When you sign up for web hosting, your package usually includes quite a few applications available via an interface like cPanel. Many people are familiar with software applications like WordPress and Joomla. But there are often many more programs at your disposal that can enhance your website. Here are some you may find very useful.
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Going green is the big trend these days by more and more companies. Saving the environment is very important to many people and now you can even choose to buy web hosting from companies that are actively utilizing green technologies in their business. The number of green web hosting providers is increasing all the time.
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Bluehost has added a very nice and informative infographic on web hosting services on their blog. It’s a great introduction for those looking to buy hosting for the first time. The infographic describes and illustrates the differences between Shared, VPS, and Dedicated Hosting. Their dedicated servers are built with advanced cloud technology. There is a
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It seems like almost every company has their own app for tablet computers and smartphones—except for web hosting companies. Surprisingly, I recently did a search and could only locate one for Go Daddy. And while I certainly did not search for every existing web host out there, I did expect to find at least a
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In case you haven’t checked it out yet, I’ve added a page containing info graphics or charts that compare some of the more well-known web hosting companies. This information is not meant to be your sole criteria for choosing web hosting (see my post on Web Hosting Comparisons). However, I do think you’ll find this
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When you sign up for a web hosting plan, you agree to the company’s extensive terms of use conditions that can be found somewhere on their website. It’s a seemingly never ending amount of verbiage that basically covers their position legally and gives them an out as to how they run their business. Although each
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Many of today’s web hosting plans give you a free domain (at least for the first year) when you sign up. You may or may not want to tie your domain name to your web hosting company. See my prior post on keeping your domain and hosting separate for more info. If you’d prefer to
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I’ve talked before about InMotion Hosting and their Max Speed Zone technology. The quality, performance, and speed of their web hosting have been great for me. But I know a lot of people may be skeptical (as I usually am), so I thought I’d do my own test to see how the max speed zones
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Most web hosting companies do a pretty good job of securing your website these days. However, that certainly doesn’t mean your site can’t or won’t be hacked or attacked. Fortunately, more and more web hosts are now providing an extra level of security with their web hosting plans. Here’s a look at a few. At
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Here’s a follow up to my post last week on Web Hosting Hub’s comparison chart on their web site. Just recently, iPage updated the Do Your Homework page on their website and now have their own chart where they compare their web hosting features with those of six other well-known web hosting companies: Go Daddy,
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