What is a Content Delivery Network (CDN) ?

A Content Delivery Network is a set of servers, spread across the world that cache your website. When a user requests your website, the server closest to the user's location will serve those requests. This in turn serves the website faster, thus speeding up its performance.

NOTE

Faster load times not only improve user experience but also contribute to better website ranking, as search engines take load time into account while ranking a website.

How can I set up CDN for my website?

You need to add a CNAME record to a sub-domain (www.mysite.com) to redirect to SiteLock's CDN.

NOTE

A CNAME record should always be added to a sub-domain and not the primary domain, as it might clash with an MX record set up on the primary domain, thus hampering the email.