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How would you measure and reduce the performance impact of multiple third party scripts on a page, such as analytics, ads, and chat widgets?

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You would use browser performance tools to measure how much each script delays interactivity and blocks the main thread, prioritize which scripts truly need to load early versus which can be deferred, use appropriate loading strategies for each one individually, and consider removing scripts that provide little value relative to their performance cost.

// Prioritize scripts by actual business value
<Script src="/critical-payment-sdk.js" strategy="afterInteractive" />
<Script src="/marketing-pixel.js" strategy="lazyOnload" />

Real-world example An e-commerce site audits all of its third party scripts, discovers a marketing pixel was significantly slowing down page interactivity, and switches it to a lazier loading strategy, improving overall site speed.

Common follow-ups: What browser tools help identify which scripts are causing performance problems?;How do you decide which third party scripts are worth keeping despite their performance cost?

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