Compare Page PLT Improvement
The PLT improvement tool is a code-refactoring approach to solve problem areas. This has resulted in enhanced PLT varying from 25.4 seconds to 7.6 seconds with the cache
Business Problem
Page Load time is one of the most important factors while developing a web page. Pages with a higher load time results users not visiting a page or crash altogether. Previously, the page load time for the Compare page was observed to be too high.
Solution
- Synchronous AJAX resource calls- made changes to API calls with asynchronous approach and removed multiple API calls to get the price format as per locale, instead of client given API calls. Used a native JavaScript predefined methods to get the local wise price format with minimal customization.
- Unused hidden images- Load the images only when required.
- Content/Data compression- Instead, getting the data from CMS platform model, placed all the product data/content in JSON to get as and when required with filter options available
Why is the solution unique
- Compare PLT time improved by 17.8 seconds with cache.
- Helps in saving customer time and effort thus improves revenue chances by millions of dollars.
- JS based code plays a major impact in addressing PLT issues.
Customer Appreciation
PLT is one of the most impactful metrics that we can improve upon with HCL’s help at the core of the platform and the code within it. Google and other search engines rely on PLT to index and render content, and slow content is often ignored or not ranked high in search results, which can slow down our SEO inbound traffic.
SEO is major inbound driver of traffic and revenue, and for the Compare tool to increase its performance as much as it has over this improvement is one of the best improvements to date. With every second we improve we save customers time, and we potentially improve revenue chances by millions of dollars. To improve the code using JS is quite an improvement since it has such a major impact on PLT. Bravo and thank you!!
Value delivered: $ 17.8 MN
