Thanks, guys. It's very much appreciated. I had a feeling that there would be a few contributing factors. I bet my server is pretty bogged down since the number of databases being used.
In the future I suppose I will have to consider renting my own server somewhere. If anyone knows of any great rates with PHP 4.3+ and MySQL I'd appreciate it. Otherwise I was thinking about a local server company,
http://www.serverbeach.com which I believe has a good rate ($99/month) for Linux Redhat. But I'm still debating about this.
Again, thanks. I really appreciate the info. I'll have to do some more brainstorming about what would be the best thing to do.