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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202630 issues · 96 checks
This review found 30 issues worth fixing on gemisphere.com, 11 of them high impact, across 96 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
78C- #40,592 of 82,127 reviewed websitesbeats 45%
- #23,673 of 40,848 online storesbeats 36%
- #22,297 of 36,221 Shopify storesbeats 33%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.8 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 3.8 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 3.8 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 4.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 4.1 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 4.3 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 4.1 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 4.2 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 145 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 157 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 133 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 158 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
gemisphere.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.1 s4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.1 s.
Mobile performance score: 64
64/100Your mobile performance score is 64. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Improve image delivery
500 ms · 194 KiB8 images could be 194 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 500 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
480 ms · 67 KiBAbout 67 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 480 ms faster on a phone.
Klaviyo adds 110 ms
110 msKlaviyo costs a phone 110 ms of main-thread work and 341 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
250 ms · 49 KiB10 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (49 KiB).
7 third-party services on the page
7 third-party services load with your homepage (Klaviyo, Clarity and Lucky Orange and others), adding 521 KiB and 189 ms of main-thread time.
Legacy JavaScript
100 ms · 28 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 28 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 100 ms faster on a phone.
1 long task on the main thread
1 long task block the main thread while loading, the longest for 61 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
20 KiBAbout 20 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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 0.6 s
A phone's processor spends 0.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 342 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 15 ms
15 msYour server sent the HTML in 15 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.
Real-user LCP: 4.7 s
4.7 sReal visitors wait 4.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user FCP: 4.9 s
4.9 sReal visitors see the first content after 4.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 9.8 s
9.8 sYour largest element takes 9.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 9.9 s
9.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 9.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 3.7 s
3.7 sThe first text or image appears after 3.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest content (LCP) got 26% slower for real visitors
+26%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.4 s to 4.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Speed Index: 5.3 s
5.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
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
+3%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 145 ms to 158 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
5 checks passed
Real-user INP: 171 ms
171 msReal visitors wait 171 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 TTFB: 610 ms
610 msReal visitors wait 610 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 6 ms
6 msScripts block the page for only 6 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
3 images far larger than shown
17 KiB3 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example Rubellemodeled_500x500.gif at 500 px wide, shown at 165 px. Resized copies would save about 17 KiB.
3 images in older formats
3 images (250 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.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (42 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.4 g of CO₂ per visit
0.38 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.38 g of CO₂e: 45.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Page weight: 1.3 MB in 92 requests
1.3 MBYour homepage downloads 1.3 MB in 92 requests on a phone: scripts 626 KiB (55), images 434 KiB (15) and other files 96 KiB (11). That is a lean page.
Accessibility
4 tap targets too small
4 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
1 image without alt text
1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (8 elements)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 8 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
44 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 49 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 44 passed and 5 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (69 characters)
Your title is 69 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Natural Healing Crystals & Gemstones for Therapeutic Use - Gemisphere”.
3 links with vague text
3 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
112 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 112 pages on gemisphere.com and 9 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 103 characters
Your meta description is 103 characters: “We are the premier resource for the world's highest quality therapeutic gemstones and healing crystals.”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Gemisphere”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://gemisphere.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, 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://gemisphere.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (2 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing logo, 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.
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 (880 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
2 pages without a meta description
/collections/2025-new-additions and /collections/gemstone-necklace-best-sellers/necklace have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
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.
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
8 small tap targets
8 of 19 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
Short HSTS lifetime
HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
No Referrer-Policy
No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.
No Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
Deprecated X-XSS-Protection
X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
7 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (gemisphere.com).
Valid certificate (48 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE1 verifies for gemisphere.com and is valid for another 48 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
Content-Security-Policy set
A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
http:// redirects to https
http://gemisphere.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 46 links work
All 46 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 6 external) answered without errors; 2 did not answer within 5 s.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
gemisphere.com has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.
DNSSEC is off
gemisphere.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.
2 checks passed
Domain is 29 years old
29 yearsgemisphere.com was registered in Mar 1997 through Wild West Domains, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Mar 2028
gemisphere.com is registered until Mar 2028.
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: 7 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 597 words of copy
The homepage carries about 597 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
7 calls to action
The homepage has 7 calls to action, for example “Try Our Quiz!”, “Shop” and “Try Our Quiz”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
Email authentication
No SPF record
gemisphere.com has no SPF record, so mail servers can't tell which servers may send email as you. Your mail lands in spam more often, and anyone can send mail pretending to be you.
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be gemisphere.com is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.
Email authentication score: 35/100
Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.
1 checks passed
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
2 trackers load before any consent
2Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Klaviyo 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.
9 cookies set on arrival
9Opening 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.
14 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 14 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 7 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
None of the apps your storefront loads is on the list of apps with a known security problem.
Apps your storefront loads
Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Essential Announcer · Essential Announcement Bar · Rivo Loyalty Rewards Referrals · Frontend · Product Labels And Badges · luckyorange.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
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify Hosted
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 30 issues on gemisphere.com, including 14 speed issues, 2 SEO issues and 3 conversion gaps. 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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