It is not a good idea to be backing up your personal data to your web hosting account. If your website has a security issue and is exploited then your data may be downloaded by others. You should look for a provider that provides data backup service and not your web hosting account that is […]
Depending on where most of your visitors are coming from. Activating HTTPS may lead to slower page loading times if your visitor’s computer system or Internet access is not modern or server is not equipped to deal with all the SSL requests. Otherwise, there is no reason you shouldn’t direct your visitors to the secure […]
There are two places right now that you can go to get a free secure socket layer (SSL) certificate for totally free. You can also issue your own SSL certificate but it will probably show a popup when visitors access your site because the certificate authority issuing the SSL certificate is you and isn’t included […]
No, there is no technical requirement that you must use a SSL certificate on your website. By using a SSL certificate results in the connection between your website and your visitors computer being encrypted and secure. If you do not use a SSL certificate than the connection would not be encrypted and not secure. Depending […]
If you want to retain complete control over your video content than hosting the video files yourself is the best option. The only downside is you will have to consider the bandwidth usage and depending on what kind of copyright controls you want to have in place. The setup would be up to you. If […]
If you plan to launch a WordPress blog or website. Using a WordPress web hosting account can result in less work that you have to do to maintain your WordPress installation. Most web hosts that offer WordPress web hosting accounts will automatically update your WordPress installation and plugins when new versions are released. Be sure […]
No, NTT is a telecommunications company based out of Japan. GTT is a telecommunications company based out of McLean, VA (USA). NTT is older than GTT when comparing founding dates or formation dates. Both NTT and GTT provide IP transit for datacenters worldwide.
GoDaddy is the largest domain name registrar worldwide for January 2016. GoDaddy has over 53 million domain names registered. This figure includes GoDaddy’s reseller platform called Wild West Domains. The other 8 non-GoDaddy domain registrars would have to combine their registrations together to get close to GoDaddy’s figure. eNom came in at second with over […]
If your web host can host .com or any other top level domain (TLD) extension than they will be able to host new global top level domains (gTLD) also. The only exception is that your web host is using a custom control panel and they don’t permit it for any reason. 99% of the web […]
If your web host is showing their own ads on 404 error pages or pages that do not exist on your website. You may ask your web host to not do so. Your web host may provide instructions on how to go about creating your own custom 404/page not found error pages that do not […]