SLOW LOADING eBay PAGES

[xppman]

WebSite Optimization. How fast do your pages load?
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/

From time to time I will run a few random optimization checks on my pages to make sure
that everyone who calls up my pages will be able to see them in a reasonable amount of time.
(With-in at least 20-30 seconds TOPS for dial up users or better).
Here is what I found this morning doing an ebay page of mine.


My HTML when loaded to ebay, and with all their over blotted carp on the page:

Connection Rate Download Time
14.4K 120.59 seconds
28.8K 60.30 seconds
33.6K 51.68 seconds
56K 31.01 seconds
ISDN 128K 9.50 seconds
T1 1.44Mbps 0.82 seconds

My HTML when NOT loaded to ebay with none of their over blotted carp on the page:

Connection Rate Download Time
14.4K 29.94 seconds
28.8K 14.97 seconds
33.6K 12.83 seconds
56K 7.70 seconds
ISDN 128K 2.36 seconds
T1 1.44Mbps 0.20 seconds

I know this has been discussed before on many forums but it seems that ebay
with all there attempts to "enhance" the user experience has all but cut out
a large segment of the online buying world.
It is as if eBay thinks every one is on a T-1  / cable or better.

Hey ebay ever STOP to think about all those poor souls still on dial up?
It's no wonder so many have just pointed their browsers elsewhere.

[amy]

eBay is bad, but Overstock Auctions is twice as bad for "over blotted carp on the page"

Download Times*
Connection Rate Download Time
14.4K 249.54 seconds
28.8K 125.17 seconds
33.6K 107.40 seconds
56K 64.76 seconds
ISDN 128K 20.39 seconds
T1 1.44Mbps 2.50 seconds

Global Statistics
Total HTTP Requests: 52
Total Size: 320939 bytes
Object Size Totals
Object type Size (bytes)
HTML: 9266
HTML Images: 142691
CSS Images: 0
Total Images: 142691
J‌avascript: 115876
CSS: 53106
Multimedia: 0
Other: 0

External Objects
External Object QTY
Total HTML: 1
Total HTML Images: 40
Total CSS Images: 0
Total Images: 40
Total Scripts: 7
Total CSS imports: 4
Total Frames: 0
Total Iframes: 0

:blinkie: :blinkie: :blinkie:

[xppman]

WOW
No wonder I don't sell there much. Haven’t put anything up there in a couple of months either.

Hey I still have some of my original "sign up" credit at the "O".
Wonder if it is still good?

I do like the German chick in the Ads. She's hot.

[bargainbloodhound]

Hey ebay ever STOP to think about all those poor souls still on dial up?
It's no wonder so many have just pointed their browsers elsewhere

47% of people (in the US) are still using dialup, but 69% of online sales are by broadband users.  47% is a very large market to ignore/neglect/annoy/drive away.

[jezebel]

SLOW LOADING eBay PAGES

They need a new set  of programmers.  Look at all the errors.  :blinkie:

HTML Validation Result
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http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-DIESEL-KRATT-JEA...dZViewItem

line 1 column 1 - Warning: missing declaration
line 55 column 12 - Warning: missing before

line 55 column 279 - Warning: inserting implicit
line 55 column 279 - Warning: missing before line 58 column 543 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 58 column 735 - Warning: discarding unexpected
line 64 column 239 - Warning: missing before line 71 column 2240 - Warning: missing before line 86 column 22 - Warning: discarding unexpected
line 97 column 9 - Warning: isn't allowed in elements
line 97 column 59 - Warning: missing before line 97 column 364 - Warning: inserting implicit line 97 column 466 - Error: discarding unexpected line 97 column 59 - Warning: missing line 112 column 361 - Error: discarding unexpected line 112 column 366 - Warning: missing line 118 column 71 - Warning: is not approved by W3C
line 118 column 212 - Warning: is not approved by W3C
line 119 column 340 - Error: discarding unexpected
line 144 column 1705 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 146 column 304 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 146 column 513 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 146 column 518 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 146 column 629 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 146 column 658 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 146 column 690 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 146 column 940 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 146 column 969 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 146 column 1001 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 153 column 2500 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 153 column 2722 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 153 column 2970 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 153 column 3004 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 153 column 3248 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 153 column 3283 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 153 column 3316 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 153 column 3532 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 304 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 622 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 627 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 895 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 902 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 1122 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 1151 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 1262 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 1291 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 1323 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 1576 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 1605 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 156 column 1637 - Warning: '<' + '/' + letter not allowed here
line 182 column 1 - Warning: missing
line 184 column 1 - Error: discarding unexpected
line 184 column 36 - Error: discarding unexpected
line 126 column 328 - Warning: missing line 184 column 50 - Error: discarding unexpected
Too many errors. Not all warnings/errors were shown.
8 errors / 119 warnings

http://promo.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?GetCrossPromos&strsellerid=nycstreetwear&seller=77626613&item=7714466498&storecat=0&category=11483&listedsite=0&method=1&CurrentPage=VIC&shipdiscount=0&track=MERC_VIC&&random=663

