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  • Cheap WordPress Hosting for $1

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    Under $4 per month: If you are looking for completely unmanaged, cheap WordPress hosting and you do not need the absolute fastest, most reliable hosting in town, we highly recommend bluehost. Bluehost has a neat 1 click install feature to install WordPress. Here’s our referral link (use it!): $1 per Month: If you’re comfortable with…

  • How To Use .htaccess to Redirect HTTP Traffic to HTTPS

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    If your web host has implemented your new SSL certificate and everything else is in place and you are wondering how to redirect your HTTP traffic to HTTPS using a .htaccess file all you need to do is add this strip of code: RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R,L] This goes right under: RewriteEngine…

  • Plugin to Prevent WordPress XML-RPC Brute Force Attacks

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    WordPress XML-RPC Brute Force Attacks have been in the press lately. As a result, more people are looking for a solution to prevent this sort of brute force attack on their WordPress website. Wordfence has you covered. Wordfence is the best WordPress firewall that I’ve used. If you’re not using it, install it now. The…

  • Should Webserver Space Cost Extra?

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    I was on the phone with a client earlier and they were running out of space for their site. They have s company that hosts their email and website – pretty basic setup. Apparently, they are allowed 2.2GB of space. I asked their web host if they could please expand their space to 5 or…

  • 0.02% CPU Quad XEON Usage in July 2015

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    I checked our site stats the other day and was pleased to see that out server is still running lightning fast. In June I added some new sites to the server, including a medical company in Raleigh, NC. Their previous web host was costing them a small fortune. They were delighted to see how fast…

  • Why are web hosting review sites fake?

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    Often when people are looking for web hosting they bump into web hosting reviews. Unfortunately, almost all of these review sites are fake. Why are these sites fake? Two of the many reasons this happens: Affiliate marketers configure sites like this to make money. When you click onto one of the web hosts, a tracking…

  • Should I Let my SEO Company Register my Domain Name?

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    One of our recent clients had allowed their SEO company to register their domain name. Upon a close look at their contract we discovered that they were “leasing” the domain name. This is a terrible idea. Your domain name is extremely important. You should always retain ownership of it. Never let someone take possession of…

  • Do YouTube Videos Make Your Page Size Bigger?

    Do YouTube Videos Make Your Page Size Bigger?

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    One of our clients asked us earlier if embedding YouTube videos to pages on their website will make the pages larger. Embedding a YouTube video will not increase page size or affect download speeds of your page. YouTube embeds are done via an IFrame. This simply means the content (in this case a YouTube video)…

  • WordPress Website Taken Offline Due to High CPU Cycles

    WordPress Website Taken Offline Due to High CPU Cycles

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    Today one of our clients contacted us. Their website had been suspended and taken offline by their web host due to high CPU cycles. There was no phone call, no support, no warning, no explanation, no troubleshooting of what was going on or why the website was taken offline other than telling the site owner…

  • Telapost.NET Scheduled Maintenance March 15 2015

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    Telapost.net will be undergoing scheduled maintenance around 12AM ET 3/15/2015. The server will be offline for approximately 5 minutes for a software update.