What is Namecheap? Some of you may be aware that Namecheap is a viable alternative to Go Daddy when it comes to domain name management. However, they also offer a full array of services including web hosting. Since I’m always interested in personally testing out web hosting companies, I recently decided to open an account
If you have your own domain and website along with some email accounts, you’re bound to start receiving those lovely spam emails. While there are a number of tools on the market to try and provide relief from spam, if you have cPanel web hosting, you already have access to SpamAssassin—which you can use at
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After a couple of minor security and maintenance releases, WordPress has now officially released version 3.9. If you use WordPress as your content management system, you’ll want to back up your current website and upgrade as soon as possible if you have not already done so. The latest version of WP does have some nice
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As we’re now well into 2014, it’s time to recognize those web hosting companies that have demonstrated a commitment to outstanding service, support, and value. Below are ten different categories with the award winner and two honorable mentions. Along with our usual awards for business, value, dedicated, and VPS hosting, we’ve added some new award
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The Web Hosting Compare by the Numbers page has been updated to include data for the first quarter of 2014. There are a few changes to the report this quarter that I should mention up front. Namecheap and GreenGeeks have been added to the charts. Also, we’ve included my recent Customer Support Response Time Results
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After an apparently successful beta period, iPage has announced that their premium WordPress hosting plan (WP Essential) is now live. I recently wrote about this new offering from iPage and highlighted some of the features. We now have a more detailed picture of exactly what you get with WP Essential. The emphasis of WP Essential
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I’ll admit I’m not all that big on ranking web hosting companies. Although I have participated in the Top 10 List on topratedwebsitehosting.com, there really are a number of reasons you shouldn’t put too much emphasis on where a company ranks on a list. As an example, I recently read an article in a web
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Here in Southern California the weather has been spring-like for most of the winter. I realize that hasn’t been the case in other areas. However, spring is now here! In addition to hopefully better weather for all, there are those spring projects to work on. If one of those items on your list is getting
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Here is another comparison for those of you that are looking for budget web hosting for your first website. Both iPage and Web Hosting Pad offer low priced feature packed web hosting plans that are ideal for beginners that want more control over their sites than some of those website-in-a-flash-deals. Both of these hosting plans
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iPage has added a nice new feature to their website. When you visit their site, you can download some free e-books containing some valuable and helpful tips on building a successful website and implementing effective search engine optimization (SEO) techniques. Although newbies will undoubtable benefit the most from these e-books, there is plenty of information
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