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Slooow down...

Hello everyone. We’re running a little slow today. I’m sorry about that. We’re going to be making some changes over the next few days to update things.

The current search form will be temporarily replaced by a customized Google search. Ben and Corey (yeah that’s a new guy) will be working on putting together something much more robust than we have now.

Things should continue to run slow off and on until we put in some changes tomorrow.

Thank you,

Caleb

Update: We were down for a bit this evening due to the same issues. This is part of the changes Ben and Corey are working on. Thanks.

Posted by ActiveRain Real Estate Network on 09/13/2007 01:11 AM

Comments (70)

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70 Comments on Slooow down...

Well at least now I know it wasn't me! Thanks for the update.

09/12/2007 05:48 PM

by Simon Conway (Picket Fence Realty)

Thanks Caleb,

Let us know when the changes are coming so we can be prepared to spend the night with the family instead of waiting on the computer to load. LOL

09/12/2007 05:50 PM

by Randy Lyon (Kettley and Company)

Whew! ! !

I've already re-booted twice today.

09/12/2007 05:53 PM

by Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Real Estate

Caleb, I had noticed that AR was running slow. Thanks for the update!

09/12/2007 05:56 PM

by Brian Schulman - Your Lancaster County, PA Real Estate Professional (Coldwell Banker Select Professionals)

I thought my desk top was acting up so I switched to my laptop.....only to have the same problems. Thanks for the heads up

09/12/2007 05:58 PM

by Rob Baldwin, Santa Clarita REALTOR® (SCV Home Buyer)

Does this mean that when we search, that the posts can come up in order of DATE?

*crossing fingers*

09/12/2007 05:58 PM

by Tom Burris | FHA VA & Conv. Texas Mortgage Loans (DallasLoanGuy.com)

Thank you for letting us know why we are running a little slower today...slow is better than not at all!:)

09/12/2007 06:03 PM

by BLRGUY(Beach & Luxury Realty Inc)

Caleb, thanks so much for the update AND for all that you and the others do for us here.

09/12/2007 06:04 PM

by Kris Wales-Macomb County MI Real estate (RE/MAX Advantage 1, Inc.)

Thanks for the heads up! So much for doing a system scan =)

09/12/2007 06:19 PM

by Daniel Sundberg Foreclosure Specialist (Crystal Springs Real Estate)

Caleb, I thought it was the server, but at 5:30 this morning and only 400 on, I knew it wasn't. I have had AR opened in 2 windows today and been toggling back and forth. Glad that was a temporary solution.

09/12/2007 06:20 PM

by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Realtor Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor)

I was worried about my system, just turning and nothing happening. Now I know. Thanks

09/12/2007 06:23 PM

by Rosemary Brooks -Mother & Daughter (866)-750-8282 (Family Realty Group - 866-750-8282)

Thanks Caleb...I was wondering if it was something up with my computer and you just answered my question.

09/12/2007 06:24 PM

by Jo-Anne Smith-Belleville, Quinte and Prince Edward Region Real Estate, Ont. (Royal Lepage Proalliance Realty, Brokerage)

Geez, I have been fine all day....maybe the air is better in O-H-I-O !!!!

David

Improvement is always worth waiting for............thank you!

09/12/2007 06:33 PM

by Akron Ohio Homes for Sale. David M. Childress (Realty One Real Living)

Caleb - Thanks for the update. I appreciate everything you guys do to keep this place functioning!

09/12/2007 06:43 PM

by Gary Waters - Real Estate Agent Viera Suntree (Century 21 Baytree Realty www.moving2brevard.com)

I figured something was up, I glad it wasn't just me...

Tom Weiss

09/12/2007 07:00 PM

by Thomas Weiss (Thomas R. Weiss)

Thanks for the update.. It just had to be the day I decided to post a BLOG..... great timing.....

09/12/2007 07:02 PM

by Donna Paul- Long Island Home Specialist Suffolk and Nassau County (Keller Williams Realty Greater Nassau)

Oh Caleb - I appreciate your candidness. I was posting my first really informative blog and having such problems with wrapping text (my bad). Everything took years instead of minutes - over and over again - until I got it JUST RIGHT. Can you guess my sign??? ANYONE!!! (grin)

09/12/2007 07:02 PM

by Gail MacMillan Titusville/Brevard County FL Real Estate (Home Sweet Home Florida Realty, Inc.)

