26 Mar 2018

Beginner’s Guide to Minifying CSS, HTML, and JS

Websites have been making use of CSS, HTML, and JavaScript or JS for years. Unfortunately, the more of this code you add to your website, the slower that a website can be. That’s why programmers and web designers need to practice minification. This programming model involves analyzing the text of a website in order to reduce each page’s file size. The smaller the file is, the faster it will load for the user. How Does It Work? When a web developer [...]
22 Mar 2018

Top 5 Free Website Speed Test Tools of 2018

How quickly a website loads can have a major impact on how successful that site is. Studies have shown that users don’t want to wait for a slow page to load, even when it’s a site they want to visit. If it takes more than a few seconds, they’re likely to close the page and go to another. For ecommerce sites, that results in lost sales. What can companies do to prevent this? The first step in fixing slow [...]
01 Mar 2018

CDNs 101: The Basics of Content Delivery Networks

For years, the basic way to host and share media files was with a standard web server. You uploaded the files to the server, then users downloaded these files, either viewing them online or saving them to their computers. Today, though, there’s a new way of sharing media files: a Content Delivery Network or CDN. First, let’s look at how one of these servers actually works. Instead of storing your media on a single server, CDN storage actually makes [...]
20 Feb 2018

How to Get a 100/100 Score in Google PageSpeed Insights

No one wants their visitors to suffer from slow page loading. One of the most valuable tools for page speed optimization is Google PageSpeed Insights. If you’re serious about having a successful website that out-performs your competitors, you should be aiming for a PageSpeed score of 100, or as close to this as possible. Attaining a perfect 100/100 PageSpeed score is a trial-and-error process that varies for each website. In any case, there are a number of steps that [...]
26 Jan 2018

How To Improve WordPress Page Speed

In today’s competitive world, speed matters. Research shows you have just seconds to connect with your audience before they grow impatient and look elsewhere. Improving your Wordpress page speed, even by fractions of a second, can lead to more conversions, greater revenue and a higher search engine ranking. The good news is, there are resources available to help you increase page speed. The most common methods include utilizing plugins, improving server response time and using CDNs (content delivery networks). There are [...]
19 Jan 2018

Is Your Data Safe On A CDN?

When using technologies like caching and multi-node distribution, a content delivery network (CDN) can significantly reduce a website's load time. Rather than serving data from a single static server, it serves data from a network of servers to reduce congestion and improve performance. With data stored on multiple servers, though, you might be wondering about CDN security. CDNs work by caching online content -- websites or apps -- on multiple servers and prioritizing its delivery based on the client's geographic [...]
21 Dec 2017

How Developers Can Achieve Faster App Downloads with a Mobile CDN

Mobile app developers know the importance of delivering files to clients in a fast, efficient manner. If an app takes too long to download, users may stop and choose a competitor's app. There are ways for developers to achieve faster download speeds, however, including the use of a mobile content delivery network (CDN). Also known as a mobile content delivery network, a mobile CDN consists of multiple servers that are optimized for fast, high-performance data delivery to mobile users. The [...]
12 Dec 2017

How Site Speed Affects Cyber Monday Sales

The Monday after Thanksgiving consistently ranks as one of the busiest online shopping days in the United States. Dubbed ‘Cyber Monday’, millions of consumers take to the internet to buy holiday gifts. According to a report by Adobe, 2017 was a record-setting year for Cyber Monday, with online retailers selling more than $6.59 billion worth of goods. That number could be even higher, however, if online retailers optimized their sites for faster load times. Site speed plays an important role [...]
28 Nov 2017

How CDNs Impact Streaming and Net Neutrality

Net neutrality is the principle that all web traffic is treated equally. The current debate around the issue is focused on keeping major internet service providers (ISPs) from becoming content gatekeepers by favoring their own services while throttling the traffic of others. While content providers such as Google, Facebook, Netflix and Amazon appear to be on the side of the consumer, they already favor their content through the use of content delivery networks (CDNs). This complicates the net neutrality [...]
16 Nov 2017

CDN’s for Gaming Purposes

The video game industry is booming and there are no signs of it slowing down. Last year, the global gaming market reached about $99.6 billion, an 8.5% increase in revenue from the year before (Marketplace). North America accounted for 25% of that revenue, but the other 75% was made up of the Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific regions (Marketplace). This means that people are gaming all over the world, and the best way to get [...]