Posts Tagged ‘Hosting’
More reasons to use real hosting for websites
Bottom Top line: Never, ever host a public website on your personal or business network. Pardon the mild profanity in the screenshot but this video by network engineer Serena from @serenashenetworks explains why very well. The explanation might be a little more technical than you’re used to, but basically she’s describing the computer equivalent of…
Read MoreHow cheap is “cheap” hosting vs a “cheap” VPN?
We’ve updated this post with new hosting information In a private Facebook group for WordPress hosting someone who’s trying to save as much money as possible asked a specific question about two hosting plans. They’d initially bought a plan from commodity provider HostGator but had been advised to switch a more premium SiteGround account. It…
Read MoreGood reasons not to rely (completely) on backup from (even really great) hosting plans
So another participant in a private Facebook group for WordPress users echoed something I’d said about the importance of making your own backups. Similar to David Innes I use [a commercial backup plugin] for Scheduled backups ([cloud-based storage firm] is my choice, but there are many others)…And a lot of people when backups have been discussed…
Read MoreArithmetic: would you spend $500 to save $10?
If you have really terrible hosting it can cost you Lost leads Lower search engine ranking Abandoned site visits Lost sales Lost customer If you have “Inexpensive,” but really terrible hosting it can also cost you… Additional hours of development time Because somebody’s got to spend time on the phone with your host’s tech support,…
Read MoreWe’ve added Cloudways managed VPS hosting to our list of recommended products and services
This post was updated with new information. We’ve added Cloudways to our list of recommended products and services. We’re a little late to the VPS market as most of our small business clients don’t need the kind of horsepower you can get with a good VPS. And to be honest, until fairly recently managing your…
Read MoreReviewSignal’s WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks for 2019 are out!
Every year SignalReview runs a series of long-term benchmark tests on a wide array of hosting companies, ranging from bottom-of-the-barrel shared hosting to very high-end enterprise hosting. I particularly appreciate this in-depth review because so many others focus entirely on the bottom-of-the-barrel, cheapest offerings from every provider. That might be fine for hobby, personal, or…
Read MoreShould you stream audio or video from your shared hosting account?
It’s not a good idea to stream audio or video directly from your WordPress website. Especially on shared hosting. Uploading may be easy for you but can be glitchy for your users, and costly for mobile users on limited data plans. On a Facebook group for new WordPress users someone asked “Generic Website questions pertaining…
Read MoreBelts and suspenders, eggs in one basket, backup plans, and A2Hosting ransomware!
The popular A2Hosting company is struggling with a ransomware attack that’s knocked quite a few of their Windows-server clients offline. While we’ve recommended A2Hosting to some of our WordPress clients we direct them to Linux hosting so they’re unlikely to have been affected by this attack. Ugh! Ransomware is a serious problem for smaller ISPs…
Read MoreMoving websites on shared hosting is easy, moving email on shared hosting is hard so…
This post is about choosing a 3rd party to host your company’s email instead of using the free email service that comes with almost all shared hosting plans. I got a call on Friday from a former client, a small, highly-technical business with a handful of very large, old-school Fortune 100 customers. Their site and…
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