I dont think it was the ads that caused the issue that this use was having, I think it was a cloud server in his area which was having an issue. For our cloud servers we use MAXCDN.COM and by using these servers we save about 4 - 5 GB a day in bandwidth. In addition because the static files are coming to you from a server near you it makes for a much faster experience... well expect when one of their servers has an issue. Luckily in the past year using them I can only recal two times were there has been an issue where one server ws having an issue.
Speaking about the ads...
Yes ads can slow down the loading of pages here at SatelliteGuys, but they are a necessary evil as we need to pay the bills. We run most of our ads in iframes to minimize the impact of page load time.
We monitor the site performace by using Gtmetrix.COM, where we can test the sites performance from a number of sites around the country and can test the performance of the site with and without the ads.
Just doing a quick test here are our results from this morning.
With ads the load time is...
Page load time: 3.66s
Without ads is...
Page load time: 1.31s
Some folks use ad blockers to get rid of the ads which works but it also causes issues as it blocks some of the AJAX functinality that vBulletin has built in. Others just grin and bear the ads. And for others if they want they can become Supporting Pub Members for less then $20 a year which gets rid of all the syndicated ads on the site yet allows us to still pay our bills. Pub Members also get a lot more benefits as well as our thanks for your support. For a listing of these benefits please
CLICK HERE.
I am going to be doing more ad work today to try help improving the load time for non Pub Members even more. Those who are registered members and are logged in might notice I have got rid of the auto refreshing ads as well.
Thanks guys for your support!