On the backend, GoInstant essentially views the web page on its server and adjusts it so that it looks the same for everyone who is viewing that page, no matter what web browser or operating system they are using.

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This allows the web page to have links requesting different files from my ftp server that all point to the same empty file.

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You host the image elsewhere to avoid having your webhosting server have to share the image each time someone loads your page.

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While another browser might still be setting up a connection with the host server, Silk has already pushed content that it knows is associated with the page to the Kindle Fire before the site has even instructed the browser where to find it.

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