A Content Delivery Network cuts loading times, especially for images and scripts. It also makes your website more resilient to outages and attacks.
What does this mean in practice?
A CDN (Content Delivery Network) is a network of servers in different locations. They store copies of your website's files, such as images, stylesheets and scripts. Visitors receive those files from the server closest to them.
Why does this matter for your business?
A CDN cuts loading times, takes the load off the main server and makes your site more resilient to outages and attacks. For a local business in the Netherlands, it mainly helps with large photo galleries and high visitor numbers.
Examples and best practices
- Sites with lots of images and videos benefit the most.
- A good CDN also protects against DDoS attacks.
- Clear the CDN cache after you've made changes.
- Check that the CDN supports modern image formats.
How we do it at Ikoon
Ikoon websites run on fast hosting, including SSL, daily backups and updates, for €35 per month. For an average local website, that's fast enough without a CDN. If you have lots of visitors or lots of images and video, we'll work out together what your site needs.