Extreme slowness in loading blog & reply box

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  prufrocksdilemma · Member · Dec 18, 2012 at 3:06 am

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  A reader has reported extreme slowness when trying to load my blog and even worse when he tries to load the reply feature to post comments. This has only become a problem in the last month or so. I have checked at my end and had my IT person check, too, and neither of us can duplicate the issue. The reader advises that he has seen a google ad in the crawl when trying to load the reply box and it stalled out completely. This reader is a very valuable contributor to the blog, and I would like to solve the problem. I’ve been advised that going to wordpress.org, as it eliminates ads loading as the blog loads, might eliminate the problem, but I see nothing that confirms that, so I’m at a loss. Hope someone can help!

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  prufrocksdilemma · Member · Dec 18, 2012 at 7:10 pm

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  I have found identified two basic things that should help and have instituted them (reducing the number of blogs loading on the front page and using the page break “continue reading” feature). I suspect there are many more basic fixes I could institute, but I have been unable to find information in the forums that seems applicable. If anyone can supply a link to a forum or other site with suggestions for optimizing blog speed that are suitable for a non-tech person, I’d really appreciate it.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 18, 2012 at 7:18 pm

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  There is no extreme slowness time lag with regard to your blog loading.
  See here > Test the Load Time of a Web Page
  Enter a URL to test the load time of that page, analyze it and find bottlenecks

  The issue is at the reader’s end of things and not at this end of things. This may help that person:
  If you are not running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com/ please try upgrading or switching first.

  Note: If you are using an IE9 browser in compatibility mode that makes it render as IE7 and IE7 is not supported. To disable see > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1196-internet-explorer-compatibility-view-turn-off.html

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  timethief · Member · Dec 18, 2012 at 7:19 pm

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  Yikes, I forgot the link above. Here it is:
  See here > Test the Load Time of a Web Page

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  timethief · Member · Dec 18, 2012 at 7:21 pm

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  If anyone can supply a link to a forum or other site with suggestions for optimizing blog speed that are suitable for a non-tech person, I’d really appreciate it.

  See here for Strategies for reducing page loading time > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2009/06/13/blogging-strategies-for-reducing-page-loading-time/

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  prufrocksdilemma · Member · Dec 18, 2012 at 10:34 pm

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  timethief, you are the BEST! Thank you so much, and have a happy holiday!

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  timethief · Member · Dec 18, 2012 at 10:36 pm

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  I’m glad I helped. Happy holidays to you too. :)