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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 19 October 202631 issues · 82 checks

This review found 31 issues worth fixing on zarwellness.com, 8 of them high impact, across 82 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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

Full-page screenshot of zarwellness.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. zarwellness.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. zarwellness.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. zarwellness.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. zarwellness.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. zarwellness.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. zarwellness.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. zarwellness.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. zarwellness.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

Speed

8 to fix70
  • Improve image delivery

    450 ms · 724 KiB

    9 images could be 724 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 70

    70/100

    Your mobile performance score is 70 (desktop: 98). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Render-blocking requests

    900 ms

    2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 900 ms.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    300 ms · 238 KiB

    About 238 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • 4 third-party services on the page

    4 third-party services load with your homepage (elfsightcdn.com, Bigcommerce and elfsight.com and others), adding 1.6 MB and 321 ms of main-thread time.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    284 KiB

    8 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (284 KiB).

  • Bigcommerce adds 148 ms

    148 ms

    Bigcommerce costs a phone 148 ms of main-thread work and 1.2 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.

  • elfsightcdn.com adds 173 ms

    173 ms

    elfsightcdn.com costs a phone 173 ms of main-thread work and 335 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

    150 ms · 27 KiB

    About 27 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.

  • 1 long task on the main thread

    1 long task block the main thread while loading, the longest for 148 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    25 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 25 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Phones get a much slower page than desktops

    Desktop scores 98 but mobile only 70. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.

  • 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

    5 KiB

    5 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

2 checks passed
  • Main-thread work: 0.6 s

    A phone's processor spends 0.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 252 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 6 ms

    6 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

7 to fix50
  • 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: 4.7 s

    4.7 s

    Your largest element takes 4.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.

  • Time to Interactive: 8.6 s

    8.6 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 8.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.1 s

    3.1 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.1 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.17

    0.17

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.17 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.168

    0.168

    The layout shifts by 0.168 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • 2 images without width and height

    2 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

5 checks passed
  • Real-user LCP: 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    Real visitors wait 1.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • 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: 717 ms

    717 ms

    Real visitors wait 717 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Speed Index: 3.2 s

    3.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 3.2 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.

  • Total Blocking Time: 49 ms

    49 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 49 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

1 to fix90
  • 1 image far larger than shown

    39 KiB

    1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example big-commerce.png at 1,200 px wide, shown at 329 px. Resized copies would save about 39 KiB.

  • 1 image below the first screen load straight away

    1 image further down the page (75 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 0.5 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.48 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.48 g of CO₂e: 57.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

2 checks passed
  • Page weight: 1.7 MB in 41 requests

    1.7 MB

    Your homepage downloads 1.7 MB in 41 requests on a phone: images 996 KiB (20), scripts 587 KiB (12) and fonts 52 KiB (2). That is a lean page.

  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

Accessibility

5 to fixGoogle 8793
  • Images must have alternative text (1 element)

    Images must have alternative text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • 1 text element with low contrast

    1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (32 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 32 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • No main landmark

    The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.

  • 1 link without text

    1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (2 elements).

1 checks passed
  • 45 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: 45 passed and 5 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 9284
  • No structured data

    No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • No XML sitemap

    No XML sitemap at https://zarwellness.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.

  • One H1 headline

    Your <h1> is empty.

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

    No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.

  • 60 internal links, 9 external

    The homepage links to 60 pages on zarwellness.com and 9 external pages.

4 checks passed
  • Meta description: 149 characters

    Your meta description is 149 characters: “Shop ZAR Wellness for premium, lab-tested hemp-derived Delta-9 THC beverages, seltzers, and edibles. Crafted in Texas. …”.

  • Title: 54 characters

    Your title is a healthy 54 characters: “ZAR Wellness | Premium Delta-9 THC Beverages & Edibles”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://zarwellness.com/.

  • robots.txt in place

    robots.txt is in place.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • 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.

  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://zarwellness.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 (428 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 7 pages without a meta description

    https://zarwellness.com/edibles, https://zarwellness.com/edibles/thc-free, https://zarwellness.com/tinctures/full-spectrum-live-resin, https://zarwellness.com/tinctures/thc-free, https://zarwellness.com/thc-free and https://zarwellness.com/store-locations and 1 other have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 1 page with very little text

    https://zarwellness.com/compare 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.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 23 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.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • Every page has an H1

    Each page we checked has a main headline.

  • 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

Google 100100
3 checks passed
  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    36 of 41 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

4 to fix63
  • 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.

  • No social proof

    No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.

  • 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 analytics detected

    No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.

  • Phone number is not tap-to-call

    Your phone number appears as text but isn't a tel: link, so phone visitors can't tap to call.

  • No map or directions link

    There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.

  • 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 258 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 258 words of visible text.

4 checks passed
  • 3 calls to action

    The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Register” and “Subscribe”.

  • 3 short forms

    3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Opening hours shown

    Your opening hours are on the homepage.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage.

Privacy and tracking

  • 9 cookies set on arrival

    9

    Opening the homepage sets 9 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.

  • 10 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 10 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

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