lawrencejohnson

This is the exact same page with only 1 difference. The 84 score is with Marketo deferred as in your example here, the second is with Marketo delayed 3 seconds after page load.The last image are the performance flags that google page speed throws for the Marketo script.

Just as I mentioned in the other thread, page speed score doesn't really work like that. When you put it into a professional marketing site that is already going to struggle for a 90+ score depending on its UX, the weight of the Marketo library is game changing.Sure, it would be great if we could ig...

Couple things:* If you don't have anything on your page except that marketo form, sure 100 is possible* The lighthouse version in Chrome/Edge is several versions behind google page speed insights which is much tougher on the Marketo library* Scroll down and you will see flags from Lighthouse on usin...

A great way to do it! I will say though that the `defer` attribute is not quite enough if you've set your sites on performance. Anything under 3 seconds of attempting to load the Marketo library will cause Lighthouse to include it in its performance report. Something you can add to make sure you get...

For what it's worth, the latest version of Lighthouse will dock your site 5-10 performance points if you load the Marketo library in less than 3 seconds, so even deferring the js doesn't solve the problem. The Marketo library has jQuery in it, so you get dinged both on excessive JS and using outdate...

That heavily depends on the rest of your website framework. You need a competent waiting mechanism to load once the library is ready and while the number of lines of code is not necessarily high, it's not novice-level javascript especially if you have multiple dependencies.

You absolutely can use your own form system to send submissions to Marketo. There is a REST API we use all the time for this sort of thing, but there are pros and cons:Pros- Own complete control over the user experience for your forms. Yes, you can style Marketo forms, you can even hook into their J...