RSS Feeds - Do they slow down web sites?

Discussion in 'XML & RSS' started by tridean, Feb 18, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hello,
    I've been noticing two of my web sites (that share the same host) have periods (all too often I might add) of really slow load times and to make matters worse, only a portion of the page loads.

    What's even weirder is that when only a portion of the page loads, it loads the head section, but not the left side navigation, then half the body and that's where it ends. There is also always a bit of html code right at the bottom where the cut off appears like <p align= etc.....

    There seems to be no rhyme or reason .

    I contacted my host and they asked me if I use RSS feeds from an external source which I do.

    Does anyone else have this problem. I'm wondering whether I have too many lines in my rss feeds. I use a code like this <!-- include virtual="/rssfeeds.php"--> and have the php script in the root directory with around 5 rss feeds?

    I have asked my host how RSS feeds may cause this to occur but no answer yet.

    Dean
     
    tridean, Feb 18, 2007 IP
  2. Indyan

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    No, it doesnt.
    When you load a page, the rss content isnt loaded. All that is loaded it 1 extra line in the header. It just tells the browser/feed reader that rss is provided by this site, and contains the location of the feed.
     
    Indyan, Feb 26, 2007 IP