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Posted February 13, 2013 at 1:08PM
As has been commented on occasions I find that the overall pace of PC Advisor is much slower that most other site which I visit, this is not n earth shattering problem never the less it is noticeable and it does distract the user
This became so obvious that I took to trying to find where the problem might be and without much effort I discovered that access was being held back on every click by a programme called scorecardresearch.com. And it was continually sending a message 'waiting for scorecardresearech.com'
A check on scorecardreasearch.com describes it as a tool for market research data to website owners through a mixture of on-line surveys and the use of web beacons. Nothing really unexpected there, however some go so far to describe this programme as a bug or even a virus
I wonder if anyone else has noticed this and should we be concerned?
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Posted February 13, 2013 at 1:13PM
I have had this problem for a very very long time.
In the end I use chrome with javascript disabled. I do get a warning
** For full functionality of our forum it is necessary to enable Javascript in your browser. If you're not sure about how to do this you will find easy to understand instructions at: http://www.enable-javascript.com *
At the top of the page BUT the pages do load like greased lightning.
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Posted February 13, 2013 at 1:17PM
I should add that I have javascript disable d for just THIS website. It is an option that can be found in the settings section of Chrome. You search for javascript and put the webaddress of the site you wish to block.
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Posted February 13, 2013 at 1:28PM
Chrome with adblock - pages load nearly as fast as other forums.
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Posted February 13, 2013 at 2:18PM
I agree, and I don't think it will be long before we get the 'this site is free/ it's only free because of the adverts/ small price to pay etc etc.
But I find that it's not uncommon for me to have page loading times in excess of a minute, and all because I'm waiting for some advert or other. If it was scripted so the content loaded first then at least I could have something to read while the adverts are loading...
WTM
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Posted February 13, 2013 at 2:24PM
For me the content loads but none of the links are clickable for quite some time until the background add has loaded.
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Posted February 13, 2013 at 2:44PM
I find using I.E 9 that after loading it takes about 4-5 seconds before I can click on a page then it's the same for every link, , using Chrome it's as fast as any site on the web.
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Posted February 13, 2013 at 3:01PM
I see a delay created as each pages waits to open, Above I mentioned that one problem is scorecardresearech.com but that is only one. There is also a big delay whilst something call Outbrain.com does its business and tells me that it is busy reading images, a further logger is eloqua a marketing tool which I understand is part of the Oracle group.
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Posted February 13, 2013 at 3:22PM
I suffer from this as well using FF. Various sites are gathering information while I wa----------------it for the page to load!
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Posted February 13, 2013 at 3:43PM
agree, and I don't think it will be long before we get the 'this site is free/ it's only free because of the adverts/ small price to pay etc etc.
Glad someone else said that.lol
