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A lot of people believe it’s a given that larger web hosting companies provide much better services than smaller providers. After all, those well-known companies have been around for a long time, and they have the budget for solid infrastructure and knowledgeable staff. Now this may be true for some hosts but unfortunately it isn’t always the case.

It’s Halloween and several web hosts have special offers this season! Check out these awesome web hosting deals!

Two days ago, HostGator announced that they were experiencing several issues on their servers, and that an emergency maintenance is required. More than 48 hours later, servers are still down and HostGator’s resellers are inevitably losing clients. Could this be HostGator’s Halloween treat for their clients?

First off, forgive me for the irregular blog posting activity. I’d post everyday or every other day but I just can’t find the time to do so. That aside, here’s big(?) news in the web hosting industry: the .host TLD is now available for public registration! For more information, check out the registry’s official website: get.host

Two weeks ago, Google announced that HTTPS is now a factor in determining search engine rankings. They say their reason for this is they want to help make the web safer for everyone.

I had all my web pages as HTTP before, so naturally, Google’s index had my whole site as HTTP! It was therefore necessary for me to permanently move all my HTTP pages to HTTPS so that Google, other search engines, and of course my visitors would be redirected to the secure version of the site.

Before any of you even mention it — I know I’m kind of shooting myself in the foot by writing and publishing this post. I build (and sometimes host*) websites for clients myself, but I figured it would be better if people knew the disadvantages of having your web developer/designer as your web host. I’m not trying to put myself out of business. I just don’t want experienced people taking advantage of those who know very little.

I get this question a lot, so I’m now writing this post to use as a reference. Here’s how to redirect yourdomain.com to www.yourdomain.com.

I found some really AMAZING web hosting deals so I’m sharing them with all of you! This list might have more great offers by the end of the month so be sure to check back.

When looking for a web host, a common advice you’ll get from other people is, “make sure your host doesn’t oversell.” Is overselling really bad? Is it any different than overloading, or are they the same thing? Just how correct is this advice?

Just found out that some guy wants to badly hurt Review Hell’s search engine rankings for certain keywords. As of today he has published at least 10 articles on spam blogs, and in those articles he linked to my reviews using “bad” anchor texts.