Why is my site fast for me but slow for others? Print

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This is common and usually harmless. The most likely reasons:

  • Your browser cache - after your first visit, your browser stores files locally, so the site feels instant for you but not for first-time visitors.
  • Distance - visitors far from the server have higher latency. A CDN like Cloudflare fixes this by serving content from locations near them.
  • Their connection or device - slow networks or older phones load pages slower.

To see what new visitors experience, test in your browser's incognito/private mode or use a tool like GTmetrix from a different location. If far-away or mobile visitors are slow, set up a CDN and make sure caching, image optimization and compression are all on. If only one region is consistently slow and a CDN doesn't help, open a ticket and we'll investigate routing from the server side.


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