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Our hosting and website guide is like map - only useful if you know where to go.
You need to understand what you need from a web host before you pick one.
For newbies, the no-brainer rule is to always start small with an affordable plan such as shared hosting. For more advanced users, your site usability is crucial - this means you need a stable and flexible hosting solution.
How to choose the right hosting provider
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Starting a New Venture Online?
Creating a website - regardless of whether it's a blog, online store, or business website, is super easy with today's user-friendly web technology tools.
You don’t have to be a tech geek nor a programmer.
Follow the right method. Select the right platforms. Use the right publishing tools. You will be 100% fine.
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- By Azreen Azmi
A blog is more than just a way to post stats and press releases about your company. In fact, used properly, blogging for nonprofit can be an indispensable tool to further strengthen the brand of your …
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Market Study: How Much to Pay for a Web Host?
Hosting prices have changed drastically over the last 10 to 15 years.
In early 2000, a $8.95/mo package with basic features was considered cheap. Then the price dropped to $7.95/mo, then $6.95/mo, $5.95/mo, and lower.
We studied recent market trends and found that:
- On average, hosting companies charge $4.84/mo for 24-month subscription (based on stats from 372 companies).
- U.S.-based hosting companies charge $5.05/mo on their cheapest plans.
- Rushed servers (overcrowded servers), slow support, and expensive renewal fees are some of the more common problems associated with cheap hosting.
In case you are looking for a cheap web host...
Find Cheap Web Hosting (below $5/mo) that Doesn't Suck.
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We know that there are hundreds of hosting services available to us. Out of all them, some are more popular than others and have amassed quite a following. But which one of them is the most popular? W…
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Cloudflare is looking to make a move into the domain registrar market as they announced their newly launched service for domain registration with Cloudflare Registrar. The web performance and security…
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- By Jerry Low
To make a website you must own a domain name and web hosting. But what’s a domain name? What’s a web hosting? Aren’t them the same? It’s important that you are crystal clear on…
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One of the lessons I’ve learned after reviewing dozens of web hosts is that a good web host might not always be the right web host. Why? Because different kinds of websites will have different n…
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Internet carbon footprint Quick link What is green web hosting Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Carbon Offset Certificate (VER) Internet’s annual CO2 output Which web hosts have gone green (an…
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To date, I’ve done several reviews on web hosts, but most of them have been very siloed. By this I mean that I assessed them against basic criteria on their own merits. Yet what happens when you need …
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