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FalconCapt · September 11th, 2004, 00:43

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I think you misunderstood the original thread... the bandwidth has to deal with people linking to the site.. lurkers aren't the main concern and really don't affect the bandwidth.. but when we put full articles into the thread, google links onto that which brings the lurkers.. and the lurkers in turn link to the thread showing the entire article instead of linking to the origin of the original article.. that's where the bandwidth comes into play...

lurkers are not a problem but direct article linking from other sites can become a problem and slow the processing of the server down.

does that explain a little more? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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So what you are saying then is that the full article being posted creates a larger page to be loaded everytime someone views it, and a larger page obviously requires more bandwidth to load (as opposed to a simple, short link, to the original news article on someone elses site, utilizing their bandwidth)? Just like a very long thread takes more bandwidth to load than a thread with only one or two posts, correct? Or a popular thread utilizes more bandwidth than an unpopular thread that because it is viewed more often and hence that data needs to be transfered more often, which in turn utilizes bandwidth, correct???

Am I on the right page here?

September 11th, 2004, 00:43	#28
FalconCapt Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA Posts: 489	Re: Been doin\' some thinking [ QUOTE ] I think you misunderstood the original thread... the bandwidth has to deal with people linking to the site.. lurkers aren't the main concern and really don't affect the bandwidth.. but when we put full articles into the thread, google links onto that which brings the lurkers.. and the lurkers in turn link to the thread showing the entire article instead of linking to the origin of the original article.. that's where the bandwidth comes into play... lurkers are not a problem but direct article linking from other sites can become a problem and slow the processing of the server down. does that explain a little more? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] So what you are saying then is that the full article being posted creates a larger page to be loaded everytime someone views it, and a larger page obviously requires more bandwidth to load (as opposed to a simple, short link, to the original news article on someone elses site, utilizing their bandwidth)? Just like a very long thread takes more bandwidth to load than a thread with only one or two posts, correct? Or a popular thread utilizes more bandwidth than an unpopular thread that because it is viewed more often and hence that data needs to be transfered more often, which in turn utilizes bandwidth, correct??? Am I on the right page here?