Hi Nikita,
I have mentioned this before - but as I am achieving results (and improved conversions and higher search rankings) as I incrementally improve site speed -- I am officially requesting a few improvements for CloudSearch, that really are needed for a top-performing site:
1. CloudSearch must use a CDN -- not serving the content from a CDN is really hurting page speed (the other way to say this: "if CloudSearch used a CDN, page load speed would be superior). There is not very much bandwidth being used in a search result, and considering this is a SaaS, you really should be using a CDN to deliver content from the server(s) closest to the customer. The .js file MUST be cached to an edge server (cdn).
2. From ySlow:
There are JavaScript scripts found in the head of the document:
Code:
http://cloudsearch.x-cart.com/static/cloud_search_xcart.js
Isn't there a better place for the js? Can't this js live in the <body> after all other page elements load?
Thanks for addressing these concerns.
J