Database performanceFollow

Greetings:

Are there any plans to address the page stalling that seems to occur most of the time when trying to view spells, items, quests, etc.?

In case there are those that don't see this, the majority of the time that I come to this site, it renders the main banner, the left side, then stalls when actually displaying data. The really crazy one, is the Item Lookup page, which can take 3 or more retries just to get the search text box to show up. Then many more retries just to get the search to fire.

I am sorry if this is not the place to post this, but I have read the descriptions for Tech Support and Forums, etc. and none of them sound right.

My roomates and I experiance the same problems. Its only this site too, which makes me think its maybe bandwidth or something like that. Every other site comes up fast for me.

It is definitely a result of the pop up ads & what seems to be numerous scripts that run on this site.

I don't mind single pop-ups (per page view) because I have a choice of premium membership or popups. I do mind the poorly written scripts and multiple popups per page view. In addition, I doubt the administrators of this site are writing the scripts themselves. So, they are placing a lot of trust in the advertising providers to not provide malicious scripts.

There are ways of blocking the popups and preventing the scripts from running, but I'm got going to undermine the administrators attempts to make a living. If you want to block them, there browsers & plugins for those browsers that work.

I am a premium user and I too have noticed absolutely horrible stall times while the database searches for answers to my queries. This has been going on long enough that I am sure they are aware of the problem and have decline to address it. I for one do not plan to renew my premium subscription with such a poorly performing site. There are enough other sites now that Alla can either fix the clunky database or expect a serious decline in premium subscriptions.

See this exact same thread on the WoW site. You are not alone, there are tons of people experiencing the exact same problem. The majority, including myself, are premium subscribers. I tend to agree with the people who think it's the bandwith for this site.

http://wow.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=21;mid=113010553921363178;num=28



edit: spelling

Edited, Thu Oct 27 11:03:10 2005 by Xaltinye

No, sorry, this is on 6 different computers, 3 at home, 3 at work, and our anti-virus/spyware apps are fairly hardcore.

This is a server-side issue.

I am premium and usually site runs fine. Sometimes it gets very sluggish, and may stay that way for a while. Mostly it's good for me, and thus they keep me as a premium member. I use this site all the time. I wouldn't play EQ without it up for quick reference.

That must be blasphemy, as how could you possibly get on it before Al invented it, or maybe you have a faulty memory, or maybe it's déjà vu, and it just seems like you were there before. Anyway, watch it.



/edit Do you think we will have a whole generation who does think he invented it?

Edited, Fri Oct 28 07:47:41 2005 by Kelti

Yes, that is the behaviour I am seeing. If a search is not coming in about 20 seconds, its faster to Stop and Refresh 3 or 4 times.

That can't be good for the web servers and the DB. Anyone?

Same problem here , and again I'm a premium subscriber

There are occasions and times of the day when Alla's comes to a complete halt. Access the site from work and from home. I am premium as well.

My question to the coders of the site. When a premium user makes a page request, does the site try to access an ad and just not show it?

The reason for this question is I have had times on a site like Yahoo where they have ads coming from a bunch of places and some will not load and hang a page but if you refresh and its a different ad the page loads rocket fast.

Same lag and stalling issues here also. I'm also a premium member. It has been occuring for months now and it is not occuring to any other web sites I visit when it is occuring here and the Bestiary.

I too have been a Premium subscriber for 2+ years now an I am having the same sluggish performance on this site as well. One would think that with the membership fee's that are paid, that the site would perform at a more acceptable rate. Its very discouraging at the least.