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Excessive DOM
1 reply · Started by Cameron on March 4, 2021
Hey,
I'm digging into my GPSI and the largest issue I continue to find with my site and its load time is the excessive DOM. I can't seem to figure out what's adding all of the requests.
Thanks,
Cameron
Hi there,
This is pretty tricky to deal with as this particular flag is basically PSI saying “hey, your site may be bloated with too many HTML elements, consider removing a few things”.
The biggest offender under this flag is the .entry-content which is the main container of the page's contents.
PSI is saying your content area has too many HTML elements in it.
Everything in it contributes to this. The images, texts, forms, and ads element summed up causes this kind of flag from PSI.
That said, consider reducing things inserted to the content.
Example: Instead of inserting all the ads on the content, try inserting it after the header or before the footer so it doesn't all go inside the .entry-content element.
