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12 years ago

More questions about Qpricing ehh?

Anyway, I ran some not-so-scientific tests on the average page load times vs data that has to be loaded. Anyway, I don't have 15 posts yet so I can't upload a picture of some of the stats I have, so I'll make a little text chart:

Homepage: (39.67KB) took .66 seconds to load :: Average of .02 seconds per KB
Random Search: (82.8KB) took 8.08 seconds to load :: Average of .1 seconds per KB
Another Random Search: (80.79KB) took .98 seconds to load :: Average of .01 seconds per KB
Random Category: (78KB) took 1.02 seconds to load :: Average of .01 seconds per KB
Random Category: (83.8KB) took 1.06 seconds to load :: Average of .01 seconds per KB

Now call it conclusive or not, but you'll notice the only oddball there is a full 8 seconds to load a search for "Vita Mix"... it was one of the most popular searches. I went ahead and reran the test but only for that search term, and got these time values for loading times: 2.54 seconds, 1.07 seconds, and 2.08 seconds. So maybe it was a oddity that that one search stood out, especially when the amount of data it has to receive is virtually the same as any other.

I would attribute this fluctuation to possibly being on a shared hosting plan...? If I'm correct, and you're on a shared hosting plan, this means that at times, your server can be under more load, therefore its inconclusive to say its yours site causing the problem, because at any given time, the number of other websites on your server could be pulling large loads (or perhaps just enough to delay your page load by a few seconds).

So are you on a shared hosting plan, or do you have a VPS?

I am on a shared host plan. Like I said, before I upgrade from a personal plan to a business plan, it loaded faster. Sorry for asking to many questions, lately some of the stuff with my site has been fustrating and warrior forum has been alot of help with getting it right in the past.

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ItWasLuck3

12 years ago

I'm no expert, but my best guess would be your random slow downs are due to the shared hosting. May I ask what company you use for your hosting? Sometimes companies (like GoDaddy) will fit hundreds of users on one server, and while this might be great for your moms website, it sure doesn't work for a site such as yours.

I don't know what kinda of revenue you make from your website, but a VPS might be the next step to full server speed and potential.

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vjboc

12 years ago

Originally Posted by ItWasLuck3

I'm no expert, but my best guess would be your random slow downs are due to the shared hosting. May I ask what company you use for your hosting? Sometimes companies (like GoDaddy) will fit hundreds of users on one server, and while this might be great for your moms website, it sure doesn't work for a site such as yours.

I don't know what kinda of revenue you make from your website, but a VPS might be the next step to full server speed and potential.

Thanks again for your time. I am currently using arvixe.com It is a windows environment site. How much could I expect to pay for VPS?

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ItWasLuck3 12 years ago

Originally Posted by vjboc

Thanks again for your time. I am currently using arvixe.com It is a windows environment site. How much could I expect to pay for VPS?

A good friend of mine runs a number of high class websites and I know he spends around $100 a month on a high quality server, I'll have to ask him which company it is.

Besides that, I know HostGator has there own little VPS section. A "Level 3" VPS will run you about $40/ month. Again, this all ties back to what kinda money you make from the site. If all you're making is $40 a month, I think that random delays/ occasional slowdowns is the least of your concerns :p
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Jeff Chandler

12 years ago

You should try tools{dot}pingdom{dot}com. They have a great tool that shows you the load time for each element on your page and gives you a bunch of analysis on performance.

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Babar2b

12 years ago

there are many online tools available where you can test your site.

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vjboc

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Babar2b

there are many online tools available where you can test your site.

Thanks Babar2b,

I checked out that pingdom site. The site scored a 97/100 but to me the site still seemed to be dragging loading up. I figured maybe a couple of people from the forum could check out the site and some category pages. To see how it loads for them.

