getting a bit fed up now

sarm34

This is the third time I have typed this so here comes the short version
why is the site so slow?
takes ages for pages to load, most don't
3 comps in my house all the same inc ipad
nowt wrong with any other site all load fast
why/ too many adds or something else?
going to copy and paste this now coz im fed up of typing same thing over and over again and then clicking submit and getting page not found
cheers
marc

dabber

Same here. The site is terribly slow.

I'm using Firefox and when I navigate within the forums I usually get the bikeradar.com logo load but otherwise a blank page.
Sometimes hitting PF5 to refresh helps but not always.

dabber

Same here. The site is terribly slow.

I'm using Firefox and when I navigate within the forums I usually get the bikeradar.com logo load but otherwise a blank page.
Sometimes hitting PF5 to refresh helps but not always.

Duplicated due to exactly the problem described above.

jezzpalmer

Same problem as a few months ago.
viewtopic.php?f=40033&t=12891280

It's been behaved for a while, but is painful tonight.

big_p

same here, it's excruciating.

rozzer32

Yup same for me running Chrome. Really starting to grind my gears now.

sarm34

ok so its not me then too many ads methinks

Ouija

sarm34 wrote:

ok so its not me then too many ads methinks

What adds?

Oh wait! Your not one of these people who roam the internet without using any of the usual add removal plugins and script inhibitors (had to use those two descriptions as this site actively removes the names of the programs involved).

Certainly, with the aforementioned anti-script plugin, you shouldn't let any other sites have script access except for BikeRadar itself. And always, and i mean always, block scripts coming from anything with the word "Google" in it (responsible for about half the adds on the internet).

Haven't seen an ad on this forum or any other forums i visit in donkeys years (and lets not forget that loading all that extra ad data slows down sites considerably).

Faye@BikeRadar

Hey all,

If you are experiencing unusually slow connection speeds could you email us at bikeradar (at) bikeradar (dot) com and state:
> what browser you are using
> which operating software
> If you are using ad-blocking
> Which error messages are displayed/which pages seem to hang and cause trouble

We will get the dev team to look into it and try and resolve any issues.

jezzpalmer

The issue is the reluctance of delivery.platform.switchads.com to respond as highlighted in the thread I linked to above.
viewtopic.php?f=40033&t=12891280

All browsers I've tried (FF, IE & whatever comes with Android and Android Chrome)
OSes: Windows (various) and Android
No a-d-b-l-o ckers (though as expected the use of adb l oc ke-rs fix the problem).

Faye@BikeRadar

Thanks jezzpalmer - We've flagged the issue with one of our team who will look into it.