Question: Should I use a web host if their site doesn’t have any updates for years? Answer: If the web host you are considering doesn’t have a blog, news update, or anything new on their site in the last 12 months. You should not consider this web host. A web host that is actively engaged […]
WPEngine gives customers free SSL certificates
WPEngine has announced the company will now be including free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates for their customers. Existing customers can activate their free SSL certificate with a few clicks from within the WPEngine portal. Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates are just like any other SSL certificate with the exception that they expire every 90 days. This […]
Weebly.com had security breach in February 2016
If you are a Weebly.com customer you should go and change your password. If your Weebly password is shared with any other accounts. You should also change the password for those accounts. LeakedSource has data obtained from a security breach at Weebly in February of 2016. The data was was taken from Weebly includes: usernames, […]
Dyn experiences DDoS attack
Users on the West Coast and East Coast of the United States maybe experiencing some issues when attempting to access sites like: Amazon.com, Spotify, Netflix, GitHub, SoundCloud, Etsy, Twitter, and many other poplar sites. The reason for the connectivity issue is because Dyn.com is experiencing a massive DDoS attack. Dyn.com is one of the largest […]
How to make sure to find out if your web host has an outage
3 things you wish you knew about BBB accredited web hosts
If you think a web host or any business that has a Better Business Bureau (BBB) accreditation should automatically be trustworthy then you are in for a surprise. The following are some things you may want to know before automatically thinking any business with a BBB badge is decent and automatically trustworthy. Cost at least […]
Why am I paying a year of web hosting in advance?
How do green web hosts offset carbon emissions?
So how do “green” web hosts offset carbon emissions by their datacenters? There are a few different ways that a “green” web host can offset their carbon emissions. First, the web host can buy credits from their energy or electricity supplier. Electricity credits The “credits” can mean different things to different electric companies but either […]
Should I host a download mirror?
What is a download mirror? A download mirror is a copy or exact duplicate of files hosted by a central or main server. Acting as a “download mirror” your server would be helping provide another place for people to download whatever files you are hosting. Should you host a download mirror? If you are getting […]
Is HostGator a bad web host?
HostGator is one of the largest and most popular shared web host over the last 5 years. The question of whether or not HostGator is a bad host will have varying answers. Some customers will say HostGator is the best while others may disagree and say HostGator is the worst. A lot of options There […]