Why is the main page so slow to load sometimes?
There are many factors which can cause a web page to load slowly. Other than the obvious circumstances which can plague all internet sites (network congestion, server overload, etc.) one problem can occur when a graphic image from a remote server doesn’t load as fast as it should. Since the counter services rely on this function to keep an accurate tally, the images at the bottom of the page will sometimes cause a short delay while they are retrieved from a remote server. This seems to occur more often with Netscape than Internet Explorer. If you don’t want to wait, click the “Stop” button at the top of your browser and you can almost always see the rest of the page without the delayed graphic. If none of the page appears then you will need to click the “reload” button in your browser.
