Speed issues and trips to the database

[szlamany]

Web services are slow in general...

That's a big generalization.

A well made web method can build it's data-for-return quicker than most native asp.net methods. I make sure to use StringBuilder to allocate memory and poke the strings into concatenation...

I switched from using asp.net to my own ajax/jquery/vb.net web methods as a way to make things run faster actually.