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Are you thinking about creating a self-hosted blog or website but find the various options in web hosting to be extremely confusing?
I know just how confusing it can be when you visit a hosting company’s website and are faced with choosing the best web hosting plan for your website or blog.
Hopefully, I’ll be able to clear it all up for you in this post. [Read more…]
Question from Carrie: I have a WordPress blog that averages around 2200 visitors a day.
When I first started this blog the pages loaded very quickly, almost instantly. But now it takes them forever to load, often as long as a minute or more.
I’ve read everything I could find about how to make blog pages load faster and so far nothing has helped.
I’ve cut back on my images quite a bit and optimized the ones I’m still using. I cut the number of WordPress plugins I was using from 16 to 5.
I even ran a malware scan in my blog like you recommended in this post.
I’m at a loss as to what I’m doing wrong. Do you have any idea what could be making my blog load so slowly? [Read more…]
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There are a number of very important decisions that one must make when preparing to start a blog, and one of the most important of all is your choice of a web hosting company.
Many people when planning their first blog make the mistake of choosing a web host based on price alone, and this is a huge mistake.
Most hosting companies are within the same ball park when it comes to pricing the various tiers of hosting plans, but the quality and value of those plans can vary by a huge margin.
Choosing a mediocre or even bad web host just to save a buck or two per month will almost always come back to haunt you.
Here are a few things to consider when it comes time to choose a web host for your blog: [Read more…]
Note: The links in this post are affiliate links.
In the spirit of full transparency, let me state up-front that I’m a long-time customer of InMotion Hosting, for reasons that will be clear to you after reading this review.
I have used several web hosting companies over the years, with various levels of satisfaction.
This review is basically a contrast between the products, service and support I received from those other companies and what I’ve received from InMotion. [Read more…]
Question from Caitlyn D.: In 2009 I started a book blog on WordPress.com. I blogged just for fun at the beginning, but then I started making some pretty good money from affiliate commissions.
I read an article a few days ago that said I should move my blog to my own domain if I’m serious about making money. Well, I am.
That same article also recommended that I use Hostgator to host my blog. I’d like to have your opinion about them. Do you recommend them for hosting a WordPress blog?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]