Is Your Site Able To Handle A 'Bieber Effect' Moment?

On July 28, 2011, David Zakur discussed the impact of celebrity social media posts on websites. He mentioned that Justin Bieber, with millions of followers across Twitter and Facebook, can cause a significant traffic spike when sharing content like photos. This phenomenon is known as the "Bieber Effect." CloudFlare, a cloud-based service, helps websites handle such massive influxes by making them faster and more secure. Through its globally distributed CDN, it caches static content and manages serving this content to reduce server strain. The setup process for CloudFlare is quick and free, offering protection against sudden traffic spikes caused by influential figures on social media.