Geo-Targetted Ads Take So Loooong To Load!!! - GoFuckYourself.com

mopek1 · 09-15-2006, 10:39 AM

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

LiveDose · 09-15-2006, 10:41 AM

Sometimes they do, sometimes they are pretty quick. Anything with additional scripting will take longer than a simple graphic.

fuzebox · 09-15-2006, 10:43 AM

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...

bl4h · 09-15-2006, 10:51 AM

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

fuzebox · 09-15-2006, 11:31 AM

Quote:

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.

09-15-2006, 10:39 AM	#1
mopek1 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 3,099	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

09-15-2006, 10:41 AM	#2
LiveDose Show Yer Tits! Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Somewhere Out there... Posts: 25,792	Sometimes they do, sometimes they are pretty quick. Anything with additional scripting will take longer than a simple graphic. __________________ Scammer Alert: acer19 acer [email protected] [email protected] Money stolen using PayPal

09-15-2006, 10:43 AM	#3
fuzebox making it rain Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: seattle Posts: 22,102	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...

09-15-2006, 10:51 AM	#4
bl4h Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,282	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