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RobKonrad

12 years ago

Originally Posted by vjboc

Thanks Babar2b,

I checked out that pingdom site. The site scored a 97/100 but to me the site still seemed to be dragging loading up. I figured maybe a couple of people from the forum could check out the site and some category pages. To see how it loads for them.

How many seconds loading time did you have?

Cheers,
Rob

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vjboc 12 years ago

Originally Posted by RobKonrad

How many seconds loading time did you have?

Cheers,
Rob

Thanks Rob for responding

The ping test for the home page
from Amsterdam loading time was 2.52 97/100 score
from New york loading time was 627ms 96/100 score
from Dallas loading time was 1.88 97/100 score

The camcorder category page
from Dallas loading time was 1.51 80/100 score

I don't understand the score.

Today has actually been a faster day, but I also been going back and forth with my hosting provider.

I would still rather have people go to the site and tell me their experience.
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samstephan9

12 years ago

Pingdom is really great.

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vjboc 12 years ago

Originally Posted by mariozubair

Is it the website in your signature that you want us to look at?

Yes it is, sorry about that.
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- Jeff Chandler 12 years ago
  
  I checked your site and it loaded pretty quickly on my computer. Maybe it's an issue with your pc. Have you tried on another computer?
  
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  vjboc 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Jeff Chandler
  
  I checked your site and it loaded pretty quickly on my computer. Maybe it's an issue with your pc. Have you tried on another computer?
  
  Thanks Jeff,
  At the moment the site is running good. I also went back and forth with my server as well. Hopefully it will stay loading fast.
  
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progresst

12 years ago

its dragging along for me in FF 8.0.1. I'm on a T1 line so everything loads smoking fast...don't forget that it could be javascript or other code slowing down the load time as well, they host may be fine. I say this as when I refresh it load very, very fast which would indicate to me that you might have some bloated code initially slowing down the site until it's in a user's cache.

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vjboc

12 years ago

Originally Posted by progresst

its dragging along for me in FF 8.0.1. I'm on a T1 line so everything loads smoking fast...don't forget that it could be javascript or other code slowing down the load time as well, they host may be fine. I say this as when I refresh it load very, very fast which would indicate to me that you might have some bloated code initially slowing down the site until it's in a user's cache.

Thanks progresst,

Is there a way of finding the code or codes that could be causing it to drag?

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bryansmith1129

12 years ago

Its working fine here. Try some different browser to test it.

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vjboc 12 years ago

Originally Posted by bryansmith1129

Its working fine here. Try some different browser to test it.

Thanks bryansmith1129
I did that and it worked good. The site is on a shared server. Will there be slow times because of shared server?
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iThinkhard

12 years ago

no problem from France! your website loads pretty fast.

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seoparadise

12 years ago

It can be the hosting provider since if is in a share web hosting sometime can be issues with other webpages. Maybe you should think about a cheap VPS instead shared hosting.

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vjboc

12 years ago

Originally Posted by seoparadise

It can be the hosting provider since if is in a share web hosting sometime can be issues with other webpages. Maybe you should think about a cheap VPS instead shared hosting.

Thanks seoparadise,

I think I am gonna look into the vps hosting, although the site is loading better now. My hosting company made a couple of changes helped it..

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seoparadise

12 years ago

Originally Posted by vjboc

Thanks seoparadise,

I think I am gonna look into the vps hosting, although the site is loading better now. My hosting company made a couple of changes helped it..

No problem! :p if you thinking about a better web hosting or a vps, you should consider hostgator. They are excellent and the customer support is great.

Good Luck!

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vjboc

12 years ago

Originally Posted by seoparadise

No problem! :p if you thinking about a better web hosting or a vps, you should consider hostgator. They are excellent and the customer support is great.

Good Luck!

Do they host asp.net sites?

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seoparadise 12 years ago

Originally Posted by vjboc

Do they host asp.net sites?

I don't think so, if you want the best hosting for asp.net you should take discountasp Excellent web hosting for .net applications and MSSQL 2008 databases.
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