Content Delivery Networks and Storage Solutions
A Content Delivery Network is a great way to speed up a site’s load time. CDNs use a worldwide network of servers to cache your site’s files, so that they can be accessed quickly, anywhere in the world. Amazon S3 is a simple storage solution that reduces latency and improves a website’s speed. Both of these services are useful tools that can help speed up a site, and both can be used in conjunction with each other.
Amazon S3 with a CDN
At first glance Amazon S3 seems to work in a similar way as a CDN. But the problem with S3 is that although it uses multiple servers to store your files, it only allows files to be stored in one region of the world. This is why to in order to maximize a site’s speed both a CDN and S3 need to be used simultaneously.
Benefits of Increasing Site Performance
Improving a site’s load speed has many benefits. The most obvious of these is that visitors are more likely to visit your site if it is not slow. In addition to the user experience, a fast site gets better placement on Google’s search engine results. Using SEO in conjunction with these two services will allow for people to find your site quicker, which should bring in more money.
Saving Money
The great thing about S3 with a CDN is that can actually be significantly cheaper than the S3 service on its own. This is because less data need to be accessed directly from the S3 server. Many people are reporting up to a 75% decrease in their S3 bill since adding the CDN. There is no good reason not to add a CDN to your Amazon S3 services.
Conclusion
There is no reason to have a slow site. Regardless of how great your content is, visitors will become frustrated if they have to wait around. And, chances are, another site will have similar content that loads faster. Don’t get overlooked because of slow hosting and poor optimization.
About the Author:
Bryce Graven is from San Francisco, CA. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication & Journalism with an Electronic Media Production option. He is well known in the Bay Area Music scene as a producer, engineer and vocalist. Bryce’s passion for computer-recorded music has lead him into the tech industry, web design, graphics, digital video and marketing.