Geo-Targetted Ads Take So Loooong To Load!!!

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  • mopek1
    Confirmed User
    • Jun 2004
    • 3201
    #1

    Geo-Targetted Ads Take So Loooong To Load!!!

    I love the AFF geo-targetted ads and feel they do result in increased sales however I am worried about them taking so long to load.

    Whenever I put them on a new page and then point my browser to it, the page takes at least 3-4 times (sometimes more) longer to load. My fear is that surfers - with thier infinitessimal attention span - will just close the browser sometimes instead of waiting for it to load.

    Any thoughts on this?

    Do others experience it?

    Any way to fix it?

    mopek1
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    • LiveDose
      Show Yer Tits!
      • Feb 2002
      • 25792
      #2
      Sometimes they do, sometimes they are pretty quick. Anything with additional scripting will take longer than a simple graphic.

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        • fuzebox
          making it rain
          • Oct 2003
          • 22353
          #3
          The database structure can be pretty intensive on a high traffic box. I have a setup which makes it like 10x faster to read, but even that with a lot of traffic will slow down a given box. AFF has a massive cluster of servers doing geoip lookups and they still slow down once and a while...

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            • bl4h
              Confirmed User
              • Jul 2006
              • 1282
              #4
              it takes a lot to look up an ip and match it with a city and then draw an image (ive run that database for fun at my house)

              they should consider caching the images since they deal with so much traffic.

              and i do mean saving an image of every single ip address to disk...

              ie: 127001.jpg

              or mayve /127/0/0/1.jpg

              seems like a lot, but considering the size of the operation its not all that crazy of an idea

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                • fuzebox
                  making it rain
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 22353
                  #5
                  Originally posted by bl4h
                  it takes a lot to look up an ip and match it with a city and then draw an image (ive run that database for fun at my house)

                  they should consider caching the images since they deal with so much traffic.

                  and i do mean saving an image of every single ip address to disk...

                  ie: 127001.jpg

                  or mayve /127/0/0/1.jpg

                  seems like a lot, but considering the size of the operation its not all that crazy of an idea
                  I do this but just by caching the image for each city... The db lookup isn't that bad at all if you setup the database properly.

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