Comments on: Third Party Content Slowing You Down?

By: Adam @ iPad vs HP Slate

Adam @ iPad vs HP Slate — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:35:34 +0000

I try to keep anything loading from another site to a minimum for maximum speed!

-Adam

By: bethany@makeup artist san antonio

bethany@makeup artist san antonio — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:27:47 +0000

I totally agree with weeding out your third-party content and throwing out what isn’t totally necessary for your site, especially since people will definitely leave if it is loading so slowly that it is annoying.

By: Brian Hawkins

Brian Hawkins — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:48:08 +0000

Hi Onna, It’s nice to see you here. Let me know how that goes for you. You have a great looking site.

By: Onna@toddlercraft

Onna@toddlercraft — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:33:05 +0000

Great points. I actually hadn’t thought of adding some of it to my own hosting. I have noticed my site slow down a little lately. I’ll have to move some of those slow loading widgets to the bottom!! Great information.

By: Brian Hawkins

Brian Hawkins — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:09:04 +0000

I agree Sheryl. Slow load times is why I removed a bunch of items from my blogs. I still need more clean up but it’s funny how attached we get to certain things on our sites.

Bandwidth theft is on my ‘posts to do’ list. That list is growing much faster than my writing ability so look for it between now and then next ten years

By: Sheryl Loch

Sheryl Loch — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:40:55 +0000

I have been to sites that are soooo slow to load that I will just leave. If it has info that I really want, I just go to the big G and look for another site.

The picture bandwidth thieves are a big problem and people never even think about it. They ask people to place buttons and banners but, never think how having several of those can hurt their site more than help it. I understand it is great for advertising and it may be worth it to have them use your image.

Then you have those that just link to the picture of your dog so they can use it and they are not only using your picture but, also your bandwidth.

If you click the link in my name, you will find a post I started about this topic.

You having so many pictures may have thieves around.

By: Brian Hawkins

Brian Hawkins — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:30:24 +0000

Thanks Brad, that’s a good point about burning up our bandwidth. Another thing to consider when weighing the pros and cons.

By: Brad West

Brad West — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:21:41 +0000

Hey Brian,

I can do enough damage slowing down my site and I host most everything I have on my site. The girls are adding a few widgets to their sites and for some reason they are not slowing the blogs down that are noticeable.

I was totally aware of the issues that can be involved by pulling from another server to yours. Like I said, I can slow down load time pretty well on my own I don’t need to be waiting on anyone else.

Very good point, the next issue to address is having images on your site that are being used off site burning up your bandwidth.

Brad West ~ onomoney