You've probably audited your Google Analytics setup and validated the data roughly matches data in your CRM etc (bonus points if you perform this QA process regularly).
How often do you audit tracking for Optimizely, VWO, Convert.com or other SaaS testing tools? Once a year? Just at implementation? Never?! It's no wonder we find the data in these tools trackers to be rather wonky.
Client-side A/B testing tools get criticised for loading huge chunks of JS synchronously in the head (rightfully so). Despite the speed impact, these tools deliver far more value through the experiments they deliver. And luckily, we can help manage the problem in a few ways.
Here are ways we manage container weight at Mint Metrics when managing a client-side A/B testing tool for our clients: