Secure Privacy is designed to keep your website fast while maintaining full cookie consent compliance. This article explains how the Secure Privacy script is optimized for performance — including script loading modes, SEO protection for banner text, and the performance improvements introduced in the V2 platform.
Who Is This For?
Website administrators focused on minimizing the performance impact of the cookie consent banner
SEO professionals verifying that cookie banner content does not affect search engine indexing
Developers evaluating script loading modes and choosing the right configuration for their website
Noindex for Cookie Banner Text
All Secure Privacy banner texts include a noindex tag to prevent search engine crawlers from indexing cookie consent content. This ensures your website's primary content remains the focus for SEO — protecting your rankings from interference by consent banner copy.
Script Loading Speed
Secure Privacy targets an average script loading time of 100ms — in line with industry standards. This ensures the consent script causes minimal delay and keeps your website responsive for all visitors.
Script Loading Modes
Automatic Blocking Mode (default)
Enabled by default, Automatic Blocking Mode loads the Secure Privacy script synchronously — meaning it runs before any other scripts on the page. This guarantees that visitor consent preferences are applied before any third-party tags or cookies can fire. Despite being synchronous, the script's fast loading time (~100ms) minimizes the impact on page performance.
Manual Mode
Manual Mode allows the Secure Privacy script to load asynchronously — the rest of your website does not wait for the script to complete before rendering. This can further improve page speed, but requires manual configuration of blocking rules for scripts, pixels, and iframes.
Performance Improvements in Secure Privacy V2
Smaller script bundle size
V2 uses improved code splitting techniques, resulting in a smaller script bundle that consumes fewer browser resources — contributing to faster page load times across all devices.
Enhanced global geolocation distribution
V2's advanced geolocation infrastructure ensures the script is served from servers optimized for each visitor's location — providing consistently low load times regardless of where your audience is based.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will the cookie banner text affect my SEO rankings?
No. The noindex tag applied to all Secure Privacy banner texts prevents them from being indexed by search engines — ensuring cookie consent copy does not appear in search results or interfere with your site's SEO.
What is the impact of synchronous script loading on my website?
Synchronous loading temporarily pauses other scripts from executing until the Secure Privacy script has finished loading. However, with an average load time of approximately 100ms, this pause is minimal and unlikely to be noticeable to visitors or affect Core Web Vitals significantly.
Can I switch between Automatic Blocking Mode and Manual Mode?
Yes. Automatic Blocking Mode is the default and recommended setting for organizations that want strict, guaranteed pre-consent blocking. Manual Mode is available for teams that prefer asynchronous loading and are comfortable managing blocking configuration manually. You can switch between modes in your Secure Privacy dashboard settings.