External drag on performance

[DaveNF2G]

Lately it takes a long time for pages to load on RR. The cause seems to be something coming from ping.chartbeat.net that times out, preventing RR pages from loading.

 

[WayneH]

Is it any different now?

 

[DaveNF2G]

It seems to be much better this morning.

[EDIT] I spoke too soon. Could not get in to the very next forum I clicked on. Connection indicator spinning, status reads, "Transferring data from ping.chartbeat.net..." Waited several minutes then aborted.

 

[WayneH]

I'm not sure why it's a problem for you but if you're using FF you can install an extension called Ghostery to block Chartbeat (or any other tracker/analytic).

 

[DaveNF2G]

Thanks for the tip. I'll give that a try.

 

[poltergeisty]

Based what I read about Ghostery you should try noscript instead. Far more powerful except can be cumbersome. You can go into the options and block pings, etc and allow top level domains by default. The addon will stop a lot of malware before it reaches your anti-virus software. It's like a door in front of the Internet.


https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/noscript/

NoScript - JavaScript/Java/Flash blocker for a safer Firefox experience! - what is it? - InformAction

 

[MtnBiker2005]

Info from this page..
http://blog.ryanrampersad.com/2009/07/22/what-is-ping-chart-beat-net/
http://techcrunch.com/2009/12/14/chartbeat-typepad-dreamhost/

1.) you can easily block it with AdBlock Plus and adding ping.chartbeat.net as a custom filter, in Firefox.

2.) The easiest way to block it is to add a line to your hosts file to route ping.chartbeat.net to your local machine.
The hosts file is located in /etc/hosts on OSX and *NIX, and in c:\windows\system32\drivers\hosts on Windows systems.
Simply add the line
127.0.0.1 ping.chartbeat.net
And now whenever any program on your computer tries to access ping.chartbeat.net, it will simply be redirected to your local machine, resulting in a “page not found” error.

VigLink option you can optout.
If you'd like to disable VigLink on sites that you visit.
http://www.viglink.com/support/optout

Quantcast Opt-Out
http://www.quantcast.com/how-we-do-it/consumer-choice/opt-out

Ghostery
http://www.ghostery.com/