Archives of Web Optimization

Are You Using A Content Delivery Network For Your Website Yet? You Should Be

In this day and age where web hosting is incredibly inexpensive, many people are satisfied by simply purchasing a hosting plan and forgetting about that part of the puzzle. However, when your website grows and starts receiving more and more traffic, you should start thinking about getting a content delivery network (CDN) service. Wanna know why? […]
Will
7 years ago

The New DDoS Landscape

News outlets and blogs will frequently compare DDoS attacks by the volume of traffic that a victim receives. Surely this makes some sense, right? The greater the volume of traffic a victim receives, the harder to mitigate an attack – right? At least, this is how things used to work. An attacker would gain capacity […]
Will
7 years ago

Web Performance Tuning and the Enterprise Frontend

We’re all aware of the impact that user experience and page speed have on business results for online shopping sites; much has been written about the correlation between web performance and business metrics such as conversions, revenue and brand image. Inside the enterprise, though, we don’t really talk about conversions or abandonment – we have […]
Will
7 years ago