According to a story on El Reg the mean size of web pages has more than trebled since 2003 from 97.3KB to more than 321KB.  This is being blamed on us dastardly bloggers for driving the mean number of objects per page up from 25.7 to 49.9.  The story which was based upon some research by WebsiteOptimization.com explained that more and more sites are uploading widgets, gadgets and embedded video resulting in the average page swelling by more than 60KB to 312KB by the end of December.  Projections for next year expect us to reach 385KB.

Not good news for technophobes, like my Dad, who is still in the dark ages using dial-up.  It is looking increasingly as though, if he wants to find out how his fantasy football team is doing, (beating mine unfortuantely) then he will have to start trying to get on the web on Friday night so he can view the results on Sunday.

Paul Stallard