Jerry Low

Jerry is a geek dad, SEO junkie, affiliate marketer, and founder of WebHostingSecretRevealed.net and BuildThis.io

10 Web Hosting Security Best Practices to Follow in 2020

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Threats follow trends and thanks to the digital explosion that has spread the world over, hosting a website today has gotten increasingly dangerous.

This is even worse considering that most people who own websites try to monetize them, meaning there is the potential for significant impact.

Even as Google last year warned of an enhanced focus on mobile readiness for websites, 2018 also saw mobile malware attacks doubling. While this specifically may be only loosely related, the general trend of cybersecurity threats following the crowd can be seen.

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Steps to Backup and Migrate Your WordPress Site!

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As a blogger or business owner with a WordPress site, you have spent so much time and effort to launch your online business. For the same reason, you should have as much control as possible over your online presence.

You’ve chosen a self-hosted platform for a reason, and it would be a shame to lose all of your hard work or become tied to a bad web host because you don’t have a backup plan in place.

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How Fast is Your WordPress? Optimization Tips and Tools!

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Is your WordPress site slow to load? Are you looking for ways to speed up WordPress or get better performance? While WordPress is a fantastic platform, one of its weaknesses is that it can become sluggish.

But, just because your website takes a long time to load, it’s not a signal that you should ditch WordPress in favor of some other content management system (CMS). Having a slow-loading site is certainly something you should address immediately, however. WordPress page speed can be often neglected by some WordPress developers, they develop your site without often thinking about page speed. Now that Core Web Vitals have been added as part of the page speed ranking factor it’s important to clear with your WordPress developer or WordPress development agency exactly what they will be doing and if optimization for Google page speed is included in your cost.

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What Bloggers Must Know about Web Hosting: 9 Ways to Stay Out of Troubles

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I simply can’t stress enough how important it is to host your blog with a good web host. What makes a good web host?

The key is a host that provides fast loading time and an impeccable uptime record.

Keep in mind that uptime is absolutely essential, as you need your readers to be able to access the content on your blog 24/7. After all, if potential customers go to visit your blog only to find that it is down, they could very well take their readership (and their business) elsewhere.

In addition, speed is becoming increasingly important in terms of SEO. Google has been using site speed as a critical ranking factor since 2010. A faster blog host means a faster blog, which translates into higher Google rankings.

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