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Yesterday recorded the millionth page accessed from the site since its re-launch in September 2010.

One of the benefits of the software used to create the site is that it is very expandable with new features, such as yesterday's test of links to Google Maps, being a good example. The content of the site is also expanding.

The downside of this functionality is performance because there is more processing to be done before the page is presented to the user.

I have noticed times when the site seems slower than I would want/expect it to be.

Do anyone have any comments on the performance of the site?

With thanks
David

David, yes the loading of pages seems to have slowed quite considerably over recent weeks but still is OK but I'm in East Asia with very fast internet speeds so not sure what speeds are like in other regions.

Cheers,

Mark

Thank you for this Mark.

I have turned off some of the logging on the site and will see if that improves performance.

David, loading does seem faster this afternoon.

Cheers,

Mark

Mark,

It will be good if the logging was impacting system performance. Seeing the countries where users were accessing the site from (except SA for some bizarre reason) was interesting but less important than site performance.

The site is hosted in the US so this this time of day (morning for me and afternoon for you) is probably optimal during the day. I do notice it slow as the US comes to life.

Thank you for your feedback
David

With the move to a new host on Saturday, I am finding the site is running faster than before. The host is now in London (rather than Massachusetts) so I would expect access from the UK to be faster.

I would be interested to here your views on performance from outside the UK please?

Thank you
David