Something has changed, the site has become more reliable. I suspect some maintenance has finally been done somewhere. I agree, not much member traffic right now but that seems to go with the territory during the summer. People are busy with their summer activities. I'm probably one of the few sick ones that messes with sleds in some fashion all summer.
Ads are still annoying and guest count is a good indicator of just how many robots are accessing the site and sniffing around for information. Happy to see that SnowTrailsUSA uses a robot checker that will cut down on this type of site intrusion.