--- title: The mystery of the slow website | daily.dev description: Discussion about "The mystery of the slow website" on daily.dev - join the developer community canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-mystery-of-the-slow-website-tthotdhm5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The mystery of the slow website | daily.dev og:description: Discussion about "The mystery of the slow website" on daily.dev - join the developer community og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-mystery-of-the-slow-website-tthotdhm5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TTHoTdhm5.png og:image:alt: The mystery of the slow website og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The mystery of the slow website **[Risto Tõldsep](https://daily.dev/sources/rydlbifz1euruh3g51ryc)** · [@ristotoldsep](https://daily.dev/ristotoldsep) · 1 min read · 145 upvotes · 11 comments ## Content  We found the culprit. Marketing asked it for a report. ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@heymantas** · 9 upvotes > Today I got another ticket to work on to add yet another tracking script :)) **@tirtharajbhowmik** · 7 upvotes > Can't remove them? Delay them. Load the scripts only after the user moves, scrolls, taps, or types. Just keep the essentials (cookie banner, basic page view) up top, load the rest a few at a time, and add a 3–5 second timer so visitors who never interact still get counted. > > Marketing sees a great Lighthouse score and is very, very happy. The site is actually faster. > > Refer:... **@bob72** · 3 upvotes > We use no tracking scripts, guess we are the last resort in this wild world. **@iwebbio** · 2 upvotes > i feel bad for y'all 💔 **@marijahanmaria** · 1 upvotes > Great breakdown! In e-commerce, even a few hundred milliseconds of latency can noticeably hurt conversion rates and organic SEO rankings. Optimizing asset delivery, font loading, and layout shifts is as much a core UX principle as visual design itself. --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-mystery-of-the-slow-website-tthotdhm5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-mystery-of-the-slow-website-tthotdhm5","headline":"The mystery of the slow website","text":"Discussion about \"The mystery of the slow website\" on daily.dev - join the developer community","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-mystery-of-the-slow-website-tthotdhm5","datePublished":"2026-09-28T23:23:21.505Z","dateModified":"2026-09-28T23:23:29.812Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Risto Tõldsep","url":"https://daily.dev/ristotoldsep","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocLDWc6mZn0JwNmXXw6WY0L_HJ6pegzRttooC5VgtXESHSj3MNYx=s96-c","description":"Full Stack Web Developer & Designer","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":13520}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ICaaVo1m--/f_auto/v1790637802/posts/TTHoTdhm5?_a=BAMAMicg0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":145},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":11}],"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Today I got another ticket to work on to add yet another tracking script :))","datePublished":"2026-09-29T10:53:47.104Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/TTHoTdhm5#c-TRgw4k4YV","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Eimantas","url":"https://daily.dev/heymantas","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJfOhjlW3nqOTtkfblf8Cy2nYuXJkTy8MduBKTF-8vJZnnRlWyT=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":9}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Can’t remove them? Delay them. Load the scripts only after the user moves, scrolls, taps, or types. Just keep the essentials (cookie banner, basic page view) up top, load the rest a few at a time, and add a 3–5 second timer so visitors who never interact still get counted.\nMarketing sees a great Lighthouse score and is very, very happy. 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