The UK website http://www.vnunet.com/ is truly slow.  Maybe it is slow from my location in the USA, but some of the users on their forums have complained about the slowness of the site way back in 2006. 
There are plenty of external javascript sources which are probably slowing it down. 
Clicking on the “Forum” link at the top […]

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In HTML, one can reference a file that contains just javascript by using the javascript tag with the src attribute:
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://www.server.com/myscript.js”></script>
This can have some benefits with regard to performance, except when the file is located on a different server that you have no control over.  Having more than one of these external javascript links […]

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Is it Just Me, or is Microsoft.com the SLOWEST site ever?!
I often visit Microsoft’s site for various reasons: get new templates for Word, read some of the forums, download software, etc.  However, as of late, it is getting so painful just to go to some parts of their site.  To be fair, I’m certain that […]

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I’ve been trying out the Pandora, an online music station that plays music similar to any artist you type in.  You type in “Beatles” and you will hear a song from the Beatles, then a song from a similar artist.  You can rate the song you hear to get better suggestions.  Cool concept.
 Unfortunately for me, […]

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Send in URLs of slowly performance websites for analysis and recommendations. 

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Let me start off by stating that I am an avid gamer.  I enjoy playing games on the Wii, Nintendo DS and on my PC.  Before I commit to purchasing a new game, I usually check out the game’s website to look at screenshots, read up on the story-line, or download a demo.  In the […]

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