Content Delivery Network

[paulogoncalves]

Hi

I have a question

My site is hosted on a server in the city of my target audience

Should i use a Content Delivery Network anyway?

Even if the closest edge location of the cdn is in the neighbor country?

Thank you

Paulo

[RyanPurkey]

Paulo, you'll have to test the speed of your site yourself, but you can do so at a place like: http://www.uptrends.com/aspx/free-website-server-network-monitoring-tool.aspx

It will display results from other countries and cities from around the world and help you decide whether or not you need a cdn.

[paulogoncalves]

Ryan,

Thank you for your answer

But i would like to know in terms of speed, loading of the site

Paulo

[RyanPurkey]

If the content of your site is location specific and geared toward your target audience in your target audience language with a target audience tld you shouldn't have to worry much about using a CDN, especially if the CDN helps speed up the user experience in all locations.

You can also use advertising that is city / neighborhood specific via Google AdWords and Facebook to help drive more initial traffic and possibly gain more links from other local sites.

If applicable, also add your site to location services such as Yelp, Google Local, etc.

All these things will help your target city rankings more so than CDN server location.