The interesting point is that the difference between selling and tricky selling can be not obvious to hosting clients sometimes. If you have no or little experience you may even be not aware of the fact that you pay too much or that you are sold something you don’t really need. But after all, from an experienced user’s point of view, the tricks that some hosts use can be called dirty for a … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – July 2018 Roundup (15 Hosts Tested: The Perfect Are Not The Fastest)
August 2, 2018 By
Here's the 30th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for July 2018! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you the results below. In general, this contest's results can be featured as "The perfect performance does not mean the fastest performance". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts here. All … [Read more...]
Is Cloudflare with Cache-Everything rule effective? Tested on StableHost 6336 times from 16 locations
July 17, 2018 By
This is the second part of my practical research on Cloudflare free service. The first part is dedicated to Cloudflare free service without considering Cache-Everything rule. And in this article I present the results of testing free Cloudflare service with and without Cache-everything rule enabled (this option is free). Also, I compared the speed with and without a caching plugin used in … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – June 2018 Roundup (15 Hosts Tested: Higher Uptime)
July 6, 2018 By
Here's the 29th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for June 2018! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you the results below. In general, this contest's results can be featured as "The month with high uptime". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts here. All monitored hosts are presented in … [Read more...]
How fast is A2Hosting with and without free Cloudflare Service?
June 17, 2018 By
I’ve heard quite a few controversial opinions about using a free Cloudflare service. The main point that users blame a free Cloudflare service for is that it sort of brings more harm than good. I decided to check it myself. The main thing I tested thousands of times is website speed with and without free Cloudflare service. By the way, this is the first part of the research. Read the second … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – May 2018 Roundup (15 Hosts Tested: Better Expensive)
June 4, 2018 By
Here's the 28th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for May 2018! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you the results below. In general, this contest's result can be featured as "More expensive hosts in general are better performers". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts here. All monitored … [Read more...]
Free Elementor Landing Pages Empowered by ThriveLeads Lead Generation and Email Opt-in Functionality
May 18, 2018 By
The purpose of this article is to let you know that a hot free Elementor plugin for building WordPress pages including custom landing pages can work great with ThriveLeads (email opt-in and lead generation plugin). The highlight of the article is how to power landing pages with very versatile lead generation and email opt-in functionality. The kind of combination is a very cost-effective and … [Read more...]
Looking For a GDPR Compliant Hosting? Forget It! (Practical Thoughts)
May 17, 2018 By
Using a GDPR compliant hosting is a part of your business safety strategy when it regards GDPR thing. But you can forget it. Well, almost. Intro This first paragraph of my post was meant to draw your attention. But it’s actually a true statement. And it’s ambiguous like the whole GDPR thing stated on 260 pages. This GDPR stuff in many ways may look like nonsense and an unreasonable … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – April 2018 Roundup (15 Hosts Tested: Better Cheaper Speed)
May 3, 2018 By
Here's the 27th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for April 2018! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you the results below. In general, this contest's result can be featured as "Cheaper hosts in general show better speed". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts here. All monitored hosts … [Read more...]
The Best Free Online Tool To Check Website Speed (A2Hosting Tested 600 Times)
April 19, 2018 By
I’ve picked up six popular free online tools to check website speed and tested my website hosted on A2Hosting (the cheapest Lite plan). And I’ve made 600 tests to find out the most reliable (i.e. the best) tool. And after analyzing the test data I make recommendations on using the particular free online tools which will help you make more precise measurements of your website speed. By … [Read more...]