Forum Wont Load After Mass Email

[bazookajoe]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

Love the handle, bazookajoe!

Is this you: http://www.triketalk.com/forum/forum.php

I dunno about the email load but I do know you have:

There are currently 7321 users online. 652 members and 6669 guests

My goodness, that's a helluva load right there. Site is loading for me though.

Most of the 652 members showing online look spammy, judging by the usernames.

Are you using the "fake users" mod? Or is this actual traffic?

Help yourself tremendously by optimizing this site - reduce bandwidth drastically and improve performance. There is much work to do in that regard and here's the report card.

WebPageTest

I dont do FAKE...These are all 100% real users, click on a username and check their stats. I have deleted over 5000 spammers and inactive members over the last 6 years and this was before installing Spam-O-Matic. A large percentage of my members are older retired people who have checked the "remember me" option and practically live on this site. Its their hobby and their social life and we do have a large global reach.

I know I certainly do need to optimize the site and that's a real priority for me.

[ForceHSS]

You have about 450 of Baidu Spiders install https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=268208 it will get rid of them and bring the load down

[bazookajoe]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

My God man, can you imagine the bandwidth waste if your traffic is what it says it is? 8.4 million bytes times 7,000 visitors times multiple pageloads?

I bet you're paying out the wazoo for hosting.

Max, thanks for bringing that to my attention. Just changing the settings on the CMS page from full articles displayed to preview articles setting dropped the load from 8.4 to 1.4.
Thanks

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Originally Posted by ForceHSS

You have about 450 of Baidu Spiders install https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=268208 it will get rid of them and bring the load down

Thanks for that suggestion ForceHSS...I will look into that.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by bazookajoe

I dont do FAKE...These are all 100% real users, click on a username and check their stats. I have deleted over 5000 spammers and inactive members over the last 6 years and this was before installing Spam-O-Matic. A large percentage of my members are older retired people who have checked the "remember me" option and practically live on this site. Its their hobby and their social life and we do have a large global reach.

Oh hey Man, no insult intended at all. It's just that, the fake users mod is quite popular. I wasn't assuming.

Originally Posted by bazookajoe

Max, thanks for bringing that to my attention. Just changing the settings on the CMS page from full articles displayed to preview articles setting dropped the load from 8.4 to 1.4.
Thanks

And it actually LOOKS better too! Good job.

If you would like some free, comprehensive help with optimizing your site where we can save you a buttload of bandwidth and probably dinero, give me a shout via PM and Ozzy47 and I will spring into action. We specialize in this.