Starting last night, it now takes me 2-3 hours to run an audit on http://www.link-assitant.com. I am currently running a test as I write this and I am at 2% with 2:58:23 estimated time.

I have checked my internet service and I am currently downloading at 24mbp.

What am I doing wrong?

You might be using a set of slow proxies in WebSite Auditor and/or updating a lot of ranking factors that take a while.

Please click "Enable Expert options" when you create a project and uncheck harvesting of all ranking factors (you can harvest them later) — that might speed up the process.

If you're still getting the error, please click Help -> Send project to support, we'll check your logs for possible errors.

I unchecked all "Internal" and "External" factors in advanced settings but when I start the scan I still says "Update Ranking Factors for "http://www.insertsitehere.com"

Any idea what i'm doing wrong?

Could you please give us the real URL if the website you are trying to create a project for (you may send it in a private message if you don't want to post it here)?

We will analyze the website and provide you with further instructions.