Optimizing Government Websites for Peak Traffic Events
akamai, Friday, July 18th, 2025
Government websites provide the public with vital and market-sensitive information that must be released to the general public in a timely manner with no hiccups and must be equally available to all end users. The handling of peak traffic events/releases to ensure the appropriate flow of information to the general public is critical for the agencies Akamai supports.
Although many websites (particularly ecommerce) deal with increased traffic during the 'big three' American shopping holidays - Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday - government websites can encounter both planned and unplanned traffic spikes at any time of year from constituents.
If not handled properly, these spikes can trigger site slowdowns, outages, errors, and have other negative impacts on the user experience.