{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Web Authority","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs","title":"Considering Chat Apps for Your Website? | The Web Authority","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ANqFJ3FDKO\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2018\/11\/05\/considering-chat-apps-for-your-website\/\">Considering Chat Apps for Your Website?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2018\/11\/05\/considering-chat-apps-for-your-website\/embed\/#?secret=ANqFJ3FDKO\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Considering Chat Apps for Your Website?&#8221; &#8212; The Web Authority\" data-secret=\"ANqFJ3FDKO\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Find out about website chat aps Seems simple, just install code and you\u2019ve got a chat app. But not so fast. I am finding out from personal experience that not all chat apps are alike. I started out with Drift and still have that chat app on my website. What I found as I used the app was it slowed my website to a crawl for load time. I think much of this is the code is installed in the head tag as instructions state, but may be better installed before the &lt;\/body&gt;. What is happening on my site is the page is taking so long to load and the navigation does not operate until the chat app function appears \u2013 I consider this very bad. Drift must have made a code change to the asynchronous code recently as the page load time was not an issue before but started about two weeks ago.\u00a0 As a result I have been actively looking for a website chat app replacement. I have tried three\u00a0Tawk.to,\u00a0MyLiveChat, and now Pure Chat. I am using Pure Chat on my website right now and so far I do like the free version. What I consider important for a website chat app are the following: Easy to install Able to configure colors Has a rock solid mobile app Does not impact page load speed So far Tawk.To and\u00a0My Live Chat \u00a0were too complicated for my needs and cumbersome to use.\u00a0\u00a0Pure Chat\u00a0has easy set up and I do like the mobile app which is simple to use. I invite you to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to stay up-to-date on things that can help your website performance.","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Depositphotos_24396939_xs-300x287.jpg"}