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13 points by chei0aiV 11y ago

mschuster91 11y ago
It indeed is amazing, the site loaded in under 0.5s for me from cold cache. Compared to virtually any other blog or news site with some particular nasty examples taking >20s.
- jacquesm 11y ago
  That's mostly due to trimming externally loaded stuff. I did the same for my blog and the results are pretty amazing.
jacquesm 11y ago
I love his stance on serving his users and to trim the blog to the minimum required to make it work.
jseliger 11y ago
I write a blog and have the same policy. I do take books and occasionally other stuff for review, though (see e.g. here: http://jakeseliger.com/2009/11/01/product-review-das-keyboard/ http://jakeseliger.com/2009/11/01/product-review-das-keyboar...). Usually I don't bother noting books because I don't remember which ones came from publishers and which ones I bought. Plus, I just don't think a $5 – $20 book (retail prices) is a big deal. Oddly, after writing "Why you should become a nurse or physicians assistant instead of a doctor: the underrated perils of medical school" (http://jakeseliger.com/2012/10/20/why-you-should-become-a-nurse-or-physicians-assistant-instead-of-a-doctor-the-underrated-perils-of-medical-school/ http://jakeseliger.com/2012/10/20/why-you-should-become-a-nu...), I got a bunch of people selling medical stuff asking to pay to write posts or do various other things. I just deleted all the emails.
CM30 11y ago
As yet another person who writes a blog (of sorts, though it's more accurately described as a news site), I pretty much 100% agree with the article writer. Indeed, every single deal I've been offered I've turned down, whether that be for free games, press releases, networks or anything else. But what I find fascinating here (and this was briefly touched upon in the post), is how desperate many of these advertisers seem to actually be. I mean, they literally just approach anyone, regardless of whether the site has about 20 people a day or 20,000 a day. And if it's legal? Oh, who cares. I know people on Youtube who were approached for sponsorship despite posting nothing but songs taken from other sources. The speed increase from removing tracking scripts and ad network stuff is nice too, though that's not really going to be the biggest concern in future, since adblockers are inspiring a move towards the type of 'native' content that he complains about.

13 points by chei0aiV 11y ago

It indeed is amazing, the site loaded in under 0.5s for me from cold cache. Compared to virtually any other blog or news site with some particular nasty examples taking >20s.

jacquesm 11y ago
That's mostly due to trimming externally loaded stuff. I did the same for my blog and the results are pretty amazing.

jacquesm 11y ago

I love his stance on serving his users and to trim the blog to the minimum required to make it work.

jseliger 11y ago

I write a blog and have the same policy. I do take books and occasionally other stuff for review, though (see e.g. here: http://jakeseliger.com/2009/11/01/product-review-das-keyboard/ http://jakeseliger.com/2009/11/01/product-review-das-keyboar...). Usually I don't bother noting books because I don't remember which ones came from publishers and which ones I bought. Plus, I just don't think a $5 – $20 book (retail prices) is a big deal. Oddly, after writing "Why you should become a nurse or physicians assistant instead of a doctor: the underrated perils of medical school" (http://jakeseliger.com/2012/10/20/why-you-should-become-a-nurse-or-physicians-assistant-instead-of-a-doctor-the-underrated-perils-of-medical-school/ http://jakeseliger.com/2012/10/20/why-you-should-become-a-nu...), I got a bunch of people selling medical stuff asking to pay to write posts or do various other things. I just deleted all the emails.

CM30 11y ago

As yet another person who writes a blog (of sorts, though it's more accurately described as a news site), I pretty much 100% agree with the article writer. Indeed, every single deal I've been offered I've turned down, whether that be for free games, press releases, networks or anything else. But what I find fascinating here (and this was briefly touched upon in the post), is how desperate many of these advertisers seem to actually be. I mean, they literally just approach anyone, regardless of whether the site has about 20 people a day or 20,000 a day. And if it's legal? Oh, who cares. I know people on Youtube who were approached for sponsorship despite posting nothing but songs taken from other sources. The speed increase from removing tracking scripts and ad network stuff is nice too, though that's not really going to be the biggest concern in future, since adblockers are inspiring a move towards the type of 'native' content that he complains about.