{"id":3099,"date":"2018-07-27T06:38:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T06:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techuz.com\/blog\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2024-03-21T05:57:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T05:57:32","slug":"what-is-content-delivery-network-and-benefits-of-cdn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techuz.com\/blog\/what-is-content-delivery-network-and-benefits-of-cdn\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Content Delivery Network (CDN) and How Does it Benefits your Web Solution?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speed and performance hold significant importance in the success of your web application. And when your entire business is online, I bet you don\u2019t want to compromise with it. For any activity on the Internet, whether it be shopping, streaming videos, social media feeds or reading news, even a minimal lag can result in users abandoning your website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even you wouldn\u2019t be reading this blog if it had taken time to load. No one wants to sit there and look at that annoying loading icon!<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact,\u00a0<\/span>as per a stat<\/span><\/a>, just 1-second delay in your page response can end-up in a 7% reduction in conversions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIf an e-commerce site is making $100,000 per day, a 1-second page delay could potentially cost you $2.5 million in lost sales every year\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s a lot of money you can lose with just a blink of an eye!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"how<\/p>\n

(Source – Kissmetrics)<\/em><\/p>\n

As a <\/span>web development company<\/span><\/a>, people frequently ask us a question\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0“What must we do to boost your website\u2019s speed?\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Suggested Read –\u00a0How Much Does it Cost to Develop a Web Application?<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n

To be honest, there are many complex factors that affect the performance of your app. And today we\u2019ll be discussing one of the most crucial factors that can elevate your website\u2019s speed, customer experience and provide you numerous benefits \u2013 <\/span>Content Delivery Network<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are not familiar with this term, you must be scratching your head and wondering, \u00a0\u201cWhat is Content Delivery Network?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Well, then read on to find out.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Content Delivery Network (CDN)?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Content Delivery Networks (CDN) are servers distributed at different geographical locations where information is cached from the origin server. These individual servers are known as Point of Presence (PoP).<\/span><\/p>\n

Whenever a user visits your website, the request is sent to the nearest PoP which then routes the requested information (images, text, audio, video, etc.) back to the user. As CND Point of Presence (PoPs) are placed in such a way that they are near to the user\u2019s location, they can send the response quicker than the origin server. As the result, the user receives the content with almost no network latency<\/a>. In simple words, one can define the content delivery network as a group of servers strategically placed to deliver your content efficiently. <\/span><\/p>\n

For instance, the transfer of request will take more time if a user in India sends a request to the website whose server is located in the US. Whereas, the same user can retrieve the information faster with the CDN PoP is in India itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

(User receiving content directly from the origin server)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"What<\/p>\n

(User receiving content from a nearby server of the CDN service)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Content Delivery Networks have been used to boost the performance of the website since the 90s, but being highly expensive it was available just to a few corporate behemoths. However, along with the changing form and trends of digital content, the definition of CDN has changed. Content Delivery Networks are now more efficient, cheaper and they work under the hood for almost all websites on the internet. And the best part is CDNs comes with baggage full of benefits.\u00a0As a top web development company in India, we have integrated various CDNs to our client\u2019s web applications that have created exceptional results.\u00a0<\/span>Here are some of the amazing benefits of CDN.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the Benefits of Content Delivery Network?<\/span><\/h2>\n

#1.\u00a0Boosts Page Load Time<\/h3>\n

The basic function of CDN is to reduce the<\/span> network latency<\/span> so that the content reaches to the users as soon as the request is sent. As the browser fetches the content from a nearby server and not from the origin server, the load time of the website or web app is significantly reduced. Tools like\u00a0<\/span>GTmetrix<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Google PageSpeed<\/span><\/a> and\u00a0<\/span>Pingdom<\/span><\/a> can help you evaluate your website\u2019s performance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s are some mind-blowing stats<\/a> that depicts the importance of page load time.<\/span><\/p>\n