By using a common source - preferably the Google AJAX API, it actually should decrease the load issues. If a visitor has been to ANY site that loaded jQuery from Google, then it should be cached locally in their browser. When the visitor goes to the next 999 sites that *also use the Google AJAX API to pull the same version* then the library is loaded from the local browser cache. Faster and reducing overall bandwidth usage.
There is a great discussion around using Google as your jQuery host here: http://encosia.com/2008/12/10/3-reasons-why-you-should-let-google-host-jquery-for-you/ On May 3, 1:18 pm, Mike <m...@mbaierl.com> wrote: > On May 3, 6:54 pm, "Jordon Bedwell" <jor...@envygeeks.com> wrote: > > > ... and if you are loading the compressed libraries, you aren't using > > very much of their 1TB+ bandwidth they get a month. ... > > Ok, but what happens if 1000 sites include jQuery from their page? > 10.000 sites? Millions?
