[Sam]

Hey Guys,

Are you using a CDN (Content Delivery Network) to speed up your sites? We were using MaxCDN on Imgy but at ~$80/TB I decided to look for a cheaper alternative now that we're switching domains. KeyCDN is $40/TB or $4 per 100GBs. It's pay-as you go and they offer 25GB free on signup.

Link is http://keycdn.com.

[yashrajkarthikey2]

No, it requires high web dev skills but how do you do it tell me...

[Sam]

No, it requires high web dev skills but how do you do it tell me...

I suppose it could. Wordpress and other software have plugins which you can use though. Wordpress Total/Super Cache I think.

[yashrajkarthikey2]

Thanks, I will try this service and plugins...

[jacktheking]

I heard of CDN and.. but I dont think my website need those expensive CDN at all.

[Jybraek]

I have never heard of CDN before...what exactly is it could you please enlighten me more on the topic?

[Sam]

I have never heard of CDN before...what exactly is it could you please enlighten me more on the topic?

A CDN is a content delivery network. It can serve a couple of functions:
1. It can store media on a variety of Edge servers (around the world). This serves the content closer to the visitor so your site loads faster.
2. It can cache some of the static content and most used media on your website to serve it closer to your visitor which speeds up site loading time.

[yashrajkarthikey2]

I used plugins for Wordpress and it seems working fine with my website, thanks sam.

[Sam]

I used plugins for Wordpress and it seems working fine with my website, thanks sam.

Excellent! Have you noticed better site loading times?

[Jybraek]

I have never heard of CDN before...what exactly is it could you please enlighten me more on the topic?

A CDN is a content delivery network. It can serve a couple of functions:
1. It can store media on a variety of Edge servers (around the world). This serves the content closer to the visitor so your site loads faster.
2. It can cache some of the static content and most used media on your website to serve it closer to your visitor which speeds up site loading time.

Sounds like a very good thing to have for very big websites...which ones do you recommend would be good?

[Sam]

Sounds like a very good thing to have for very big websites...which ones do you recommend would be good?

I mention KeyCDN.com in the OP but other alternatives are:
- MaxCDN.com
- OVH (https://www.ovh.co.uk/cdn/infrastructure/)

[Jybraek]

Yikes they are expensive to have. Well at the moment I don't have a website so I might not be needing them but as soon as I am done building mine, I will see if they might come in handy or not.

[yashrajkarthikey2]

I used plugins for Wordpress and it seems working fine with my website, thanks sam.

Excellent! Have you noticed better site loading times?

Yes, they are working twice more faster than before...

[Jybraek]

So that is one of the main reasons why a lot of site load faster for me compared to others. Thanks for the information mate.

[yashrajkarthikey2]

Thanks Jybreak, your suggestions were helpful..

[kat82]

Hey Guys,

Are you using a CDN (Content Delivery Network) to speed up your sites? We were using MaxCDN on Imgy but at ~$80/TB I decided to look for a cheaper alternative now that we're switching domains. KeyCDN is $40/TB or $4 per 100GBs. It's pay-as you go and they offer 25GB free on signup.

Link is http://keycdn.com.

I am hosting my website with Ezoic, and have cloudflare integrated. Before that, I was using cloudinary CDN though I migrated.