{"id":24455,"date":"2020-08-12T17:42:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T22:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/?p=24455"},"modified":"2022-03-08T12:54:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T18:54:57","slug":"site-speed-vs-bazaarvoice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/site-speed-vs-bazaarvoice\/","title":{"rendered":"Why PowerReviews Would Win In A Foot Race Against Bazaarvoice: Site Speed and How We\u2019re Quicker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24455\" class=\"elementor elementor-24455\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ac876d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ac876d5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64864171\" data-id=\"64864171\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c36ddc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c36ddc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">You can literally win and lose on the speed of your site<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c4fc2c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c4fc2c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By now, you are most likely crystal clear on the critical importance of a quick-loading webpage for your customers\u2019 experience and your site\u2019s conversion rate.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Consumers have high demand when it comes to site performance and load speed. In case you\u2019re not sure what all the hype is about, here are some particularly compelling data points:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobo-web.co.uk\/your-website-design-should-load-in-4-seconds\/\">47% of consumers expect a webpage to load in 2 seconds or less<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobo-web.co.uk\/your-website-design-should-load-in-4-seconds\/\">79% of users experiencing slow load times won\u2019t make a purchase from that website again<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rogerdooley\/2012\/12\/04\/fast-sites\/#779dedca53cf\">A 1-second delay means an 11% loss in page views and a 7% decrease in conversion<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1825005\/how-one-second-could-cost-amazon-16-billion-sales\">A 1-second delay in load time would cost Amazon $1.6 billion each year<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, consumers don\u2019t have the patience for slow-loading sites. And with an endless aisle of options, they don\u2019t need to.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e69f0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e69f0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why PowerReviews wins<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e22841b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e22841b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to displaying UGC on your site, it\u2019s important to know if your reviews are slowing down your website and ultimately hurting conversion rates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know how important this is to the success of your business. This is why <\/span><b>our ratings and reviews code is 2.5 times lighter than our competitors, leading to way faster page load times.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a783374 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a783374\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0a7521\" data-id=\"a0a7521\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e963b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"70e963b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safar-safarov-MSN8TFhJ0is-unsplash-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-24457\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safar-safarov-MSN8TFhJ0is-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safar-safarov-MSN8TFhJ0is-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safar-safarov-MSN8TFhJ0is-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safar-safarov-MSN8TFhJ0is-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safar-safarov-MSN8TFhJ0is-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safar-safarov-MSN8TFhJ0is-unsplash-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87e3930 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87e3930\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How we do this<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9440836 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9440836\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most important aspects impacting site load speed metrics is Javascript size.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it\u2019s for this reason that PowerReviews has consistently made reducing Javascript size one of our primary goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The updates we have made over the past 18 months have reduced Javascript size throughout every touchpoint on our customers\u2019 product pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a breakdown of content types and their size reduction:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53b0bfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53b0bfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: none;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 61%;\"><b>Page Type<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 39%;\"><b>Percent Size Reduction<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 61%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Product Listing Page (Category Pages)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 39%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">61%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 61%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Product Details Pages<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 39%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20-26%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 61%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write a Review &amp; Review Your Purchases<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 39%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fe65c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9fe65c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What changed?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fee7139 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fee7139\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to reduce the size of our Javascript, we added logic to the code to analyze configuration in real-time. Now, PowerReviews only loads the components of pages that are absolutely necessary. This basically means our Javascript is working smarter, not harder. Although this may seem obvious, driving these valuable efficiencies requires a lot of sophisticated technical background work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are also constantly iterating and improving. On top of this, PowerReviews has added sophisticated measurement capabilities to monitor the size of our Javascript code each time we make enhancements and updates. If we are increasing the size we are alerted during the development phase so we can proactively make any necessary adjustments prior to release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is how we will keep your page load speeds fast.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-803527a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"803527a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fd712b\" data-id=\"7fd712b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da79c44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"da79c44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/myriam-jessier-3n3Or1UMnVQ-unsplash-scaled-e1597272890172-1024x569.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24458\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/myriam-jessier-3n3Or1UMnVQ-unsplash-scaled-e1597272890172-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/myriam-jessier-3n3Or1UMnVQ-unsplash-scaled-e1597272890172-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/myriam-jessier-3n3Or1UMnVQ-unsplash-scaled-e1597272890172-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/myriam-jessier-3n3Or1UMnVQ-unsplash-scaled-e1597272890172-1536x854.