Website Speed Optimization Blog

A CDN also known as a content delivery network is essential for anyone who wants to speed up their WordPress website to get more traffic, visitors, and sales. What is Content Delivery Network (CDN) A Content Delivery Network (CDN) has servers in multiple locations around the world. The servers store a locally cached copy of your website’s data like HTML pages, javascript files, stylesheets, images, and videos. When a user visits your website they get the HTML pages, javascript files, stylesheets, images, and videos from the closest CDN pop server to them which makes your website load a lot faster. For example, if your website is hosted on a server in the UK and a customer from the USA wants to buy the services you offer your website will be slower if you’re not using a CDN. However, if you are using a CDN your website content will be served …

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WordPress is a great free content management system that comes with everything you need to create an amazing website however webmasters, developers, and web designers don’t pay enough attention to the overall speed of the WordPress website. A fast website is essential if you want to get website visitors and generate sales. Customers hate slow websites and so does Google. This blog post will provide you with some practical tips to help you speed up your WordPress website. Why is Website Speed Important You only have a few seconds to capture a website visitor’s attention. If a website is too slow they will leave the website and move on to the next website which is most likely your competitor’s website. Google prefers fast websites and ranks them higher in the search engine listings Website visitors and customers don’t like slow websites and will abandon a slow website Fast websites get …

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WordPress is a popular, free content management system used by millions of people around the world to create websites. This article will show you how to speed up your WordPress website using the .htaccess file which is used by apache web servers to control how your website works. You can also use caching WordPress plugins to improve the performance of a website  for this article we will just be focusing on using the .htaccess file to help you get the most out of a website. What is a .htaccess File A .htaccess file is normally located in the public_html directory of a website and used by apache web servers which is used by a majority of servers to run websites. The .htaccess file basically allows you to make changes to your website’s configuration without having to edit the server configuration files. What Can The .Htaccess File be Used For The …

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