Saturday, February 27, 2010

Get your motor running…

 

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How is your blog loading lately?  Quickly, or is it slow as molasses?

If you like to read a lot of blogs, you quickly realize that those whose “motor isn’t running quickly” can be very frustrating to visit. The added time it takes to have all the plug ins and badges load on the side bars can make it very slow. 

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I don’t remember where I first saw this website called STOPWATCH.

I like to give my blog, and my website www.muddybootdreams.com a check up every now and then.

The site is called Stopwatch, if you are into stats, this should surely get your motor running.

Jen

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20 comments:

  1. Good Morning, Jen,
    This was a fun check-up...My blog...4.88 seconds...thanks for sharing the link!

    As always, I enjoy your photos!!
    Happy Weekend ~Natalie

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  2. That is very cool! I am glad to see my blog loads rather quickly compared to one that seems to take forever that I visit daily. Thanks for sharing this and I hope you have a great weekend. Very stylish photos today - Nalley loves them especially.

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  3. TYSM for sharing this info, Jen. I'll pop over, hadn't heard of it.

    Have a wonderful weekend.
    Hugs, TTFN ~ Marydon

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  4. sounds interesting - I'll go check it out.

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  5. Jen...I just did mine and it was 9.23 seconds. Now what do I do with that information? Where do I find if that is slow or fast...good or bad? There you go, just one more thing for me to obsess about, lol!!! Have a wonderful weekend, Kim

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  6. This was one of those "whoops" and wasn't supposed to be published today.

    Funny thing is, I went into my emailed comments and started to read the amount of seconds that readers were posting.

    Wow I thought to myself, they sure are good at the Botanical plant match game, I am going to have to practice alot to get anywhere near that.....LOL.

    Jen

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  7. Hi Jen~~ 11 seconds. I'm one of the bad people. Sorry. I hope people will still visit. I just can't help being attracted to all the cute little freebie embellishments. Plus I just put my blogroll on my sidebar and I think this adds to the time.

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  8. Jen, I so appreciate this info. I've just switched to a new site, a switch motivated by the desire for some of the bells and whistles I'd seen elsewhere (my old theme was minimalist Zen), and I've had reader complaints that it's now taking longer to load, and now I can see why.

    Old site: 5.6 seconds -- new site: 37! Yikes! I'll have to work on that.

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  9. less than 2 seconds, tried it twice.

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  10. Jen, Mine loads in 3.718 seconds...I hope that's fast enough to keep you stopping by. Thanks for the great info.

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  11. I use that too. In fact, I haven't done it lately and I've been adding all sorts of things to my sidebar. Gotta go do it now!
    Brenda

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  12. Jen, thank you for the information... will check it out. Great photos!

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  13. Thanks Jen .. I'm off to check! Farewell February ... hello March :)

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  14. Thanks for sharing this. I will have to give it a try. And then I'll see how well I do on the botanical game. At this time of year, I might be a little slow!

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  15. Thanks for this link. I will have to try this for my blog. And then, I'll be off to play the botanical game. Your blog is lovely & your photographs are superb. What a treat it is to visit!

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  16. Jen, my blog loaded in a little over 2 seconds, Fast.

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  17. Hi Jen, it's interesting, but do you think it's 'accurate'? I entered mine 8 times, and each time I got a different number. Ranging from 2.186 up to 6.897. The first time it was 4.79. Tried it again and it was 2.something. Logged out of the site, went back to your page, and went in again. Got a 2.something. It just never gave me the same thing twice, so I'm wondering why. But, it is a neat idea and if it works, gives us good feedback. I hope mine doesn't take too long to load...

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  18. Wow! Great link, thank you! My blog's time was 2.984.

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  19. Great link..thanks! Mine is 2.6 seconds. I got rid of all my fluff..and all those widgets that cause problems some time ago..just plain jane for me ..but a fast loader!! :)

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