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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202634 issues · 79 checks
This review found 34 issues worth fixing on wowskinscience.com, 10 of them high impact, across 79 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
85BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 5.1 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 5.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 5.4 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 5.5 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 5.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 6.0 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 6.4 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 6.5 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 6.5 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 6.3 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 5.8 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 5.7 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 5.5 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 5.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 5.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 5.2 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 5.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 5.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 5.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 4.9 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 4.5 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 4.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 3.7 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 3.4 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 238 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 281 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 310 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 326 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 351 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 373 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 398 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 402 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 384 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 347 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 305 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 305 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 300 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 297 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 302 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 305 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 302 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 295 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 292 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 282 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 285 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 289 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 277 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 269 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 255 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
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
3.0 s · 910 KiB37 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (910 KiB).
Document request latency
3.1 sThe HTML itself could arrive about 3.1 s sooner: redirects, a slow server response or missing compression delay everything after it.
Reduce initial server response time
3.1 sReduce initial server response time. Google estimates savings of 3.1 s on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.4 s · 392 KiBAbout 392 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.4 s faster on a phone.
Server response: 3.2 s
3.2 sYour server takes 3.2 s to send the HTML. Google recommends under 600 ms; everything else waits for it.
Mobile performance score: 55
55/100Your mobile performance score is 55. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Improve image delivery
400 ms · 532 KiB20 images could be 532 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 400 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and Clarity and others), adding 585 KiB and 567 ms of main-thread time.
8 long tasks on the main thread
8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 407 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Google Tag Manager adds 308 ms
308 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 308 ms of main-thread work and 195 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.
Main-thread work: 2.5 s
A phone's processor spends 2.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 23 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 23 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 ms1 file blocks the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining it could save about 150 ms.
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.
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.
Largest Contentful Paint: 15.4 s
15.4 sYour largest element takes 15.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Buy 1, Get 1 Free”.
Speed Index: 11.0 s
11.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 11.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 15.7 s
15.7 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 15.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user FCP: 1.9 s
1.9 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors wait 1.2 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 444 ms
444 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 444 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+1%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 238 ms to 255 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
6 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.4 s
2.4 sReal visitors wait 2.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 154 ms
154 msReal visitors wait 154 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.01
0.01For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Largest content (LCP) got 32% faster for real visitors
-32%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 5.1 s to 3.4 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).
First Contentful Paint: 1.1 s
1.1 sThe first text or image appears after 1.1 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.7 MB in 244 requests
2.7 MBYour homepage downloads 2.7 MB in 244 requests on a phone: images 1.2 MB (64), scripts 1.2 MB (108) and other files 130 KiB (64). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image far larger than shown
81 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example hair-growth.webp at 900 px wide, shown at 109 px. Resized copies would save about 81 KiB.
3 images in older formats
3 images (99 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 0.8 g of CO₂ per visit
0.78 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.78 g of CO₂e: 93.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Accessibility
3 text elements with low contrast
3 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
The skip-link target should exist and be focusable (1 element)
The skip-link target should exist and be focusable: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 65 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
47 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 3 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is short (25 characters)
Your title is only 25 characters: “WOW Skin Science | Buywow”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
Meta description is short (63 characters)
Your meta description is only 63 characters: “Explore skincare, haircare and body care from WOW Skin Science.”. 70 to 160 characters is enough to sell the click.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
No XML sitemap
No XML sitemap at https://www.buywow.in/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
116 internal links, 11 external
The homepage links to 116 pages on wowskinscience.com and 11 external pages.
4 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “WOW Skin Science”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.buywow.in/brands/wow-skin-science.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: ItemList, Organization and WebSite.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
AI search readiness
Parts of the site are closed to 2 AI crawlers
Your robots.txt lets ChatGPT (ChatGPT-User) and Perplexity (PerplexityBot) read the homepage but closes other sections to them, so answers about those pages can't cite you.
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.
2 checks passed
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (912 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (9 KiB, 0 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page without an H1
/offers has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
1 page with very little text
/offers has under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
1 page slow to respond
/brands/wow-skin-science/category/skin-care took over 3 s to send its HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 53 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 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.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <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
79 of 81 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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 787 words of copy
The homepage carries about 787 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop the offer” and “Shop all WOW Skin Science”.
7 calls to action
The homepage has 7 calls to action, for example “Shop all WOW Skin Science”, “Subscribe” and “Shop”.
1 short form
A short form (2 fields at most) is right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 14 testimonial or review blocks, 1 customer or partner logo and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Meta Pixel and Cloudflare Web Analytics.
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.
13 cookies set on arrival
13Opening the homepage sets 13 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.
17 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 17 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 wowskinscience.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- Next.js
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
Company
- Headquarters
- New Delhi
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