Tagged: Hosting

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Hosting WordPress Sites with Flywheel – The Honest Review

What’s the mark of a great WordPress host? After 10+ hosts I’ve learned that it all comes down to this: How often you have to think about them? When you have to ask “Why is my website so slow?” or “Why is my website down?” or “Should I update to the latest version of WordPress?”, that’s time away from things that actually matter to...

Can We Really Trust Web Hosting Companies?

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking I’m insane. Maybe if you’ve ever searched something remotely close to “web hosting” on Google, you’ve noticed the thousands of different providers. It seems like a free and open market, with a deal to be found. Well, it isn’t. Ok. Just Short of a Hosting Monopoly You might be surprised to find out that 6 of the...

Hostgator Wows Me

While the future of Hostgator and me is uncertain thanks to a block in place on a Wifi network I frequently use, which has been causing me trouble, I must say that their customer support is (mostly) fantastic, and that’s the only thing that has kept me with them in these first few days and weeks. Support is a key factor when I buy...

Sorry. No Post Until Tonight. Fixing Our Tech Issues Took Hours

My apologies for not putting out a post in time for our newsletter. We were trying to fix a problem which ended up bringing the whole site down and it took two hours to fix. We’ll hopefully have something up tonight but we’re back. For those who want to know more: When testing configurations, we used a corrupt theme which then crashed the whole...