Ads slow site to a halt on Chrome on Android

ThisRegard · 17-04-2015 08:46PM #1

The touch site has become unbearably slow in chrome. When you open a page it will slow to a halt when loading before finally responding once the ads have loaded.

I suspected the unresponsiveness was due to the ads so I tested it out by installing an ad blocker.

When running the ad blocker it's night and day, pages load instantly and it's like I'm using a different device.

Other sites with ads I don't have this problem with, no undue load times.

It has to be due to how the ads are integrated and loaded for this site?

Royale with Cheese · 19-04-2015 11:26PM

Came on here to post the same thing. Didn't bother testing with an ad blocker, just noticed chrome getting very laggy whenever there were ads on the page. Fine without.

brevity · 21-04-2015 03:09PM

Was going to post this the other day but I didn't know if it was my device or the site. Chrome and Dolphin browser stutter and flicker when browsing the touch site. Its pretty much unusable. I also think it must be the number of ads on the page.

I've resorted to using Firefox with the ad blocker enabled at its a bit better.

Discodog · 21-04-2015 09:25PM

brevity wrote: »

Was going to post this the other day but I didn't know if it was my device or the site. Chrome and Dolphin browser stutter and flicker when browsing the touch site. Its pretty much unusable. I also think it must be the number of ads on the page. Loo

I've resorted to using Firefox with the ad blocker enabled at its a bit better.

I am having the same problem. Nexus 5 Lollipop 5.1

brevity · 21-04-2015 10:35PM

Discodog wrote: »

I am having the same problem. Nexus 5 Lollipop 5.1

On a Sony z3 with lollipop 5 myself. The issue was happening on KitKat though and seemed to coincide with an update of chrome. The update that included the pull down to refresh feature.

ThisRegard · 23-04-2015 07:34AM

I'm not sure it's related to the version of Chrome as that pull down feature is not in tablets AFAIK and they have the same issue.

Psygnosis · 23-04-2015 07:36AM

Exact same issue here as well. Nexus 5 lollipoo

ShadowHearth · 23-04-2015 10:24AM

Same here on the phone. Even when loaded up its still lagging whole website. Really annoying. 2gb or ram on my phone and there should be no such issues. Clearly something wrong with ads.

ShadowHearth · 24-04-2015 08:29PM

Is it me, or slowdown is directly effected by that plus500 ad?

ThisRegard · 24-04-2015 10:47PM

I suspected that bloody stupid ad myself when I first started noticing the problem. I even checked out the inappropriate ad thread to see if it was flagged there.

ShadowHearth · 25-04-2015 08:28PM

Okay, 100% that's the ad that causing slow down issue. You can make it not appear anymore. I did and website became normal and responsive.

Ads slow site to a halt on Chrome on Android

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