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12-30-2015 08:46 PM #1 haven_ (Member)
Why do I not need a CDN initially if i'm doing mobile?

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...First-Campaign

In that thread, it says 'If you're doing mobile you can ignore this initially, but you'll need to do it fairly soon after starting anyway'

Would anybody please be able to explain why this is the case?

Pretty confused as without a CDN, where would I host mobile landers?

Thanks in advance!

01-01-2016 01:05 AM #2 vortex (Senior Moderator)

The reason is that if you're promoting an app install offer, you can potentially make them work by direct-linking using just banners, without using landers.

You can host your landers on a CDN as long as they don't have PHP on them. It would still be beneficial to have your own hosting though for when you're creating/tweaking/modding landers. Doing so on a CDN, every change you make to the code, you won't see the effect on your lander until minutes later (or whatever your cache time is).


Amy

01-01-2016 03:27 PM #3 haven_ (Member)

Thanks for the reply.

I was planning on using amazon S3 to serve my pages to start with. Is this not a good idea then?
Do minutes delay make a big difference then I'm assuming?
I don't know any PHP so wasn't really planning on it!

Happy new year!

01-01-2016 04:53 PM #4 vortex (Senior Moderator)

Amazon S3 works for me!

And yes - page load time can make a huge difference on conversion rate, see here:

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...lts-are-IN!%29

And here:

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...TR-And-Revenue


Also - there's tons more info on hosting and CDNs in this section if you feel like browsing:

http://stmforum.com/forum/forumdispl...rs-amp-Scripts


Have fun!


Amy

01-01-2016 06:35 PM #5 haven_ (Member)

Thanks a lot!

01-02-2016 05:51 AM #6 zeno (Administrator)

Quote Originally Posted by haven_ View Post
Thanks for the reply.

I was planning on using amazon S3 to serve my pages to start with. Is this not a good idea then?
Do minutes delay make a big difference then I'm assuming?
I don't know any PHP so wasn't really planning on it!

Happy new year!
With S3, make sure you're actually uploading to S3 but then are using Amazon Cloudfront to serve the files. The basic anatomy is:

You upload ---> Amazon S3 Bucket <--- Cloudfront distribution pulls files from this bucket <--- Cloudfront URL used to serve files

So you might make a new CF distribution that pulls from your bucket, and your URLs may then be "hxxp://sa3lkd03ks.cloudfront.net/folder/myfilenamehere.html"

01-02-2016 06:53 AM #7 vortex (Senior Moderator)

Oops! Thanks Zeno for the correction! My bad - should have clarified that S3 is for storage and Cloudfront is the CDN (for actually serving pages to visitors).


Amy

01-02-2016 06:08 PM #8 haven_ (Member)

Okay makes a bit of sense to me now thanks guys.
I'm thinking of this setup, i'd appreciate it if you'd let me know if there are any problem with it!

Voluum for tracking, amazon s3 and cloudfront for storing/serving my mobile landers. Is that all that i'll need to start my first campaign (other than ad network and an offer)?

Do the random string of letters/numbers type of url not put the users off? Or does it not affect conversions?

Sorry for the basic questions, i'm very new to AM!

Thanks a lot

01-02-2016 10:11 PM #9 vortex (Senior Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by haven_ View Post

Do the random string of letters/numbers type of url not put the users off? Or does it not affect conversions?

Sorry for the basic questions, i'm very new to AM!

Thanks a lot
It has been proven that the url can have an impact on conversions - see here:

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...in-Name-Matter

If that's a concern to you, you can simply register a domain and point it to Amazon S3's nameserver, or use a nameserver service such as NSOne.


Amy

01-03-2016 04:00 PM #10 greatgreatlife (AMC Alumnus)

Anyone can advise me that if I have a few different landers, should I do up folders in the containers in my cloudfront?

or I can just throw all the landers with their respective files in 1 containers?

or should I have unique individual domain to host each Lander?

Any idea what is the usual practice?

01-03-2016 05:28 PM #11 matuloo (Legendary Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by Garlicruzher View Post
Anyone can advise me that if I have a few different landers, should I do up folders in the containers in my cloudfront?

or I can just throw all the landers with their respective files in 1 containers?

or should I have unique individual domain to host each Lander?

Any idea what is the usual practice?
I use folders in containers, its easier to keep things organized this way. In some cases you simply need a new folder, for example when different looking graphics files have the same name etc ...

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