A2 Hosting’s New European SSD Hosting Features 300% Faster Page Loads

WEBWIRE – Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Ann Arbor, MI – September 11, 2013 – A2 Hosting, the service provider known for their high-performance hosting solutions is now offering SSD Hosting in their European data center. A2 Hosting customers who have websites with primarily European visitors can now experience the speed advantage of solid state drives combined with hosting content closer to their visitors. Customers interested in the service can select Europe + SSD Storage directly from A2 Hosting’s order form.

The launch of European SSD Hosting is another key site speed optimization announcement in a recent string by A2 Hosting. A2 Hosting’s recently published competitor speed results. In their test, A2 Hosting compared website page load speeds for sites hosted on their SSDs head-to-head against a number of their web hosting competitors. The results show that A2 Hosting’s servers load pages up to 2-3 times faster compared to their competition. Included in the speed test results is complete disclosure of their testing methodology.

The results of the tests are especially significant considering how severely a 1-second page load delay can negatively impact a website. Tests show a mere 1-second delay in page load speed can cause a 7% decrease in conversion rate, 16% decrease in visitor satisfaction and a 11% reduction in page views.

“It’s clear page load speed plays a huge factor in determining a website’s success,” commented A2 Hosting’s Marketing Manager Brad Litwin. “Our European customers no longer need to consider whether hosting on a US SSD or in Europe on a standard drive provides the biggest speed boost. Our European SSD Hosting delivers the best of both services!”

Additional benefits are each Web Hosting customer gets free access to a CloudFlare CDN in their control panel. With just 1-click , customers can opt into the service. On average, CloudFlare’s content delivery network increases website speed by 200%. Another free service A2 Hosting offers to their SSD customers is the Railgun network optimizer. This service loads HTML up to 143% faster.

About A2 Hosting

A2 Hosting, Inc. is a high-performance hosting company located in Ann Arbor, MI. A2 Hosting provides their customers with ultra-reliable solutions and 24/7/365 US-based support from their Guru Crew team. Since 2003, A2 Hosting has offered innovative, affordable and developer friendly website hosting for personal homepages up to full service solutions for businesses of all sizes. Each A2 Hosting service is hosted on their fine tuned SwiftServer Hosting platform. Customers seeking an additional speed boost can host on A2 Hosting’s solid state drives featuring page load speeds up to 300% faster than standard hard drives.

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