Angelo State University – Episode #200
Site Scores:
| Site | Visual | Information | Code | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo State University | 75 | 76 | 70 | (221/300) 74% C |
Today’s Tip:
As visitors move through your site make sure you are tailoring the menus and promotional items to there needs. Keeping the same global menu on the left or right of every page is like telling a visitor that you don’t care. You couldn’t take the time to understand the next steps and the needs of the visitor on each page. The menus and promotions should assist the user to make a next step.
Show Notes:
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October 22nd, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Loading time of this site definitely suffers from all the JavaScript in the head.
November 4th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Nick, you mentioned moving Analytics code to the top of the page (within the section). Are you referring to the new-ish asynchronous tracking code that’s mentioned on Google’s code site?
November 5th, 2010 at 7:19 am
Yes. The new GA code is recommended to be in the
. It doesn’t block loading of other page elements and therefore allows the page to load quicker.