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The downside is that your pages’s HTML are loaded twice as much, this makes for additional load on your server. Client-side analytics like GA aren’t affected.
by dieulot 8y ago
The downside is that your pages’s HTML are loaded twice as much, this makes for additional load on your server.
Client-side analytics like GA aren’t affected.
- SheinH 8y agoIf your html is gzipped, that's in the double digits of kilobytes for most cases. That's nothing compared to images and other content.
- Semaphor 8y ago> The downside is that your pages’s HTML are loaded twice as much How? It would load the HTML just as often and not download it a second time as that would invalidate the usage > this makes for additional load on your server. True for users who hover over links they decide not to visit Or am I misunderstanding something here?
- Zarel 8y ago> How? It would load the HTML just as often and not download it a second time as that would invalidate the usage I'm guessing you didn't read the linked article? It preloads after 65ms on hover, at which point it estimates a 50% chance that the user will click. Hence "loaded twice as much". > True for users who hover over links they decide not to visit Yes, that's the point.