The other day I found this Gomez test, which tests the performance of your site, and tells you which bits are taking longer to load than others. The three things which were dragging the site down were various external bits and bobs from Newsgator, Technorati, and the Xbox Live Gamercard.
This morning I read on the
[Scobleizer](http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2005/11/16/38-talking-
technorati/) that Technorati have rolled out a major
update which, among other
things, has enhanced their performance. One quick Gomez test later, and I can
confirm that Technorati is no longer adversely affecting my load times. Having
pulled the Gamercard too (which will make an appearance later, just probably
not on the home page), I’m just left with a sluggish Newsgator link to do
something about.
Update: Looks like Newsgator isn’t actually hurting my performance any more either, at least not this morning.