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What is CloudFlare?

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What is CloudFlare?

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CloudFlare is a website optimization technology which uses a number of techniques to improve your site performance. By routing your traffic through their global network, CloudFlare will inspect and filter out malicious requests, unwanted traffic, and other resource draining requests. In addition to filtering traffic, CloudFlayer also provides caching for static content through their CDN style setup. • Is CloudFlare free if I have hosting with Hawk Host? Yes, Hawk Host is currently a CloudFlare partner and the service is offered free for our shared hosting plans. CloudFlare offers a premium service you can find here. The cost of CloudFlare Pro is $20 per month for the first domain, and $5 per month for each additional domain using the Pro service. You can manage both free and Pro services from the same account. • Will it make my website faster? It has potential to speed up your website for a number of reasons. CloudFlare caches static content from your site and distributes it across the