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Documentation, how-tos, and best-practice articles for the BelVG audit tools.
Reviews and ratings: the social proof a shopper looks for before buying
What it is Reviews and ratings are the star score and customer feedback shown on a product page. They are the part…
Lazy loading: loading the images a shopper has not scrolled to yet
What it is Lazy loading tells the browser to load an image only when the shopper is about to scroll it into…
Render-blocking JavaScript: the scripts that freeze a page before it shows
What it is When a browser meets a normal script tag while building the page, it stops and waits for that script…
Browser caching: telling returning visitors’ browsers to stop re-downloading
What it is Browser caching is an instruction your server attaches to files like images, CSS, and scripts, telling the browser how…
Server response time (TTFB): the wait before the page even starts
What it is Time to First Byte is the gap between a shopper’s browser asking for a page and the first piece…
Secure cookies: the flags that keep a login from being stolen
What it is When a customer logs in, your store sets a cookie in their browser that keeps them signed in. Three…
Exposed admin panel: the back door at the address everyone tries first
What it is Your admin panel is the login that controls the whole store: products, prices, orders, and customer data. Most platforms…
Exposed sensitive files: the config and backups that should never be public
What it is Behind every store sit files that were never meant for visitors: configuration files holding database passwords, a .env with…
Email authentication: the records that stop most email sent in your store’s name
What it is Email authentication is three DNS records, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, that prove a message claiming to come from your…
H1 heading: the one line that tells a page what it is about
What it is The H1 is the main heading of a page, the title of the content itself rather than the title…
Robots.txt: the file that can quietly hide your store from Google
What it is Robots.txt is a small text file at the root of your domain that tells search engine crawlers where they…
Structured data: the code that puts your price and stars in Google
What it is Structured data is a block of code, usually JSON-LD, that labels what a page is about in a format…