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Formerly Free Postcode Lottery

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Blog Are we slow?

Are we slow?

by Chris | News

Following my post about the missed wins, we received A LOT of comments complaining about the site being slow to load, and even crashing. We think we’ve fixed it. Have we?

Hosting a high traffic site is challenging. There are a number of factors that could slow it down, particularly as we have to rely on a number of third party advertisers to place their ads. We’ve removed the ad units that show looping videos as these were the ones that were slowing browsers and devices down. Please let us know if this is still happening, or if you’ve noticed an improvement, in the comments below.

A separate issue is the time it takes for the site to load from the moment you click on the reminder emails. This should have improved a lot over the last few months and will continue to do so as we continue to upgrade and tweak. Please note that the site is particularly sluggish near draw times (9am, 12pm, 6pm and 9pm) so if you’re experiencing problems it might be better to avoid these.

Thanks for your patience and please do let us know if there is anything in particular that you have noticed.

Chris 🙂