Posted by LisaWI on 12/4/07 8:53am
Msg #224154

Questions on Group Forums(Yahoo/Google)

In our Yahoo Group, I find that it is slow to post a message sometimes. Sometimes up to 9 minutes. Has anyone used both of these group forums and say one is quicker than the other when it comes to posting on them? Or is there an alternative to these 2 that is quicker?

Reply by BrendaTx on 12/4/07 8:56am
Msg #224155

Google is much, much quicker. n/m

Reply by LisaWI on 12/4/07 8:58am
Msg #224156

Re: Google is much, much quicker.

Thank you Ma'am!

Reply by CopperheadVA on 12/4/07 9:02am
Msg #224158

Re: Google is much, much quicker.

I have noticed that once in a while Yahoo messages can post up to a day later (doesn't happen often, but it does happen). However, I much prefer Yahoo Groups to Google Groups as far as the layout of the sites, ease of navigation and how messages are displayed, especially in digest mode.

Reply by PAW on 12/4/07 10:27am
Msg #224179

Yahoo is quicker than Google, but ...

At least in my experience and nothing really new since both Google and Yahoo have done much to improve and enhance their systems. It seems to depend on lots of different factors, including the age of the group. I have one Yahoo group that is over 7 years old and the response time is very quick. The SigningAgent group that I have is over 5 years old and is also very quick, even with a higher concentration of traffic. Another group that I have was on Google, but we had so many problems with it that we moved it to MSN. What a mistake that was. We ended up moving it to Yahoo and that's where it is today. It doesn't seem to respond as quickly as the older groups though. I think this is because it is on a different server that has more overall traffic even though the group traffic itself is fairly light compared to many other groups.