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CDN (Content Delivery web link) is one of the essential performance optimization components for any website.
We all lovecuriosity, dont we?
There are 2 ways of finding the CDN used by a website.
#1.
Using Online Tools to find CDN
Probably the quickest way to find is by using online tools.
The following tools let you enter the domain name, and it gives you theCDN providers name.
SEO Site Checkup
SEO Site Checkupis another tool one can use to detect CDN usage.
It checks if the target is using CDN and for loading which class of assets.
SEO Site Checkup offers a 7-day free trial with all the plans.
#2.
It requires a bit of effort, but you will get the CDN details.
First, you oughta find out the IP address of the domain.
you’ve got the option to use any of the following tools to get the IP address.
Ex:
As you might see, the IP is owned byCloudflare.
you’re able to right-choose any webpage and clickView page sourceto see the HTML.
For instance, Canva is listed as a client on Cloudflares website.
So, I have loaded their blog section,canva.com/learn, and used the same process.
you’re able to see Cloudflare loading a specific.jsscript.
Another way to find out the actual server is by analyzing Response Headers in the Chrome developer tools.
Users can right-choose the web page and click Inspect.
This opens the tool window on the right.
Now one should click connection in the top menu and hit refresh.
Subsequently, hit the main request, which is generally the URL.
This will open up a menu on the immediate right.
Click Headers and find Response Headers by scrolling down.
The presence of theCf-Apo-Via,Cf-Cache-Status,Cf-Edge-Cache, andCf-Ray responseheaders indicate that Cloudflare is being used.
Additionally, checking theServerheader further confirms Cloudflares presence.
you might use this command:nslookup -jot down=CNAME www.websiteURL.com.
Check this result which I got from querying Geekflares CNAME records.
Interestingly, a few websites were throwingDNS request time outwhen queried for CNAME records.
The updated command would benslookup -pop in=CNAME www.geekflare.com 8.8.8.8.
Availability:A CDN has multiple points of presence.
perceive the website as reliable, which in turn provides for better search engine optimization (SEO).
Cost:CDNs cache content and reduce the total number of trips to the origin server.
It enables users to save bandwidth and avoid overage charges imposed by their web hosts.
This quick guide should help you to check the CDN of any site for your research.
