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So you want your app/website to work in China

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Re: So you want your app/website to work in China

#12

My best best advices are not listed there - Stop using Google CDNs - Stop using Google fonts - Don't put Google Analytics in the header (or don't use it) otherwise will block/delay the browser load the website. Most of the websites just timeout because of those 3 things and make the website imposible to navigate. If you host your website in a normal VPS, without using Google services you will have a quite nice chance…

You can still use them, but a different URL. Google has a CDN in China for those fonts and stuff. Also Google Analytics are not blocked at all in China.

Re: So you want your app/website to work in China

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Does just having links on a page (e.g. Google Maps link or FB profile) cause slow page load?

If you're loading them asynchronously, no.

On this page[1] it says that even links (e.g. Google Play links) might cause slow page load time.

  [1] https://crossborder.digital/how-to-test-your-page-loading-speed-in-china/

Re: So you want your app/website to work in China

#14

Why bother? There's no internet in China anyway, whatever hacks you are going to use, the result will be completely random at best and your website working or not there is just a matter of luck. Even the big IT companies can't make it work so why would you?

this is why you don't understand how important is china market is. China is getting better and bigger.

Re: So you want your app/website to work in China

#15

My best best advices are not listed there - Stop using Google CDNs - Stop using Google fonts - Don't put Google Analytics in the header (or don't use it) otherwise will block/delay the browser load the website. Most of the websites just timeout because of those 3 things and make the website imposible to navigate. If you host your website in a normal VPS, without using Google services you will have a quite nice chance…

Google Analytics is OK. It doesn't affect performance very much.

Re: So you want your app/website to work in China

#16

Why bother? There's no internet in China anyway, whatever hacks you are going to use, the result will be completely random at best and your website working or not there is just a matter of luck. Even the big IT companies can't make it work so why would you?

> There's no internet in China anyway

Uh, what?

Re: So you want your app/website to work in China

#19

Why bother? There's no internet in China anyway, whatever hacks you are going to use, the result will be completely random at best and your website working or not there is just a matter of luck. Even the big IT companies can't make it work so why would you?

> There's no internet in China anyway

More than 40% of the world's e-commerce transactions currently take place in China. The United States’ share of the market is 24%, down from 35% in 2005.

Re: So you want your app/website to work in China

#20

Why bother? There's no internet in China anyway, whatever hacks you are going to use, the result will be completely random at best and your website working or not there is just a matter of luck. Even the big IT companies can't make it work so why would you?

> There's no internet in China anyway Uh, what?

China just has a local Intranet and when you are lucky (and increasingly luckier every year) you can access some small websites on the Internet.
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