web site loading problems

[Blegate]

hi - I've always wondered if anyone else is experiencing problem loading pages from this site? I at times I have to re-click the link to get it to work. I've even had the pages hang in Explorer and Firefox on two different computers.

This occurs most every time I visit this site. I don't have this problem at other sites.

Just curious if it's me.

[firepa63]

Yes, same problem here. PC is so slow, that I don't look at it as much as I use to. I think it needs to be taken down and the database cleaned up.

[qbee42]

PC has been having some trouble with the sponsor's advertising sites. The advertising is supplied by several other web servers, and when those get slow, it slows down PC. When this happens you typically see an ad URL listed in the status bar of the browser. The last couple of days PC has been hanging on these sites:

a.dlqm.net
t.pointroll.com
ll.atdmt.com
amch.questionmarket.com

The sites serve up the ads and keep track of impressions and click-throughs.

Tom

[chris_tx]

I just joined and at times the site is so slow as to timeout. Other forums that have ads aren't this slow to respond, is there something unique about PC?

[Rokeby]

chris_tx,,

Welcome to PriusChat.

I have a suspicion that the slowness this week has to do with a lot of non-
member visits related to the Gen III introduction at Detroit.

I monitor a number of other Prius/hybrid sites and none of them has anywhere
near the amount/depth of info that has been posted here. I think that once
word got out, more folks came 'round to see what's up.

I'm as guilty as anybody, on Monday I was sneaking peaks all day long, even
when I was supposed to be doing "real work."

[darelldd]

It isn't just this past week. I've been having the slow-load problem for months now. There is already a thread on the subject in this forum. It has not improved, though I do know that Danny is taking the complaints seriously. Doesn't happen to everybody, but it sure happens to me - on all three of our computers, and reglardless of our browser or OS or broadband supplier.

Not quite as bad as being on dialup, but PC is by far the slowest site I visit regularly. And it is just the beginning of load. Once the load starts, BAM, it all comes

[qbee42]

Originally Posted by darelldd

It isn't just this past week. I've been having the slow-load problem for months now. There is already a thread on the subject in this forum. It has not improved, though I do know that Danny is taking the complaints seriously. Doesn't happen to everybody, but it sure happens to me - on all three of our computers, and reglardless of our browser or OS or broadband supplier.

Not quite as bad as being on dialup, but PC is by far the slowest site I visit regularly. And it is just the beginning of load. Once the load starts, BAM, it all comes

I've been noticing some trouble with one of the advertising sites; something like payloadbuilder.com or some such silly name. The advertising site hangs up and PC won't move until it gets the okay from the advertising site. Too bad we can't give them a fixed amount of time and move on if they can't respond in that window.

Tom

[darelldd]

Here is the thread I started a while back:
PC getting S L O W E R ?

[darelldd]

Originally Posted by qbee42

Too bad we can't give them a fixed amount of time and move on if they can't respond in that window.

Tom

Yeah. Like on millisecond.

I've been paying more attention, and I keep seeing "waiting for PriusChat" and then finally at the end when it does start to load something about ads. Goes too quick for me to see it though. One way or the other, I just stay parked on nothing until something gets the OK, then I'm off to the races.

Hmmm. Maybe if *I* didn't post so much this wouldn't be a problem....

[tripp]

There are probably a lot of javascript files from the various tracking sites (google analytics et al). I'll take a look at the site with YSlow tomorrow (don't have it installed on this machine). If there are large JS files in the head of the document (or stylesheets near the foot of the document) that would probably explain why the site renders slowly.