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vermontwoodsstudios.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202628 issues · 80 checks
This review found 28 issues worth fixing on vermontwoodsstudios.com, 7 of them high impact, across 80 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
87B- #7,648 of 109,350 reviewed websitesbeats 90%
- #4,460 of 61,859 online storesbeats 89%
- #4,330 of 56,401 Shopify storesbeats 89%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.2 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 103 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 103 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 100 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 100 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 101 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
1.1 s · 487 KiBAbout 487 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.1 s faster on a phone.
3,452 HTML elements
The page has 3,452 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Improve image delivery
950 ms · 196 KiB8 images could be 196 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 950 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 64
64/100Your mobile performance score is 64. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
550 ms · 123 KiB13 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (123 KiB).
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Hubspot and others), adding 1.1 MB and 467 ms of main-thread time.
Google Tag Manager adds 245 ms
245 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 245 ms of main-thread work and 364 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.
Klaviyo adds 87 ms
87 msKlaviyo costs a phone 87 ms of main-thread work and 315 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.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 19 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 19 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
150 ms9 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 150 ms.
4 long tasks on the main thread
4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 118 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
12 KiBAbout 12 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
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
3 KiB3 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
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Main-thread work: 1.9 s
A phone's processor spends 1.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 991 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 9 ms
9 msYour server sent the HTML in 9 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 15.3 s
15.3 sYour largest element takes 15.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “20% off Custom Bedroom Sets”.
Time to Interactive: 15.4 s
15.4 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 15.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 6.8 s
6.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.5 s
2.5 sThe first text or image appears after 2.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-3%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 103 ms to 101 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
9 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: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors wait 1.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 92 ms
92 msReal visitors wait 92 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: 424 ms
424 msReal visitors wait 424 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 18% faster for real visitors
-18%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.4 s to 1.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Total Blocking Time: 131 ms
131 msScripts block the page for only 131 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.4 MB in 367 requests
3.4 MBYour homepage downloads 3.4 MB in 367 requests on a phone: scripts 1.2 MB (142), images 1,019 KiB (45) and other files 867 KiB (135). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
falltime-at-stonehurst_M.jpg 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 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit
0.96 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.96 g of CO₂e: 114.8 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 are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
Headings should not be empty (1 element)
Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 96 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
50 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 1 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“” and “Small Company, Big Mission”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
Meta description is long (235 characters)
Your meta description is 235 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
504 internal links, 4 external
The homepage links to 504 pages on vermontwoodsstudios.com and 4 external pages.
6 checks passed
Title: 49 characters
Your title is a healthy 49 characters: “Vermont Woods Studios: Furnishing a Greener World”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://vermontwoodsstudios.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://vermontwoodsstudios.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No llms.txt
There is no https://vermontwoodsstudios.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.
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.
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 (2,188 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 page without a title
https://vermontwoodsstudios.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no <title>, so Google invents the link text in results.
1 linked page hidden from search
https://vermontwoodsstudios.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://vermontwoodsstudios.com/collections/all, https://vermontwoodsstudios.com/customer_authentication/redirect, https://vermontwoodsstudios.com/pages/contact-us and https://vermontwoodsstudios.com/pages/bedroom-furniture have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 link to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example https://vermontwoodsstudios.com/pages/contact-us, whose canonical is https://vermontwoodsstudios.com/pages/contact. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
2 pages without an H1
https://vermontwoodsstudios.com/customer_authentication/redirect and https://vermontwoodsstudios.com/pages/contact-us 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 167 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
2 checks passed
Linked pages load
6 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=26348229&tm=gtm002&Ver=2&mid=a611a64a-5561-4c8f-8762-8e5010190c65&bo=1&sid=bdd8b8d0d88b11f190151fd9fdf72acc&vid=bdd8c9d0d88b11f1a7829103aa7622e3&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=91.
59 small tap targets
59 of 85 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'lines')”.
1 checks passed
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: 7 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
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 753 words of copy
The homepage carries about 753 words of visible text.
7 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop all current deals!” and “Shop Here”.
23 calls to action
The homepage has 23 calls to action, for example “Shop all current deals!”, “Contact Us” and “Shop Bedroom Sets”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: HubSpot.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 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
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Klaviyo and 2 mores (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.
17 cookies set on arrival
17Opening the homepage sets 17 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.
31 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 31 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 vermontwoodsstudios.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
Elevar Conversion Tracking · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Al Bulk Discount Manager · hubapi.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
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Vernon
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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