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/myriam-jessier-3n3Or1UMnVQ-unsplash-scaled-e1597272890172-2048x1139.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/myriam-jessier-3n3Or1UMnVQ-unsplash-scaled-e1597272890172-610x339.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-136f27d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"136f27d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do you compare to Bazaarvoice?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2121269 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2121269\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing we get asked a lot is: how do you compare on site speed to your main competitor?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can state with complete confidence that the PowerReviews solution is significantly lighter than Bazaarvoice. For example, the most recent data shows that Bazaarvoice loads <\/span><b>at least<\/b> <b>ten<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> javascript files for a total of 385.31KB whereas PowerReviews loads <\/span><b>only two<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> javascript files amounting to 204.62KB.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes specifically to PDPs (Product Detail Pages),<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> BazaarVoice needs to render seven urls on all its customers\u2019 PDPs before the Javascript appears. PowerReviews needs to render two. Big difference resulting in way quicker load speeds.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-90e0aff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90e0aff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a93f1a4\" data-id=\"a93f1a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b73e87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b73e87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bazaarvoice<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc57a92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"cc57a92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"2000\" data-to-value=\"10\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\">+<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">javascript files<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d192180 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"d192180\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">3<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"2000\" data-to-value=\"85.31\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"> KB<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">total file size<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b83ec61\" data-id=\"b83ec61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4080366 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4080366\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PowerReviews<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba82228 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"ba82228\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"1000\" data-to-value=\"2\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">javascript files<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0715b5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"0715b5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"2000\" data-to-value=\"204.62\" data-from-value=\"200\" data-delimiter=\",\">200<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"> KB<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">total file size<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61806d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61806d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Another component that affects load time is DNS resolution. DNS resolution can add significant latency to requests. And for websites with open connections to many third parties, this latency can significantly reduce loading performance. Bazaarvoice\u2019s network requests span over six different DNS names, but PowerReviews is limited to three.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All well and good. But what does this mean when applied to actual site speed? Well, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yottaa.com\/resources\/2019-ecommerce-3rd-party-index\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019 eCommerce Third Party Technology Index<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shows Bazaarvoice technology consistently in the \u201cred zone\u201d when validating code &#8211; which consistently negatively impacts site performance time and time again.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1bb029 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1bb029\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The experts agree\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89a29f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89a29f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yottaa.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Site speed experts YOTTAA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> analyze this sort of stuff everyday. They are constantly evaluating and advising which third party applications most slow down ecommerce websites in order to drive overall optimization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Beth Moriarty, VP of Product &amp; Corporate Marketing, YOTTAA, explains: \u201cBecause YOTTAA accelerates over 1,500 ecommerce sites, we have the unique visibility to analyze detailed information on the performance of almost 1,000 third parties. We also understand the importance of working with third parties that are always pushing themselves to be better \u2014 and faster.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa0e3be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa0e3be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4790e45\" data-id=\"4790e45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c78d956 elementor-testimonial--skin-default elementor-testimonial--layout-image_inline elementor-testimonial--align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial-carousel\" data-id=\"c78d956\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;space_between&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:23,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;slides_per_view&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;space_between_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;space_between_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-main-swiper swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAs mentioned in our annual 3rd Party Index, where we evaluate the performance of the top 400 most widely adopted 3rd parties, PowerReviews made an impressive jump in Performance Impact Rating (PIR) year-over-year. The PIR is calculated using the third party\u2019s performance violations and the delay page load violations. We expect PowerReviews to continue to make great strides in these areas.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powerreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/beth-Moriarty-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Beth Moriarty\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Beth Moriarty<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">VP of Product & Corporate Marketing, YOTTAA<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198045f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"198045f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Content + Speed = More Sales<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cb17d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cb17d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UGC is meant to help not hinder. So the absolute last thing your UGC provider should be doing is negatively impacting the performance of your site. What\u2019s the point of even bothering with UGC if your customers don\u2019t even see it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our streamlined Javascript code &#8211; optimized to strike the perfect balance between product page speed and content &#8211; is available as a standard part of our core solution. 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