Why Do You Need to Incorporate a CDN to Your Website?

CDN is a smart way to improve conversion rates and make your website noticeable. Learn how CDN implementation can improve your website.

Content Delivery Network aka CDN is a distributed networks arrangement to deliver the output to the user in web content form. It relies on webpage origin, the geographical location of the user, and server. While on the one hand, it minimizes content delivery time, on the other hand, it improves security. For websites that either has higher traffic or global reach, it is quite useful.

CDN is well-placed globally to ensure efficient and effective static content delivery to the user. When a user locates a specific site, the request gets lodged at closest CDN edge server. It enhances speed and reduces latency.

How CDN Caters Dynamic Needs?

Be it you, me or any other user, we all like prompt service. We always search for the website that delivers the best and streamlined experience. Hence, it is essential to stay abreast with the latest technologies. The only challenge here is to provide an information-packed content within a blink of an eye. This is where CDN comes into the picture. According to a survey—nearly half of the sites among top 10,000 rely on CDN.

CDN Architecture

A well-designed CDN features two essential components—Point of Presence (PoPs) and Edge Servers.

PoPs: PoPs is the geographical location of the CDN servers. It is well-distributed globally and known for excellent service.

Edge Servers- Edge server is PoP Server, and each PoP has its own server. It is a simple proxy cache. It works just like a web browser cache. Its prime role is to retain a content copy in the cache and avoid recreation of the same content.

PoPs distribution relies on CDN. Few service providers prefer less but robust PoPs and few vice versa. Via density and location of PoPs, you can easily understand the architecture of a specific CDN. User geographical location is another contributing factor in the architecture quality.

CDN Functionality

Website pages are copied to the servers at the diversified locations to cache the content. When a user initiates a request, the closest server responds to reduce the time. CDN plays the role of mediator and transfer website server information to the nearest server. Cdn also communicates all those content that is not cached. All these actions occur quite fast; even the users fail to realize the same.

CDN allows you to store static data of the web page near the user’s geographical location. CDN distributes the data equally across the globe and ensures prompt and seamless accessibility.

In the case of the response rate, the physical location carries great importance. In the absence of CDN, sites regardless of their physical location will connect to a master server. It consumes a lot of time and results in depletion of user-experience & user-friendliness.

Few actions that increase the delivery time to the clients:

• Sluggish Web Host
• Improper Caching
• Extreme Plug-ins Usage
• Inefficient CSS delivery
• Uncompressed Large Image Files
• Excessive Animated or Video Files

The best, cost-effective solution to combat these concerns is CDN.

Why Should You Opt CDN?

A website plays a vital role in recognition irrespective of its size. Thereby, it is essential to keep it up-to-date and ensure prompt delivery & maximum returns.

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