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Asked: 2026-05-24T16:21:25+00:00

I’m trying to have my website have a similar functionality to this one: [removed]

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I’m trying to have my website have a similar functionality to this one:

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Basically the counters go down, and every time someone bids on that item, the counter is reset to 15 seconds.

I suspect I need to use a comet like implementation, no? Am I correct in this assesment?

I don’t think every auction on that page is constantly pinging the server for updates, rather the server is fowarding the message “Hey, someone bid here!” to the website.

Here’s the thing, I’ve never done comet like behavior on a website, and according to this question (which is very dated), it’s very difficult to do in ASP.Net.

Do I need comet here or are there better alternatives?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It doesn’t use comet at all. As you can see in firebug it keeps doing ajax requests and receiving JSON to update the data.

    LanceLivre

    I did some recent testing & research with comet ( I need it in an upcoming project), and I found out that Websync from Frozenmountain and PokeIn are the best options so far. It’s just 2 difficult and 2 much time consuming to write your own implementation. You can have an up and running great one for just a small price.

    Edit 19/02/2012

    There is a new alternative.

    SignalR

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