A 304 Not Modified response is a waste of time. Why should repeat Web visitors request the same content over and over when it can be cached and accessed faster from a local browser or proxy cache? CacheRight allows developers to easily craft and administer effective cache control policies for every Web site resource through a single rules file -- dramatically speeding up sites, reducing bandwidth consumption, and eliminating unnecessary requests and server strain. Administrators avoid developing cache control rules in a one-off fashion via IIS, and faster pages mean happier customers and more productive corporate users.

Features

Manage all cache control rules for a site together in a single text file, promoting caching of binary objects like images, PDFs, and multimedia files
Requires no MMC access to apply cache control to IIS Web sites and applications
Intuitive, easy-to-master rule statements (a sample rules file is provided with detailed examples for developers)
Supports site-wide, directory, or file-based caching rules
Supports rules based on MIME type of requested object
Supports multiple virtual servers or Web sites
Validation tool provided for checking syntax of rule statements
Supports all relevant HTTP 1.0 and 1.1 cache control headers including Expires and Cache-control (max-age, public/private, and no-transform)
Easily block files or directories from CacheRight rule application for more granular cache control management
Entire ISAPI filter optimized to leverage server-side processing improvements for maximum performance, especially with httpZip for IIS compression running on the same IIS server
Settings Manager with user-friendly GUI for easy management and default settings for cache control on newly created sites
Import/export settings system to help support settings across Web farms and complex networks
Online diagnostic tool for checking page cacheability (scroll up for the Cache Check tool)
Simple to install/uninstall

Benefits

Dramatically reduces page load time, making for a better user experience and increased visitor retention
Eliminates unnecessary chatter and bandwidth on server and network due to excessive conditional GET requests and 304 responses
Saves time to deploy cache control by centralizing rules in one file and exposing cache control to developers, freeing up admins for other tasks