🆚 CGI vs. DNS Prefetch
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 DNS Prefetch is much more popular than CGI.
- 🌍 DNS Prefetch is more popular in all countries.
DNS PrefetchType
Standard
Performance technology
About
Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is an interface specification that enables web servers to execute an external program to process HTTP requests.
The rel="dns-prefetch" attribute on HTML <link> elements.
Headquarters
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Categories
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
DNS Prefetch performance technology is 42 times more popular than CGI.
Total websites
Market share
Standards
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
DNS Prefetch is more popular than CGI in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
France
Spain
Italy
Australia
Netherlands
Canada
Awards
- 🔥 13rd most popular in Palestine in the Standards category.
- 🔥 14th most popular in Japan in the Standards category.
- 🔥 14th most popular in Nigeria in the Standards category.
- 🔥 14th most popular in Nepal in the Standards category.
- 🔥 14th most popular in Tunisia in the Standards category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Performance category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Performance category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Italy in the Performance category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Performance category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Canada in the Performance category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
DNS Prefetch is more popular than CGI in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Entertainment
Health
General News
Sports
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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