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Re: News sites collapsed as they fetched ads during Michael Jackson traffic surge

Computer Support Sydney — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:00:54 -0000

I am much concern to you on this topic. You are right that better web sites are built to load a page and then leave a blank spot where it’s waiting for a third-party image to load.

Re: News sites collapsed as they fetched ads during Michael Jackson traffic surge

Chas_M — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:36:18 -0000

A ridiculous premise....that there is advertising money to be made during news events. News sites should drop all advertising during any traffic surge. They should only "Advertise" their own ability to provide coverage as a top priority. If ad agencies can keep up it'll only hurt the news source anyway.

Re: News sites collapsed as they fetched ads during Michael Jackson traffic surge

yoyoyo2 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:36:18 -0000

Good article, makes a good point about something that has annoyed me for a very long time. Every now or so, you'll come across an ad that doesn't want to load and as a result, the entire web page doesn't load. I shouldn't have to sit and stare at the task bar which says waiting for ad.someting.com, for 3min. just for an ad to load then finally the rest of the content loads. Here's to hoping businesses will start making a better layout to their sites.

Re: News sites collapsed as they fetched ads during Michael Jackson traffic surge

rkorba — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:18:08 -0000

Dean -- if you love the idea of Jacko's estate benefiting from the most amazing part of a video game (so your two fortes), maybe cover this (sure you saw it). Breathtaking for us over-40 types...

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