I have a fast server but advertising can really grind the page to a halt. Sometimes an ad can even break the page and if that’s the top ad then…
So, I was wondering if anyone had used jQuery to load ads after a page had loaded? In theory, it sounds great. I could load the page in double-quick-time then load the ads.
While I could knock up a few page to test the theory, I’d be more worried about the longer term effect of advertisers not liking the practice. Some don’t like ads loading into an iframe, for example. Will they get all the referrer information they want?
I realise advertising is a nasty subject, so I apologise for that.
[UPDATE]
I’ve created a test page which loads an advert via ajax. The advert is javascript but it replaces my whole page with the advert.
$.ajax({ type: "GET", url: "test.php", data: "ad=1", dataType: "script", success: function(response){ $('#advert').html(response); } });
<div id="advert"></div>
I’ve also used dataType: html with no success.
Use one of the following methods:
$.getScript
iframe append
script append