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December 1, 2025 · 1 min read

How to Display Customer Reviews Without Slowing Your Website

Speed and trust go hand in hand — here’s how to showcase authentic reviews without hurting performance.

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ShowAllReviews Team
Performance waterfall chart showing optimized loading of review widgets

Introduction

Reviews boost credibility — but embedding them poorly can slow down your site.
Google’s Core Web Vitals reward pages that load fast and stay interactive, so optimization is crucial.

Waterfall performance chart comparing unoptimized and optimized review widgets

1. Use Lazy Loading

Load reviews only when the user scrolls near the section.
This improves Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) and user experience.


2. Compress and Cache Assets

Minimize widget CSS/JS and cache responses for returning visitors.


3. Prefer Asynchronous Embeds

Asynchronous scripts ensure that widgets like ShowAllReviews load after your main content — not before.


4. Limit Third-Party Requests

Avoid stacking multiple widgets. Aggregate everything into one optimized display.

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