Should I block Optimizely?

We strongly recommend that you do not deploy your Optimizely snippet as non-blocking. These instructions are intended as a last resort, and should not be followed unless you have no other option.

Does Google optimize slow down your site?

Optimize has minimal effect on the time it takes for your site pages to load. The time it takes for a page on your site to load, or latency, is mostly dependent upon the visitor’s connection speed.

What is Optimizely?

Optimizely is an experimentation platform that helps developers build and run A/B tests on websites. This is to achieve validation for conversion rate optimization efforts. You can create a variety of Optimizely experiments for your webpages using the dynamic or basic features that come with the service.

How Optimizely snippet works?

Optimizely creates experiments on your site by executing a specific JavaScript snippet, configured for your account and page. This snippet automatically updates every time you create, modify, or archive any asset or setting that’s compiled into the snippet. It’s what makes your experiments work.

Why does optimizely recommend implementing the snippet at the top of the page?

Why in the top of the head tag? Optimizely works by making changes to your page as the page loads. If the snippet is added to the top of the head tag, then Optimizely will make changes to the page as it loads. If the snippet is added anywhere lower, it will technically still work.

Can you stack ad blockers?

The short answer is that you probably cannot.

What is a good site speed?

Ideally, you’ll want your website to load within three seconds, or two seconds if it’s an ecommerce site. The two-to-three second mark is the turning point where bounce rates skyrocket – in fact, 40\% of consumers will wait no more than three seconds before abandoning a site.

How do I make my website faster?

Here are some of the many ways to increase your page speed:

1. Enable compression.
2. Minify CSS, JavaScript, and HTML.
3. Reduce redirects.
4. Remove render-blocking JavaScript.
5. Leverage browser caching.
6. Improve server response time.
7. Use a content distribution network.
8. Optimize images.

Is Optimizely owned by Google?

Optimizely to be acquired by East Coast company Optimizely, a homegrown San Francisco company founded by two ex-Google employees and backed by Goldman Sachs, is getting a new owner.

Is Optimizely safe?

By default, all communications from your end-users and visitors on Optimizely products are encrypted using industry standard communication encryption technology. Optimizely currently uses Transport Layer Security (TLS) and updates to cipher suites and configurations as vulnerabilities are discovered.

Where do I put optimizely snippets?

We recommend implementing the snippet as high up in the head tag as possible, generally after your tag, charset declarations, and possibly other meta tags. Place the Optimizely snippet before code for any analytics or heatmapping platforms as well.

Is it possible to implement multiple optimizely snippet on a page?

Yes. Projects are safe to run with other linked projects in one custom snippet.