[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by mathforum

Luckily on the homepage there's only one modification that adds a lot of js and requests, but I can't get rid of it so that is what it is.

You might even make a decision like I did, <if> conditionals which hide certain mods, products and/or plugins from the unregistered/not logged in usergroup. Really works wonders. In vB3 it's <if condition: $show member> or some such. This conditional would be added to whatever template the Mod is called in. Your membership still gets all the fancy toys and doodads - once they are logged in. Ask yourself what benefit the Mod has for the visitor, for SEO, spiders and so on. Do those perceived benefits outweigh the cost in added load time, amount of extra requests, and bytes delivered? Do the Mods help or hurt the SEO? And so forth.

The most important thing to remember about page load speed is not to get too bogged down in it. Make a strategic decision about how much work you want to do vs. the perceived benefits. For example, there is still alot I could do to make my site even faster than it is, but I reached the point of diminishing returns pretty quickly and still have decent results. You just have to set attainable goals, do the easier stuff first, then re-evaluate as you go along.

Like alot of stuff of webmastering, it's about personal preferences.