Adsense is slowing page loads - people complaining

Hello
I have my adsense placed below the navbar on talkarizona.com.

it seems that it is slowing the page load on the site to the point people are getting frustrated.

I did a google search on this and it seems that everything under the adsense stops loading until the js file from google is called.

How can I speed things up?

edit: I should say that this is only noticeable in internet explorer

Hi Kevin,

You could put your adsense code in your footer, then position it using an absolute <div>.

That way it would be positioned where you like, but loaded last (or almost last) of all.

can I do that with putting the ads under the navbar?

I had the same problem before. I had adsense in my header and it made the site really slow for IE users (it seemed fine for Firefox users).

I took it out and my income has halved.

I'd love to find out a solution so I can have the adsense code there and still have a fast site.

Can someone explain how to position the adsense code using an absolute <div>?

using absolute positioning will only work if you have a FIXED height from your logo to under your nav bar, and this goes for ALL resolutions you want to support. line wraps will change everything.


first, make a holder block X pixles high where you want the add to appear.
this can be done with a blank <div style="height: 80px;"></div> or using margins on the element above or below it.

then, in the footer, put your ad code

<div style="position: absolute; top: XXXpx; left: YYYpx;">AD CODE HERE</div>

Thanks.