Bloginity Case Study
- Industry:
Site: - Entertainment
http://www.bloginity.com/
Description:
Bloginity.com is an online culture entertainment magazine made especially for those people who love to laugh, listen to music, watch cinema, read about celebrities and fashion – but most of all appreciate the people that make it happen. Bloginity Networks is a privately held company that was founded in 2008 by current CEO Daniel Haim who believes in the importance of dialogue and of sharing views.
Services:
- Static file acceleration / compression
- WordPress CDN Integration
Project Overview
After upgrading to a a full dedicated server with 8GB and still 20 seconds loading time, even 28 seconds loading time from certain countries, Bloginity.com decided to use MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. MaxCDN was immediate and obvious reducing site load time by 25 seconds, no matter what country visitors were coming from.
Bloginity.com chooses MaxCDN
Although the internet is constantly evolving, one aspect has remained unchanged: content is king. If your website doesn’t produce consistent, high-quality content, then all of the other resources you’ve poured into your site aren’t going to be appreciated by anyone.
But producing content isn’t enough; delivering it is vital. This was the problem faced by online entertainment magazine Bloginity.com, which had a distinct brand of quality entertainment news, but struggled to reach the audience it deserved due to site performance issues, despite significant efforts.
We had upgraded our server several times to the point that we were using a full dedicated server with 8GB RAM, explained Daniel Haim, CEO of Bloginity Networks. However, the site was still a bit slow and browsing the site was a torture for us with 20 seconds loading time, even 28 seconds loading time from certain countries.
Haim knew there had to be a better solution, and when he found MaxCDN, a highly optimized content delivery system, he was skeptical, but was willing to try it out, given the attractive price.
“We were not sure what the outcome of joining MaxCDN would be,” Haim explained. The price at the time was so low that it did not make any sense to not give it a try and MaxCDN was perhaps the best thing we’ve ever tried.
Haim explained that the impact of MaxCDN was immediate and obvious reducing site load time by 25 seconds, no matter what country visitors were coming from.
Our work experience has improved tremendously, said Haim. No matter where you browse our site from — during peak times in Hong Kong, London, or New York, Bloginity.com loads in two to five seconds. Even our competitors have been asking us what we are using.
The speed opened up new possibilities for Bloginity.com with a richer, more interactive site design and additional video and picture galleries now available to viewers in no time.
“MaxCDN not only enhanced our work experience but also enhanced the experience for the end-user browsing our site,” Haim said. I am very glad to say that our page views increased instantly after joining the CDN network, mainly because of the smooth browsing experience.
The best part was the ease of transition and implementation. MaxCDN integrated instantly with Bloginity.com’s WordPress panel with a plugin called W3 Total Cache. They are also highly responsive to customer service inquiries.
“The customer service received by MaxCDN is world-class. They know who we are and they take care of us instantly,” explained Haim. I do not know if our online magazine would be able to handle such traffic without MaxCDN’s help. The way our site operates speaks for itself.
