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messika.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202624 issues · 79 checks
This review found 24 issues worth fixing on messika.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
82BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 866 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 860 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 854 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 855 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 845 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 851 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 858 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 861 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 861 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 850 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 844 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 826 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 823 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 815 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 808 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 818 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 818 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 825 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 846 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 924 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 959 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 977 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 971 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 918 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 904 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 88 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 88 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 89 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 89 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 90 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 91 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 89 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 89 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 90 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 91 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 95 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
1.3 s
1.7 s
2.1 s
2.5 s
2.9 s
3.3 s
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
2.7 s · 525 KiB13 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (525 KiB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.7 s · 319 KiBAbout 319 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.7 s faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
1.5 MB23 images could be 1.5 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Mobile performance score: 64
64/100Your mobile performance score is 64. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
2,069 HTML elements
The page has 2,069 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
4 third-party services on the page
4 third-party services load with your homepage (Optanon, Google Tag Manager and acswapp.com and others), adding 443 KiB and 248 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 69 KiBAbout 69 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.
9 long tasks on the main thread
9 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 185 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
15 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 15 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 2.0 s
A phone's processor spends 2.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 879 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 72 ms
72 msYour server sent the HTML in 72 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 13.6 s
13.6 sYour largest element takes 13.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “WELCOME TO MESSIKA.COM Messika uses different technology, s…”.
Time to Interactive: 14.1 s
14.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 14.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.2 s
5.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 288 ms
288 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 288 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+8%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 88 ms to 95 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+6%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 0.9 s to 0.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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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: 87 ms
87 msReal visitors wait 87 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: 1.0 s
1.0 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 769 ms
769 msReal visitors wait 769 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 1.7 s
1.7 sThe first text or image appears after 1.7 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.021
0.021The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.021, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.7 MB in 121 requests
4.7 MBYour homepage downloads 4.7 MB in 121 requests on a phone: images 2.0 MB (32), media 1.5 MB (1) and scripts 846 KiB (55). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
6 images far larger than shown
540 KiB6 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example messika_-_outfit_1_1_-_bracelet_de_main_move_uno_pav_12021_y at 1,200 px wide, shown at 171 px. Resized copies would save about 540 KiB.
14 images in older formats
14 images (1.2 MB) 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 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit
1.32 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.32 g of CO₂e: 158.9 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
2 text elements with low contrast
2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Interactive controls must not be nested (1 element)
Interactive controls must not be nested: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
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.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 91 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
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
Meta description is long (332 characters)
Your meta description is 332 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
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.
1 link with vague text
1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
102 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 102 pages on messika.com and 9 external pages.
5 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Official Messika Website – Luxury Jewelry and High Jewelry”.
Title: 58 characters
Your title is a healthy 58 characters: “Official Messika Website – Luxury Jewelry and High Jewelry”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.messika.com/us_en.
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.messika.com/fr/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.
No llms.txt
There is no https://www.messika.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.
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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 (396 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 75 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 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 6 pages that loaded have a meta description.
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 6 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://www.messika.com/us_en.
53 small tap targets
53 of 88 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
4 JavaScript errors while loading
4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 ()”.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
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 409 words of copy
The homepage carries about 409 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Contact us” and “Contact Us”.
6 calls to action
The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Contact us” and “Call us: +646 346 6254”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 0 email links.
Privacy and tracking
1 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (OneTrust) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
3 cookies set on arrival
3Opening the homepage sets 3 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
3 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 3 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: OneTrust
A consent management tool (OneTrust) loads with the page.
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 messika.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
- Astro
- Hosting
- Domain name registrar - www.gandi.net
Company
- Founded
- 2005
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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