tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post7089846031077101119..comments2024-03-14T01:22:21.483-04:00Comments on Basil's Blog: Pardon Our DustBasilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-69253166586136704772005-12-30T03:40:56.000-05:002005-12-30T03:40:56.000-05:00I know that most everyone likes all your meals. I...I know that most everyone likes all your meals. I, however, like your stories. Once a day stories or headlines are good for me...<br>I think you ought to do one meal a day.<br>Maybe brinnper...The Big Sister (who's 5'4")http://www.basilsblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-4411496390730946182005-12-28T08:35:45.000-05:002005-12-28T08:35:45.000-05:00Can't weigh in with any hack tips, but from a ...Can't weigh in with any hack tips, but from a regular reader, the in-line tbs are a great idea and worth keeping. 2 cents. lgpLynhttp://blogginoutloud.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-44902943059619476502005-12-28T04:36:37.000-05:002005-12-28T04:36:37.000-05:00Commissar: I hadn't thought about the feed. It...Commissar: I hadn't thought about the feed. It's 3.34% of requests, but I have no idea if that's high or low. I suspect low.<br><br>The knowledge that there's not a lot I can do about it, other than cut it off, eases things. It's one rabbit I don't have to chase. Thanks!basilhttp://www.basilsblog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-90845030904803653072005-12-28T04:25:09.000-05:002005-12-28T04:25:09.000-05:00Sean makes a good point.I have confronted similar ...Sean makes a good point.<br><br>I have confronted similar issues wiht my host, eventually moving to a dedicated server. A big issue that we identified was the RSS feed. Every time anyone anywhere (who has your little blog on their RSS feed) refreshes, it hits your server. We never really solved this problem, I wish I could say we had.<br><br>But just keep in mind that your resource usage may just be "big," without any quick fix.The Commissarhttp://acepilots.com/mtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-89906365764707517582005-12-28T04:01:16.000-05:002005-12-28T04:01:16.000-05:00Jo: Yeah, mine only shows inline TrackBacks on &qu...Jo: Yeah, mine only shows inline TrackBacks on "Open TrackBacks" and "Articles of Interest" categories. I did that to try to limit "add your post" links to posts designed for that.<br><br>Sean: Thank you for the tip. I'm checking that now.basilhttp://www.basilsblog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-41163460810284330092005-12-28T02:34:22.000-05:002005-12-28T02:34:22.000-05:00As you know, I was having the same problems. I did...As you know, I was having the same problems. I did (and am still doing) a whole lot of hacking to get rid of unneeded function calls, which helped pare down the CPU usage a little.<br><br>But there's one thing I did which <i>cut the usage in half</i>, and that was edit the htaccess file to deny from certain referers. I noticed looking at the stats that I was getting hundreds of page requests per day with spammy URLs as the 'Referer.' These were robot-generated hits, not real visitors, but the server was treating them like real visitors and going through all the processing to send them the pages every time. I was getting about as many fake hits as real ones!<br><br>But now, the worst offenders (four or five URLs were 99 percent of the problem) get only a "HTTP 403 DENIED" response instead of a page. If you're getting a lot of referer spam, you should try that too. You get a huge payoff in CPU savings for only a couple lines of code in the htaccess file.<br><br>DreamHost <a href="https://panel.dreamhost.com/kbase/index.cgi?area=2501" rel="nofollow">has a page on this topic</a> which you might find useful. You can e-mail me, too, if you need any help.Sean Gleesonhttp://sean.gleeson.us/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-4151721961800347542005-12-28T01:40:08.000-05:002005-12-28T01:40:08.000-05:00I thought all along you were using Simply Kimberly...I thought all along you were using Simply Kimberly's trackback plugin -- that's the one I use .. although you may have yours written to do something else in the background. Got my fingers crossed all goes well --Johttp://joscafe.comnoreply@blogger.com