In computing, a mirror is an exact copy of a data set. On the Internet, a mirror site is an exact copy of another Internet site. Mirror sites are most commonly used to provide multiple sources of the same information, and are of particular value as a way of providing reliable access to large downloads. Mirroring is a type of file synchronization. A live mirror is automatically updated as soon as the original is changed.
Mirror sites are hosted in several locations in world. That makes users to access the site more speedily. Otherwise, one sites down. you have another one russing in other location.
Mirror website or Mirror Server are nothing but a true copy of the original source (either it is a website or blog or other). The same source is available in different servers from different locations. This method is used to increase the potential of the server response time and enhance the user experience with speed. And mirror method is also useful in server crash times, for suppose if a website is being hosted at a single server and that server got crashed for some reason then that site will be no longer available, but doing mirror, the site is still available because it is being hosted (copy's) in the multiple servers, no no matter if a single server got crashed.
Can i make a mirror web page of another web page on my website? i have web crawlers that search different websites. i am wondering if i am allowed to post on my website a mirror webpage of the webpage that i have searched? or is it illegal? the mirror webpage also has the websites name and logo on it.
Mirror website also called as micro sites. Many online companies create the duplicate website for getting visitors from different sources. They put same content on every website. This looks like you are fooling google by creating lots of website on the web. You have to make sure google is too strict about their policy. If you are not following their guideline then your website get penalize by their moderator team.
Mirror websites is the website that is a replica of an already existing site, used to reduce network traffic (hits on a server) or improve the availability of the original site. Mirror sites are useful when the original site generates too much traffic for a single server to support.
Better than asking or replying what is a mirror, we should ask ourselves what this thread has to do with Google and Search Engines since the OP is not linking one thing to another.
Pertaining to the name, mirror website is a site that is a replica of an already existing site on a different server. A site may be mirrored to reduce traffic at the main site, or used as a backup site in case there's a problem with the main site.