Bridge Ward News » Bandwidth http://bridgeward.org.uk News from Bridge Ward, Ipswich including the Hayes, Old Stoke, Prince of Wales Drive, Maidenhall Estate and Wherstead Road Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:38:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Bandwidth Problems http://bridgeward.org.uk/bandwidth-problems/ http://bridgeward.org.uk/bandwidth-problems/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:48:51 +0000 James Spencer http://bridgeward.org.uk/?p=361 I’ve had a couple of polite emails from my hosting service that I’m almost at my monthly bandwidth limit as in the last few months the bandwidth usage has been creeping up and is now three times what it was a couple of months ago.  This has not been helped by the Israeli, Russian and South Korean users trying to leave messages on my site selling all sorts of goods that a site like this has no wish to sell, I also suspect my new theme has not helped.  However the constantly higher viewing figures are also an issue.

This may mean that I will need to find a way of monetising this site to pay for a better hosting package.  Any ideas?  I know Ad Sense is easy, but it’s not a particularly attractive addition to the site.

If anyone knows how to prohibit certain sites from using up my bandwidth by spamming my comments without seriously annoying search engines I’d like to hear them.  I quite like people looking for Seymour Road or Station Street coming on to this site, I’ve picked up quite a few regular readers this way.

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