Server Slowdown

[KeithD]

I know that but it ignores it.

It's my server, all 100% of it, and Yahoo is no loss on that site with only around 200 hits a month from Yahoo, and 10,000's from Google.

[Banana]

I agree with you that it's Yahoo loss. It's something they need to sort out. Surprised that they ignore the robots.txt file though :( Perhaps they are adopting Microsoft attitude to good practice in advance of any takeover.

[KeithD]

Reading the net the 'odd' Yahoo IP does ignore the robots file, and according to Yahoo, each IP only checks the robots file now & again, not every visit, so it could be months between readings. Stupid idiots!

They still have access to my other 50+ sites, and the article site is duplicated twice elsewhere (with SEO changes) so they still have access in a way. I'll just avoid putting a sitempa on them.

[PeterB]

What slows down my reading of this site is the time taken to fetch the little adverts which appear at the top of each page! :(

Perhaps I need to check the configuration settings in FireFox.

[KeithD]

Works fine on broadband

You can switch the Pics off in any browser, or install an Ad Blocker

[PeterB]

Hey, I AM on broadband ... Philippines broadband!

Rob suggested I try Adblocker, and it works a treat ... many thanks Rob!

[KeithD]

Nice of Rob to make sure the site earns bugger all

[PeterB]

Sorry Keith, I know that it's how you fund the site, but I really did find it was a pain to wait 30 seconds, or more, every time I open a new page.

Perhaps we need a little script which will keep fetching the ads when I'm not trying to read the forum!

[KeithD]

I don't even wait 1/100th of a second per page. One reason I'll never live in the Phil, couldn't trust the utilities to keep my business going.

[aromulus]

As it happens, mornings, often I cannot log on at all.

"cannot find the page"......

[LEAHnew]

Page cannot display for about 5 hours
Is it about my WGA I need to disable soon