Originally Posted by RichardInSF
Quite slow loading today. Modest delays due to tribalfusion, then long delays trying to load "pagead2.googlesyndication.com." Doesn't take rocket science to figure out why it was going to THAT website. It appears that if google gets bamboozled running its ad algorithm, it eventually gives up and that's why you sometimes get an empty "sponsored links" box.
I agree. I don't buy the argument that the slowdowns we see on FT have "nothing to do with ads." My observational evidence suggests this is not true. Often the delay is due to waiting for tribalfusion and the google site.