So you want to backup your WordPress blog. I suppose you heard someone say that you should. Hopefully you’re not someone who just suffered the crushing blow of losing your life’s work, your Magnum Opus. Whatever your scenario (and I really hope you’re doing this before things go south), I’m going to show you the […]
We all know that Google is trying to enter every possible market, including cell phones, operating systems, fiber optic networks, etc. Did you know they have a free web hosting service? Well, it’s not hosting in the traditional sense, but it’s a fantastic resource, especially if what you’re developing needs to accommodate very large spikes […]
If you’ve travelled through the forest of shared hosting, passed the doorstep of VPS and even scaled the castle walls of dedicated servers but still haven’t defeated your hosting dragon, then maybe you need a load balanced server cluster system. The marketing speak way of referring to this is THE CLOUD. This article builds on […]
In my ongoing analogy, a dedicated server would be a lot like a house or independent building. This article builds on my web hosting comparison. Getting a dedicated server is the first hosting option that doesn’t share a resource (strictly speaking, they all share resources, such as network bandwidth and electricity, but in the case […]
VPS hosting corresponds to renting or buying an apartment or condo. This articles builds on the web hosting comparison article. VPS hosting is still shared hosting, but there is more isolation and finer control over how you use the resources that are available to you. These plans generally range from $20 to$200, depending on how […]
Shared web hosting corresponds to staying in a motel or hotel. This article builds on the web hosting comparison article. Shared hosting might have different names at different hosting companies, but a quick and easy way to know if your in this category is that the cost will generally range in price from FREE to […]
You don’t have to read this whole article As I write this article I expect that only a small percentage of people will have any reason to read beyond the third paragraph. I’ll probably offend someone with the reason I give for this, but I invite you to prove me wrong. Unfortunately the cards are […]
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