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| Ad Networks the Laggards In Jackson Traffic Spike |
| from the what-else-is-new dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 29, @11:02 (The Internet) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/06/29/1343225 |
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[0]miller60 writes "Advertising networks are being cited as the [1]major
bottlenecks in performance woes experienced by major news sites during
the [2]crush of Internet traffic Thursday as news broke about the death
of pop star Michael Jackson. An analysis by Keynote found that many news
sites delivered their own content promptly, only to find their page
delivery delayed by slow-loading ads. The inclusion of third-party
content on high-traffic pages is a growing challenge for site operators.
It's not just ads, as social media widgets are also seeing wider usage on
commercial sites. How best to balance the content vs. performance
tradeoffs?"

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Links:
0. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/
1. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/06/29/keynote-ad-networks-failed-not-news-sites/
2. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/06/26/1221214/News-Sites-Slammed-By-Michael-Jackson-Traffic