The managed WordPress hosting market has grown considerably over the last five years. What started off as a niche service in the WordPress world has grown to become one of the main type of hosting packages that website hosting companies offer alongside shared hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated hosting, and cloud hosting. The latest company to … Read more
There are many reasons why a 404 page is generated on your website. This includes content being removed, a permalink structure being changed, or a link to the page being incorrect. Whatever the reason, 404 error pages can reduce your website traffic since visitors are presented with an error page instead of the page they … Read more
On 6 December 2018 Matt Mullenweg announced the release of WordPress 5.0. This was a significant milestone in the history of WordPress as it replaced the traditional WordPress editor with a new block editor called Gutenberg. Gutenberg is a minimal editor that allows you to create beautiful content using a drag and drop block editor. … Read more
Google Analytics remains the most popular analytical service for website owners. It is a powerful service and is 100% free to use. By inserting a small piece of code into your website, you can get a complete understanding of your website visitors. In addition to traffic stats, you can also track events, conversions, sales, and … Read more
75 million websites in the world use WordPress, which makes it the most popular content management system online. A WordPress blog is as functional as it is beautiful. It is free to users and the best part of it is that it can be modified to suit your personal needs. This is a website tool … Read more
Founded in 2003, the Utah based hosting company Bluehost is one of the largest hosting companies in the world. It was bought by the hosting behemoth Endurance International Group in 2010 and continues to host over one million websites every day. The company offers shared hosting, VPS hosting, managed WordPress hosting, eCommerce hosting, and dedicated … Read more
Multi-vendor marketplaces such as Etsy and eBay allow multiple sellers to sell through one centralised marketplace. It can be hugely profitable. By allowing others to sell through your marketplace, you can offer offer a huge number of products and expand your business quickly. These marketplaces are attractive to vendors (the sellers) as they do not … Read more
Throughout December I addressed multiple hosting and website related issues. This includes migrating many websites from a dedicated server on OVH to Vultr, moving this website to Wetopi, and cancelling my VaultPress subscription. I had used VaultPress for several years to handle external website backups, however their service has went downhill over the last few … Read more
Digital marketplaces have made it simple for anyone to create stylish content and professional looking promotional material. I have been buying digital content such as logos, themes, backgrounds, and website designs, since I started working online in 2000. In most digital stores, what you see is what you get. Therefore, if you download a logo … Read more
2018 was a year that I devoted most of my energy to video. This was necessary in order to establish the two YouTube channels I run, though I admittedly did enjoy spending more time recording videos after years of writing every day. A break from writing was long overdue. I had been writing so long … Read more