title: Huge wait time for the files hosted thru Google Drive
body: <p>I started to host images on my website thru Google Drive. Example:</p>
  
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  <p>However, the page load time actually increased after this implementation.
  It seems like it does not use Google CDN, at least gtmetrix.com says it.</p>
  
  <p>As I understand there is also no way to leverage browser caching for those files served thru google drive, isn't it?</p>
  
  <p>Can you please provide me with any ideas why this method is slowing down my website and how to overcome it? In other words, how to host static files thru google drive efficiently (faster than thru the basic hosting from the own server)? If it is possible.</p>
  
  <p>Edited on Jan 7, 2015:</p>
  
  <p>I recently called Google to find out what is going on with it. </p>
  
  <p>They told me that no matter what plan you have, there is a limit of 200 visits per file. </p>
  
  <p>They also told me that the paid plan does NOT affect the speed of downloading.</p>