Caleb...

Corey needs a nickname...

If I don't nickname him I would not be doing my job.

Hello Corey...I am TLW...Nice to meet you :)

Don't listen to Code Monkey (Ben) I really am harmless. LOL.

TLW...ROAR!

09/12/2007 07:09 PM

by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)

Thanks Caleb......

Now if you could just fix all the error messages some of us have been receiving - all would be right on the Rain.

09/12/2007 07:19 PM

by Guilford Connecticut Real Estate Agent, Sandra Cummings (William Raveis Real Estate)

and I was blaming it on my new internet provider. =)

Is this the cause for clicking once and ending up with 3 identical comments also?

Thanks Caleb!

09/12/2007 07:30 PM

by Palmetto Bay | Redland Real Estate | Maggie Dokic (EWM Realtors)

Thanks Caleb! :)

09/12/2007 07:44 PM

by Suzanne Sands-Somerset, MA Real Estate (Century 21 Associates Realty)

Okay....I just open three windows anyway so I can do some other stuff while waiting for it to go in.....

09/12/2007 07:44 PM

by Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman (RA), e-PRO HAWAII Real Estate & HAWAII Relocation (Century 21 Liberty Homes -Mililani, Hawaii)

Thanks a bunch! BTW...the reason I am concerned is that I love Active Rain! Keep up the great work!

09/12/2007 08:48 PM

by Jim Crawford ~ Atlanta Real Estate-ABR E-PRO (RE/MAX Greater Atlanta)

Thanks for the update, Caleb. I was having a tough time earlier, but it seems faster now. Great community that you have created here. I thank you for that.

09/12/2007 08:59 PM

by Jason Crouch, Broker - Austin Texas Real Estate (Austin Texas Homes, LLC)

Ah....thanks for explaining. I kept running virus programs and rebooting to no avail. Good luck

09/12/2007 09:30 PM

by Boise Idaho Real Estate - George Tallabas (RE/MAX Advantage)

Whew...thanks for the heads up...now I can close those other windows!

09/12/2007 09:35 PM

by Joan Mirantz- Concord New Hampshire Realtor (Keeler Family Realtors)

Thank you for keep us apprised of the situation!

09/12/2007 09:38 PM

by Lisa Hill (Daytona Beach Real Estate) (Adams Cameron and Company)

Corey - Welcome - you are a brave man! Sherry

09/12/2007 09:48 PM

by Sherry Spengel | Wheaton IL (Prudential Spengel Realty)

Thanks for the update - now I know it's neither my Air Card nor my notebook. Thanks, too, for the continuing improvements.

09/12/2007 10:10 PM

by Sharon Simms St Pete Florida CRS CIPS CLHMS (RE/MAX Metro)

Thanks for the update.

I was going for the prune juice until I read this...

09/12/2007 10:34 PM

by Mike Jaquish Keller Williams Realty, Cary, NC (Keller Williams Realty)

Glad to hear the AR Team is on the case. It's been a frustrating day today waiting, waiting, waiting ... Looking forward to see what new features you'll include in the search function.

09/12/2007 10:36 PM

by John Novak - Las Vegas and Henderson NV Real Estate (Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace)

Well, I ran Adware, deleted cookies, deleted temp files and began to think my air card had reverted back to dial-up speed. I do thank you in that I got a couple loads of laundry done while waiting ... and waiting ... and waiting ...

09/12/2007 11:13 PM

by Elaine Reese, REALTOR® in central Ohio (Real Living HER, Worthington Ohio)

s l o w ?

r e a l l y ?

Oh, it is faster now, for a lit t l e w h i l e maybe

09/13/2007 12:09 AM

by Summit County, Colorado Realtor l Joanne Hanson (Coldwell Banker Colorado Rockies Real Estate)

Thanks for the update. Was getting errors and no service and had sent you guys a note -- then when you came back up found this message.

09/13/2007 12:37 AM

by Bob & Carolin Benjamin - E Phoenix Arizona Real Estate (The Benjamin Team - Keller Williams Integrity First Realty )

Thanks Caleb! You guys are the BEST!

