[arkueckelhan]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

If the facebook server is slow, then so is your site because it loads the facebook scripts from the facebook server. As such it adds loading time to your site. And it tracks what your users do.

Yes, Facebook connect is severely slowing my site as well. When I run a speed check, the facebook connect and like button end up making 70-75% of my load time. I need something far faster since this is crippling my site at times. Or is there a way to force those scripts to start running immediately so that they can run while the rest of the page loads?

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Originally Posted by arkueckelhan

Yes, Facebook connect is severely slowing my site as well. When I run a speed check, the facebook connect and like button end up making 70-75% of my load time. I need something far faster since this is crippling my site at times. Or is there a way to force those scripts to start running immediately so that they can run while the rest of the page loads?

Just disabled FB connect and dropped load times from 20-50 seconds down to less than 2 seconds. My stats also show that if it weren't for the facebook like button still being up I will have loaded the page in .5 seconds!!!

I don't think I care enough about Facebook connect to be using it if I get that much of a difference in my load times.