Computer Tricks and Secrets

Short answer: a CDN (content delivery network) speeds up your blog by caching it on servers around the world, so each visitor loads it from a location near them instead of your one origin server. Cloudflare offers a genuinely useful free plan. Here is how it works, how to set it up, and what to pair it with. What a CDN actually does Normally every visitor connects to your single hosting server, wherever it is. A CDN stores copies of your site's files (images, CSS, scripts, and cached pages) on a global network of servers. A visitor in another country then loads from a nearby server, which is much faster, and it reduces load on your origin. How to set up Cloudflare (free) Sign up at Cloudflare and add your site. It scans your DNS records; you then update your domain's nameservers (at your registrar) to Cloudflare's. Once active, Cloudflare caches and serves your static content globally, and adds free SSL and basic security. Note: this works for sites where you...