Comments on: Javascript Can Wreck Havoc With Blogs

By: Mitch

Mitch — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:45:24 +0000

It actually made me some money, but I’ve finally had to remove it from here, unfortunately. Too bad, because I liked knowing where the cheap gas was locally.

By: Sire

Sire — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:54:03 +0000

I reckon I may have to get rid of WidgetBucks. The little that I did make they took off me and it isn’t really doing anything so i reckon I can utilize that space with something else.

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By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:45:04 +0000

Peter, I’ve never even entertained the idea of Entrecard. I’ve always thought it looked like way too much work.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:39:40 +0000

You know, Yan, the funny thing is that if I’d thought back I’d have remembered that’s why I’d switched all of my Commission Junction ads on another site from javascript to HTML, because it was slowing them down back at the time. I wish more of these companies would give you two choices. I guess it’s something else we’ll all have to make our choices about, since it’s hard to totally get rid of it.

By: The Smiling Blogger

The Smiling Blogger — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:15:04 +0000

Well, the same thing I did mention to you months ago, Peter. Take away as much widgets as you can from your blog. Unless it’s converting clicks into cash, if not, seal its fate…;)

Yan

By: work at home ideas

work at home ideas — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:09:12 +0000

I was about to give Entrecard another chance. I guess Yan’s comment sealed its fate.

Peter Lee

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By: The Smiling Blogger

The Smiling Blogger — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:46:28 +0000

It’s true, Mitch…those widgets are notoriously slowing down your site’s loading time. It’s one of the reasons I took Entrecard off my blog. In this case, less is always more.

Yan

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:03:12 +0000

I hope you can figure out your issues, Peter, but at least, for now, the rest of us can see your site.

As for me, I’ve just added one of my Widget Bucks things again, putting it into its own “widget”, so to speak, and it seems to be working just fine now. At least, it’s working fine for me.

By: work at home ideas

work at home ideas — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:31:55 +0000

Hi Mitch,
Sometimes I do have this problem too whenever I load a new widget. Also I noticed IE behaves very differently from FF (that’s why I seldom use it) especially with loading pictures. Sometimes it messes things up and I have to reduce the size just so it shows up in IE. Currently I’m having some problem possibly with my ISP, not blog. My blog’s logo and banner ads (only those hosted by me)are not showing). Could you do me a favor. Go to my blog and see if you are able to view the logo and banner ads.

Thanks Mitch
Peter Lee

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By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:28:55 +0000

Well, for the moment, I’ve taken Widget Bucks totally off the blog. I have no idea why it’s running like this, though; it’s not messing with anyone else’s blog that’s running it right now.

By: John Lessnau

John Lessnau — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:10:38 +0000

There may be something you can do in the .htaccess to have your page load first before all your ads and widgets.

Or you could place them in iframes so they load independently of your main page. (I believe adsense does the iframe thing.)

I’m no expert on this though.

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By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:48:39 +0000

Oh; glad you cleared that up. Actually, that puppy widget really did hang things up all the time, so it did have to go. Right now, the Widget Bucks ad does take the longest, and I may still want to switch back to the other one because I like how it finds where the lowest priced gas is.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:46:46 +0000

I’ve checked mine; nope, nothing stopping them, unfortunately. Even a secondary popup blocker I’m running can’t stop those things; irritating as anything.

And, to tell you the truth, I use Adblock for very sites after I’ve visited them, but CNN is one that I have to keep it on for.

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:48:27 +0000

oops…which ones “hang” the most.

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By: John Lessnau

John Lessnau — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:26:50 +0000

Since I am in the ad business I rarely have the plugin turned on. I need to see who is advertising where.

Ad block is not a popup blocker. You may want to check your Firefox pop up blocking settings.

Yeah I hate those floating “subscribe to this website ads” If they are being served externally you could do a special filter for it.

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