Google Announces Google CDN - Slashdot

Posted by Owen Densmore on Jul 28, 2011; 9:03pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Google-Announces-Google-CDN-Slashdot-tp6631348.html

/. has a story on Google's Page Speed Service:

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1232258/Google-Announces-Google-CDN
http://code.google.com/speed/pss/

I ran the service test on my website and on sfx:

backspaces: http://goo.gl/TgKBr

sfcomplex:  http://goo.gl/8fg8K

Bottom line is that it makes a significant difference for a "full featured" site like sfx and a moderate difference for "the rest of us".  Sfx, for example, gets > 40% improvement in page start, and page load.  Check out the videos (scroll down) associated with the tests.

I don't know what they'll eventually charge, but it might be worth it if it turns out to be as good as it appears.

        -- Owen

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