PageSpeed Optimization: Load Giggle widgets with defer

When you embed Giggle widgets on your website, they are loaded via an external script.
This is technically normal – but on highly optimized pages (especially your homepage) it can affect your Google PageSpeed score.

With one small adjustment you can easily optimize this.

🎯 Why does this matter?

On your homepage, every millisecond counts.
Google rewards fast loading times for:

• SEO rankings

• Core Web Vitals

• User experience

Since widgets load additional content, we recommend loading the script on your homepage asynchronously using defer.

⚙️ Solution: Use the defer attribute in the widget script

The defer attribute ensures that:

• the script loads only after the HTML has fully loaded

• it does not block page rendering

• your PageSpeed score is not negatively affected

👉 The widget still appears normally – just slightly later in the loading process.

💻 Example: Widget code with defer

Instead of:

<div id="gt1" style="display:block; width:100%;"></div>

<script src="https://widget.giggle.tips/widget.js?id=gt1&path=trends&width=100%&fontCol=3030EF&btCol=3030EF&font=Manrope&lang=de&streams=2a0dbce6-bf12-4a42-ad58-7ebe0c8c8b98"></script>

<div id="gt1" style="display:block; width:100%;"></div>

<script src="https://widget.giggle.tips/widget.js?id=gt1&path=trends&width=100%&fontCol=3030EF&btCol=3030EF&font=Manrope&lang=de&streams=2a0dbce6-bf12-4a42-ad58-7ebe0c8c8b98" defer></script>

• homepages

• SEO-relevant landing pages

• pages with many images or videos

🏆 Our recommendation for your homepage

Integrate either:

• your highlight stream
  or

• your weekly program

➡️ using defer, so you:

✔️ keep fast loading times
✔️ still showcase your experiences emotionally
✔️ create additional booking incentives

🔎 SEO benefits of using widgets

Even though the experience detail opens in a modal or on the Giggle domain, you still benefit from an SEO perspective:

• You are structured as the event organizer in the widget data

• All clicks originate on your website

• More interaction = positive user signals for Google

• Longer dwell time on your page

This strengthens your domain overall.

📊 Summary

Using the defer attribute:

✅ keeps your homepage fast
✅ improves your PageSpeed score
✅ allows widgets without SEO drawbacks
✅ combines performance with experience marketing

❓ Need help with the integration?

Your web agency can add the defer attribute in just a few seconds.
If you need assistance, we’re happy to help:

📧 hello@giggle.tips