09/13/2007 01:18 AM

by Mary Warren, Las Vegas Real Estate (Keller Williams Southern Nevada)

THat's funny...I just came across this post and I already made an inquiry...I have confidence the slowness will ultimately result in more greatness so I'm not going to complain...thanks for the community...

09/13/2007 01:19 AM

by Rondel Williams, Real Estate Web Development, Blogs, IDX, Personal Websit (Extra Mile Solutions)

I was wondering what was going on. I was starting to think it was my connection!

09/13/2007 01:25 AM

by Creative Group R.E. Inc.

I am sure you won't read these, lol right. My tech and I have been scratching heads-not each others, lol, trying to figure out what was happening with my system. IE and AR, couldn't figure out which one needed help. I even re-downloaded IE thinking for sure it was my new system. Tried the old system and it didn't even want to wake up and try.

You are appreciated.As we grow bigger and bigger, maybe we will need to divide the system AR P Professional and AR L for Localism. Humm, if there was a way to post to both when need be, that might be a good remedy-2 servers?

09/13/2007 01:53 AM

by San Diego Real Estate Voice authored by William Johnson GRI CRS e-PRO (RE/MAX Associates)

Caleb thanks for the update. There were 2 times I tried to get on yesterday and everthing was so slow that I jumped off.

09/13/2007 04:58 AM

by James Gordon REALTOR® PBD SRS (Sibcy Cline Realtors®)

Yeah my finger hurts. Now my head hurts...oh who cares...as long as you guys made us faster I won't have to keep deleting my repeat comments:)

09/13/2007 06:12 AM

by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)

Caleb, Thanks for the update... Knew something was wacky.. and I am just glad it was not me..:-)

09/13/2007 06:51 AM

by My Favorite Mortgage.net - Matthew J Blum

I have noticed but did not want to say anything because you normally come on and let us know what is up. Thanks for the update and letting us know everything is back in shape.

09/13/2007 07:25 AM

by Susan Trombley Re/Max Broker Raleigh NC & Surrounding Areas (Re/Max Hometown)

Thanks for the heads up. Because normally AR runs at a great speed. By the way, wonderful website!

09/13/2007 07:26 AM

by Al Maxwell - Real Estate Agent - (Coldwell Banker)

Caleb,

Next time I'll look here first rather than at my computer!

Thanks for the "heads-up".

Lucky :)

09/13/2007 08:05 AM

by Lucky Lang, Davenport, Iowa Real Estate (Mel Foster Company)

Thank Caleb,
I had a heck of a time yesterday afternoon but so far this morning all is well. Just being informed is refreshing, don't get that many places. Thanks for all you guys do. Welcome, Corey glad to have you onboard.

09/13/2007 08:26 AM

by Cynthia Tilghman, Realtor® Onslow County NC Home Specialist (Kingsbridge Realty, Inc)

Caleb: Thanks for the update and improvements-to-come. I guess you know by now how addictive Active Rain has become in the real estate community:-)

09/13/2007 08:29 AM

by Roberta Murphy - Carlsbad Real Estate North County San Diego Realtor (Villa Sotheby's International Realty)

As one tech company to another, I recognized and completely felt your pain yesterday. Thanks for the update!

09/13/2007 08:43 AM

by Tracy Thrower Conyers - Online Marketing Solutions That Work! (IDXdirect, inc.)

I am SO glad to know that it was you and not me! I thought so because my other windows seemed to be working okay, but having fried two hard drives this year, I was a bit nervous. Thanks for all the work!

09/13/2007 08:58 AM

by Tricia Jumonville, EcoBroker® (ERA Colonial Real Estate)

Caleb, You are not blaming this on the poor new guy are you? :) Glad to see we're back to almost normal! Way to go Ben and Corey (Look out for that nickname Corey!)

09/13/2007 09:02 AM

by Lysa Napolitano, Call Coordinator ~ Century 21 Sundance (Century 21 Sundance)

Appreciate the updates, as always. DID notice the slow down, and the site being down just when I was ready to post. But it worked out just fine. keep up the good work.

Jeff

09/13/2007 09:12 AM

by Jeff Dowler ~ Carlsbad Real Estate (RE/MAX Associates)

Caleb, always nice to know what is on the horizon. Thanks for the update. And a big welcome to Corey!

