdown, CSV, Notion and Linear exports, and a shareable page your team can track progress on
- Refresh the playbook later to see what changed
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