Why speed is important for a website In this fast-paced world nobody likes waiting, which is why page speed is so important. Evidence suggests that having a slow website can negatively affect search engine rankings, sales, usability, and user experience. There are a number of reasons your site may be slow and identifying them and finding a …
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There are several ways to host your website. The most common are shared hosting or VPS hosting (often offered by developers like me). The biggest difference between a shared and VPS hosting is how server resources are allocated. With shared hosting, your website is placed on the same server as many other sites, ranging from …
Up until recently when we purchased a domain name and a hosting plan, branded email accounts were something just tacked on for free. Hosting account = email account. But combining your hosting and email in the same account is not a good idea. Every host – even the top-notch ones – experience occasional downtime. And …
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What is DNS and how does it work? DNS stands for “Domain Name System”. Domain names are the human-readable website addresses we use every day. Behind the scenes, the Internet and other networks use numerical IP addresses (“Internet Protocol” addresses). DNS matches human-readable names to numbers that machines can more easily understand. Every ISP on …
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