MyBlogLog Straining Under the Load?

Monday, January 29th, 2007 by Andy Beal

MyBlogLog Straining Under the Load?

You may have noticed that I have again removed the MyBlogLog widget.

Over the weekend, I noticed – as did others – that MP was taking far too long to load. After a quick analysis using the nifty OctaGate SiteTimer, I managed to isolate the offending item. The MyBlogLog widget.

Here’s a snapshot showing the widget taking almost six seconds to load.

I email the MyBlogLog team to see if a server had gone down again, but have not heard back as of yet. I’m not the only one that appears to be affected, TechCrunch was having the same issue and Michael Arrington has removed the MBL widget too.

I really like having the widget on the site – especially for the avatars – but I can’t keep removing and uploading the widget each week. Guys, you need to tap into those millions that Yahoo has and get this issue fixed, otherwise that precious momentum you have built will be worth zilch!

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10 comments on “MyBlogLog Straining Under the Load?”

graywolf Says:

January 29th, 2007 at 12:41 pm

HOLY CRAP!! that tool totally rocks!
Andy Beal Says:

January 29th, 2007 at 1:03 pm

The SiteTimer? Yeah, it’s one of those little gems. I like that you can click on each URL and see what exactly is slowing down the page.
Link Notes for Monday, Jan. 29/07 - Paul Short’s Weblog Says:

January 29th, 2007 at 1:43 pm

[...] MarketingPilgrim.com – MyBlogLog Straining Under the Load? Andy talks about how MyBlogLog.com is slowing down his blog and how they need to address the issue if they want to keep their growth momentum. I agree. This is one of the reasons I rarely use widgets or apps dependant on an outside server. Slowness I have no control over. [...]
Steven Bradley Says:

January 29th, 2007 at 7:43 pm

Andy you can blame me since I joined MyBlogLog over the weekend. I must have been the straw that broke the widget’s back.

And I agree with Michael, the Site Timer tool is great.
Paula Neal Mooney Says:

January 29th, 2007 at 10:18 pm

And I thought it was because I loaded many of the bloggers’ faces from that 2000 Bloggers Project on my blog that slowed up the dial-up readers!

Maybe it is…but I don’t care. That’s a fun project Tino’s got going on. And I see my big ol’ face right to the right of me as I type this, so I guess the MyBlogLog widget is back in action, heh?
Scott Rafer Says:

January 29th, 2007 at 11:41 pm

Yup, sorry about that. We fixed a few software scaling issues plus more hardware is going in now. thanks for bearing with us.
Andy Beal Says:

January 30th, 2007 at 9:27 am

I’ve put back the widget, but only if it promises to behave.
Scott Rafer Says:

January 30th, 2007 at 9:32 am

It will certainly do it’s best as we are doing ours.
techipedia. » Blog Archive » MyBlogLog Spam Getting Worse? I’d Say So. Says:

February 18th, 2007 at 3:44 pm

[...] I know that Scott and Eric (and even Jeremy) are aware of the easy ways people can game MyBlogLog for personal gain. I know this problem is being “addressed” and I’ve been relatively impressed by their promptness in answering these concerns in various blog comments. But I think there are some major issues that need to not just be “addressed” at this point — they need to be fixed. [...]
MyBlogLog Spam Gets Worse » techipedia | tamar weinberg Says:

December 13th, 2007 at 3:56 am

[...] been relatively impressed by their promptness in answering these concerns in various blog comments. But I think there are some major issues that need to not just be “addressed” at this [...]

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