Wierd Forum Loading Times

curserwigger

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Columbus, WI

Scions of the Forgotten Empire

Mo/

22 Aug 2005 at 18:10 - 1
Maybe it's just me, but I have had really long loading times when a couple of ads in particular are displayed at the top. They are the "Next Generation Smiles" and the "Frog catch flys" ones. Perhaps this isn't a problem for others or maybe its something with my own machine, but I thought I would bring it up anyway. I find myself hitting refresh whenever either of these adds show up and if I get any other ads the pages load quickly. Just a heads up for you.

Billiard

Billiard

Doctor of Philosophy

Join Date: May 2005

Pacific Northwest

Team Love [kiSu] www.teamlove.us

22 Aug 2005 at 19:06 - 2
I noticed my loading times increased as well with the new banner ads. Might be how they are served out - not sure. I thought originally it was just the time of day I was hitting the server and the number of people on.

kzap

kzap

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

R/Mo

23 Aug 2005 at 01:19 - 3
k ill try changing the ad to an iframe, that might speed things up

Old Dood

Old Dood

Middle-Age-Man

Join Date: May 2005

Lansing, Mi

W/Mo

24 Aug 2005 at 12:06 - 4
Quote:
Originally Posted by kzap
k ill try changing the ad to an iframe, that might speed things up
What would be better served would be if this site makes sure that their advertisments are not bandwidth HOGS. You do not want us to spam within the forum, why should these companies be allowed to spam our emails? We are not gonna WIN anything with their Contests or whatever they want to call them. It is a just a ploy to get our Email addresses so they can annoy us even more. I understand you need the revenue. But these type ads are very annoying and I make sure I NEVER click on them. I have a fast cable modem and they are slow to load even at 4mbs speed. I'll end up refreshing many times till I get an ad that doesn't do this. These companies can sell their products just as effectively without irritating us to no end.

PLEASE CHANGE THIS SOON! Thank you!

curserwigger

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Columbus, WI

Scions of the Forgotten Empire

Mo/

24 Aug 2005 at 13:09 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Warrior Dood
What would be better served would be if this site makes sure that their advertisments are not bandwidth HOGS. You do not want us to spam within the forum, why should these companies be allowed to spam our emails? We are not gonna WIN anything with their Contests or whatever they want to call them. It is a just a ploy to get our Email addresses so they can annoy us even more. I understand you need the revenue. But these type ads are very annoying and I make sure I NEVER click on them. I have a fast cable modem and they are slow to load even at 4mbs speed. I'll end up refreshing many times till I get an ad that doesn't do this. These companies can sell their products just as effectively without irritating us to no end.

PLEASE CHANGE THIS SOON! Thank you! I agree....I am still having problems with these ads and load times. I will pay attention to which ones again today and post a little later if that information is useful.

I understand why ads are on sites, but when they slow them down that sucks.

curserwigger

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Columbus, WI

Scions of the Forgotten Empire

Mo/

24 Aug 2005 at 15:32 - 6
It's still those same two ads. The Next Generation Smiles and the Frog catch a fly ads. All of the others do not affect my page load times. Can anyone else confirm it's happening for those two...perhaps others as well?

Acan Vishnu

Acan Vishnu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/N

24 Aug 2005 at 21:30 - 7
I sometimes use a laptop while browsing the forum, so I tend to notice resource hogs a little faster than when I use my desktop. Whenever those ads come up, my CPU usage SPIKES. Hugely. Its got a 2gig processor with 512megs of RAM, and it hits mid to high 90's (its normally 0-3%) in CPU utilization whenever those ads are showing, but RAM usage stays around normal.

kzap

kzap

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

R/Mo

24 Aug 2005 at 23:45 - 8
ok its now an iFRAME, loading should be much faster

curserwigger

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Columbus, WI

Scions of the Forgotten Empire

Mo/

25 Aug 2005 at 14:53 - 9
Quote:
Originally Posted by kzap
ok its now an iFRAME, loading should be much faster That did it for me. Site is loading great now. Thanks a lot.