09/13/2007 09:43 AM

by Sacramento Real Estate and Luxury Homes, Assoc. Real Estate Broker,Gena Riede (Remax Gold, Assoc Broker)

I was afraid AR was about to self destruct :(

09/13/2007 09:54 AM

by Portland Oregon Real Estate Broker * Jennifer Bukaty * (RE/MAX equity group, inc.)

You guys want to hear something funny? System down last night and I emailed Caleb to ask if it was down all night...I rebooted and it was back up so I emailed him and said never mind and figured it was our side. Nope...coincidence..that was funny..Okay...you had to be here.

09/13/2007 10:21 AM

by Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman (RA), e-PRO HAWAII Real Estate & HAWAII Relocation (Century 21 Liberty Homes -Mililani, Hawaii)

Thanks for giving us the head's up on what's happening.

09/13/2007 10:44 AM

by Laguna Homes|Laguna Condos| Laguna Real Estate|Marlene Bridges (Sherman Smith & Associates)

They're feeling pretty zippy now... I figured it was a sign of success that the servers were so taxed.

09/13/2007 10:54 AM

by Chuck Willman, Arizona Realtor®, ABR, TRC (Gentry Realty)

I noticed but I'm not complaining. Keep up the good work. Though some of these passwords are getting on my nerves because I cannot spell them! :)

09/13/2007 11:35 AM

by Chris Lengquist, RIPS (Keller Williams Realty)

Thanks so much for the update. I was ready to bring my computer in for servicing. I don't know how you can improve on perfection, but I will look forward to the changes.

P.S. Obviously, I love this site :)

09/13/2007 11:48 AM

by Linda M. Cataldo - Myrtle Beach Real Estate (Century 21 Boling)

Yes I also noticed how slow things were running and I thought it was my connection. Being that I was blogging on borrowed time I was a little bummed. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I am smiling now. keep up the good work and thanks.

09/13/2007 12:13 PM

by Sharon (Toni) Brown - South Ozone Park - New York City Real Estate (Exit Realty United)

Glad you posted this because I thought it was either my computer or my ISP

09/13/2007 02:16 PM

by Joe Dallorso ~ Ocala Real Estate (Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty)

Well, that explains why I had so much trouble...thanks for letting us know as I thought it was my computer!

09/13/2007 02:17 PM

by Lake Norman Real Estate ~ Diane Aurit (RE/MAX at the Lake)

I thought it was me!! Glad to hear it isnt on my end.

09/13/2007 03:07 PM

by Chris Gempeler - Mountain Top Realtor (Keller Williams Realty)

Phew! I was worried the Search was going to stay with Google and wondered if I was the only one not able to find anything...thanks for the update!

09/13/2007 03:39 PM

by 2 Hounds Design: Toronto Decorator + Stager Dane Caldwell (2 Hounds Design + Home Staging)

Caleb - posting straight to groups has been failing all day for several of us! FYI - thanks for the coming enhancements :-)

09/13/2007 06:46 PM

by Clearwater Real Estate Pinellas County Condos & Homes for Sale- Cyndee Haydon (Charles Rutenberg Realty)

Thank you for trying to keep this running smooth and fast.

09/14/2007 01:43 AM

by Darrel Quebedeaux (Evergreen Realty & Associates Inc.)

thank you for your posts.

http://www.processfront.com/Business/Real_Estate/

09/14/2007 04:52 AM

by Lisa Ray (process front)

thank you for your posts.

http://www.processfront.com/Business/Real_Estate/

09/14/2007 04:52 AM

by Lisa Ray (process front)

Love the new search!!! Thanks guys!!

09/14/2007 08:35 AM

by Margaret Rome- Baltimore, Md.-HomeRome.com (TREC-Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome)

Oh good, I thought I was losing it and wasn't sure why the google search was coming up. Thanks for all you do.

09/15/2007 01:02 AM

by Debbie Small, CRS, GRI (Long & Foster Realtors)

I had no idea AR started here in my own backyard!! Congrats you guys and thanks for an awesome forum to network and gain clients!

09/20/2007 01:36 AM

by Sandy Noll - Realtor, eAgent (Keller Williams Realty Kirkland)

Thanks for the update Caleb!! improvements are priceless . Thanks

09/26/2007 12:44 AM

by Timothy Butterworth (Oregon Realty company)

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