line 1 column 1 - Warning: missing declaration
line 59 column 48 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 59 column 48 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 77 column 33 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 77 column 33 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 91 column 36 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 91 column 36 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 112 column 48 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 112 column 48 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 130 column 33 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 130 column 33 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 144 column 36 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 144 column 36 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 165 column 48 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 165 column 48 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 183 column 33 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 183 column 33 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 197 column 36 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 197 column 36 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 218 column 48 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 218 column 48 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 236 column 33 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 236 column 33 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 250 column 36 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 250 column 36 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 283 column 51 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 283 column 51 - Warning: discarding newline in URI reference
line 9 column 1 - Warning: proprietary attribute "bottommargin"
line 9 column 1 - Warning: proprietary attribute "topmargin"
line 9 column 1 - Warning: proprietary attribute "marginheight"
line 9 column 97 - Warning: <script> inserting "type" attribute
line 11 column 245 - Warning: <script> inserting "type" attribute
line 44 column 1 - Warning: attribute "bgcolor" had invalid value "cdccd1" and has been replaced
line 59 column 48 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference
line 77 column 33 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference
line 91 column 36 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference
line 112 column 48 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference
line 130 column 33 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference
line 144 column 36 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference
line 165 column 48 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference
line 183 column 33 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference
line 197 column 36 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference
line 218 column 48 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference
line 236 column 33 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference
line 250 column 36 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference
line 283 column 51 - Warning: escaping malformed URI reference

0 errors / 46 warnings

http://promo.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?GetOSIWidget&itemId=7714466498&itemTitle=NEW%20DIESEL%20KRATT%20JEANS%20SIZE%2036%2F34%20ART%20793&viewerStatus=2&itemCatId=11483&listedsite=0&saleEndTime=&viewerSiteId=&sellerid=77626613&showCrossSellerPromos=1&track=MERC_VIC&random=469

line 1 column 1 - Warning: missing declaration
line 6 column 27 - Warning: content occurs after end of body
line 1 column 7 - Warning: inserting missing 'title' element
line 3 column 182 - Warning: <script> inserting "type" attribute
line 6 column 75 - Warning: <script> inserting "type" attribute
line 8 column 511 - Warning: trimming empty

0 errors / 6 warnings

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09-28-2005, 08:44 PM, Post: #6

xppman Tulip Fanatic Posts: 2,406 Likes Given: 0 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Joined: Jul 2005 Reputation: 0

Re: SLOW LOADING eBay PAGES What a mess. That's a lot of errors. So if anyone wonders were all those bidding wars and buyers went. A BIG portion of the problem may very well be the fact that so many get all those errors as well and I know for sure no one on dial up is going to wait more that 30 seconds for a page to load. So in essence, we are NOT really getting our money's worth from ebay. No ownder so many of us only use them to help drive traffic to our sites. 47% still on DIAL UP???? Wow that is higher than I though but does not suprise me. .

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09-28-2005, 11:30 PM, Post: #7

bargainbloodhound Lawnmower Mouth Posts: 4,372 Likes Given: 0 Likes Received: 4 in 4 posts Joined: Jul 2005 Reputation: 0

Re: SLOW LOADING eBay PAGES Its a lot of errors, and I'm sure it is one of the main reasons people who don't update their browsers regularly have trouble using the site without their browsers constantly crashing.  The average buyer isn't going to take the time to "clear their cache and reboot" and spend the necessary minutes/hours reconfiguring their computer so it will work with eBay, instead they are just going to head off to a site that works like Amazon, Yahoo Shopping, web site stores, etc. "Well, Jay was so giddy that someone named Jay was involved with this site we posted our first non-eBay listing in 3 years here at Lunarbid (we tried two items at Yahoo once upon a time, they bombed)" -Marie posting in a LunarBid thread at OTWA in 2005 wins the award for 'most moronic reason ever given for choosing a venue" "thanks twat u must have nothing better 2 do. do u talk to all your members like that. will not be recomending your site. best way to put it is TULIPTOOLS.COM IS REALLY SHIT. DONT JOIN." -pubescent owner of rinky dink off2auction.com in 2011

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09-28-2005, 11:42 PM, Post: #8

Anita Tulip Fanatic Posts: 2,157 Likes Given: 0 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Joined: Jul 2005 Reputation: 0

Re: SLOW LOADING eBay PAGES They need a new set  of programmers.  Look at all the errors.  Drug testing and IQ testing couldn't hurt 'em either!  I think when McDonald's drive through employees master the drive up window, they are promoted to eBay. NO offense meant!  Really.  I'm just being a smart asp.  I know... hard to believe!

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[xppman]

What a mess. That's a lot of errors. So if anyone wonders were all those bidding wars and buyers went. A BIG portion of the problem may very well be the fact that so many get all those errors as well and I know for sure no one on dial up is going to wait more that 30 seconds for a page to load. So in essence, we are NOT really getting our money's worth from ebay.
No ownder so many of us only use them to help drive traffic to our sites.

47% still on DIAL UP???? Wow that is higher than I though but does not suprise me.

[bargainbloodhound]

Its a lot of errors, and I'm sure it is one of the main reasons people who don't update their browsers regularly have trouble using the site without their browsers constantly crashing.  The average buyer isn't going to take the time to "clear their cache and reboot" and spend the necessary minutes/hours reconfiguring their computer so it will work with eBay, instead they are just going to head off to a site that works like Amazon, Yahoo Shopping, web site stores, etc.

[Anita]

They need a new set  of programmers.  Look at all the errors. 

Drug testing and IQ testing couldn't hurt 'em either! 
I think when McDonald's drive through employees master the drive up window, they are promoted to eBay.

NO offense meant!  Really.  I'm just being a smart asp.  I know... hard to believe!