Notice the speed boost? In the past, when you first load this blog, you probably see the posts unfold, as if in slow motion, one by one. It’s like
1st post loading..
tapping finger..
2nd post loading..
tapping foot..
3rd post loading……
While browsing through the Main Index Template, I realised I have installed the FeedBurner Site Stats (not to be confused with Feeds Stats) code and totally forgotten about it.
<script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/ericulous?i=<?php the_permalink() ?>" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
This code snippet is inserted within The Loop. Meaning a javascript to an external site (FeedBurner) is called for every single post. No wonder so WOLS!
1st post loading..
inform feedbuner
2nd post loading..
inform feedbuner
3rd post loading….
After removing the code.. bam.. the blog content loaded swiftly. Sweet 
*update: built a Feedburner SiteStats wordpress plugin to counter this issue
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öhm?
I don’t understand!
you remove the feedburner code from the loop?
and now? where is the code now?
Hey Eric,
Sorry to hear that you were having trouble with our Stats. I’m happy to help try to identify the issue. Our code is embeded in plenty of sites around the web, so if there is an issue, we sure would love to nail it down.
Feel free to give me a shout at my email to see if we can figure this out!
Thanks!
Jake Parrillo
Publisher Services Team
FeedBurner
A reply within 3 hours of my posting.. and for a free service.. and on my little blog. I’m impressed! Full marks for Feedburner’s support. Will be glad to help out Jake
Hey…we gotta make sure we stay on top of things, you know?
Send me a note, but let me know what you think of putting it back in and lettting us do some tests on it?
Let me know!
Jake Parrillo
Publisher Services Team
FeedBurner
Hi Jared, sorry your comment got eaten by akismet
I removed it completely but based on Jake’s feedback, it can actually go into the footer. Will be monitoring and post an update on this