sites load slowly because of ads

2009-09-12 Thread Jim
Don't know if anyone has discussed this before. With the increased reliance on web ads for revenue, sites are cramming more and more ads on their web sites. Most of the news sites I go to have their ads hosted by webservers other than their own. Sometimes, some of these sites are slow -- or

Re: sites load slowly because of ads

2009-09-12 Thread David E. Ross
On 9/12/2009 12:17 PM, Jim wrote: Don't know if anyone has discussed this before. With the increased reliance on web ads for revenue, sites are cramming more and more ads on their web sites. Most of the news sites I go to have their ads hosted by webservers other than their own. Sometimes,

Re: sites load slowly because of ads

2009-09-12 Thread Ant
One word: Adblock Plus. However, use v1.0.2 since newer versions don't work with SeaMonkey v1.x. On 9/12/2009 12:17 PM PT, Jim typed: Don't know if anyone has discussed this before. With the increased reliance on web ads for revenue, sites are cramming more and more ads on their web sites.

Re: sites load slowly because of ads

2009-09-12 Thread Mark Hansen
On 09/12/09 12:27, David E. Ross wrote: On 9/12/2009 12:17 PM, Jim wrote: Don't know if anyone has discussed this before. With the increased reliance on web ads for revenue, sites are cramming more and more ads on their web sites. Most of the news sites I go to have their ads hosted by

Re: sites load slowly because of ads

2009-09-12 Thread Ant
On 9/12/2009 12:27 PM PT, David E. Ross typed: Try using the Adblock Plus extension. If you are still on SeaMonkey 1.1.x, be sure to get the 1.0.1 version; later versions are for Firefox 3.x and SeaMonkey 2. I have a copy if you want me to send it to you. 1.0.1 is NOT available from the

Re: sites load slowly because of ads

2009-09-12 Thread BeeNeR
On or about 9/12/2009 3:17 PM, Jim typed the following: Don't know if anyone has discussed this before. With the increased reliance on web ads for revenue, sites are cramming more and more ads on their web sites. Most of the news sites I go to have their ads hosted by webservers other than