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Site performance influences search ranking results
On April 9, 2010 Google confirmed on its blog that the speed of a site will be included in search ranking algorithms from now on.
According to a recent internal study done by Google, a fast site not only increases user experience but also reduces operational costs. A slow site, on the other hand, results in visitors spending less time there.
Howto: Speed up WordPress sites by using Amazon Cloudfront
In my previous blog post I wrote on “Howto: Speeding up apps using a CDN“. In this post I will take it one step further and explain what I did to get the results mentioned below. I will end my post by providing some tips for WordPress users who want to use a content delivery network like Amazon Cloudfront.
Howto: Speeding up apps using a CDN
A Content Delivery Network or Content Distribution Network (CDN) could increase application performance. Many high traffic websites are using a CDN to decrease latency (the amount of time it takes to send a data packet from source to destination). High latency will slow down transfers and that’s why CDN emerged.
A CDN is a network of strategically placed servers that delivers static content to an end user. In most cases the static content will be images, videos, files, et cetera. Based on the geographic location of the end user, the content will be send from the nearest static content server. The goal of a CDN is to deliver the requested content as fast as possible.
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