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What is Shared Hosting?

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Owning a website became one of the major needs for any business. after building your website you will need a suitable web hosting plan to make your website online for anyone who wants to reach it.  there are different web hosting types but shared hosting is one of the most popular used options for web hosting. It is usually used by those who are building their first website.  In this article, we’ll dive into details and explain how it works, and we’ll also discuss its pros and cons to help you decide which is the best choice for you. Let’s dive in!   What is shared hosting and how does it work?  it is a type of web hosting where a server hosts multiple websites. Many users use the resources on a single server, and this keeps the cost low. Each user gets a part of the server where they can host their websites’ files. Imagine this kind of hosting like sharing an apartment with a roommate, so you’ll share the same server resources, like CPU cores, disk space, and memory with other users who are on the same server. It is the cheapest way to host your website online. But, Unfortunately, your website might get slow with a high traffic load, and this happens because of the limited resources.   The pros and cons:  We’re going to discuss the pros and cons compared with the other hosting options. Shared hosting Pros: Affordable: It is the most affordable and cheapest hosting option. For example, shared hosting monthly costs could be as little as 2.99$ – 7.99$, and this is because you share the server resources with the other websites on the same server. 24/7 Support: Most companies including us offer 24/7 support on the shared plans, so you can rest and leave the heavy lifting for us. Easy setup: It is the most beginners friendly hosting option, so you don’t have to have any technical knowledge. Smooth Upgrade: your traffic increased? Most hosting companies including us have multiple hosting plans, so you can easily upgrade your hosting plan when you need to, without any complicated steps. Easy to manage: It usually comes with cPanel, making it easy for you to manage your website.   [themify_layout_part slug=”web-hosting-discount”] Shared hosting Cons: Shared resources: As we’ve explained, in this hosting plan you share the server resources with other websites, and it’s not a big deal when it comes to small websites, but it is still a negative point when it comes to the medium to large websites. A bit slower: The loading time can be a lot slower than the VPS or Dedicated servers environments, and there’s a chance that your website’s performance can be affected by other websites on the same server. Less Customizable: you will not have the full customization option as you have a dedicated server, so you will not be able to do advanced customizations on the server. A little risky: Because several websites are sharing the same server, so it can be infected with malware or be the victim of a hacking attack, which can affect all other websites on the server. So you have to choose a hosting company with a firewall and malware scan. For example, we bundle our plans SiteLock light on all of our shared hosting plans.   Alternatives to Shared Hosting  There are many other options, such as VPS or Dedicated Servers.  But they are more expensive and professional options than shared hosting plans, but they will provide you with much higher performance and customization options.  So which is the best option for you?  Let’s discuss when shared hosting plans will be the best choice for you and when it is not.   Is shared hosting good? Let’s do a fast review for pros: Affordable 24/7 Support Easy setup Smooth Upgrade Easy to manage  After we know the pros and cons of shared hosting, we can say that it is perfect for beginners and small businesses; so if you just started with your first website, you should go with shared hosting.   Also, it is perfect for low-traffic websites such as portfolios’ websites, personal blogs, personal websites, and small business websites. Why shared hosting is bad? Let’s review the cons: Shared resources A bit slower Less Customizable A little risky  As we said above, shared hosting is mainly for beginners or small and low-traffic websites.  So if you’re launching a big website that will have a high number of product photos with high resolution and high traffic, then shared hosting will not be good for you.  Here shines the VPS hosting, with very much higher loading capacity and full control to help you customize your server as you need to level up the performance.   Final Thoughts  After you know about the pros and cons, and when it will be the perfect option for you, and when it won’t. We recommend if you are starting your website or just even thinking, to start with a good shared plan, once your website starts to grow and attract more traffic volumes, then you should upgrade to a VPS hosting plan. If you are new to the hosting world, you can read and learn more about VPS hosting; also, you can start picking up your shared hosting plan and start your online presence today!

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Shared hosting, VPS, Web Hosting, Web Hosting Tips

Tips to Decrease CPU Usage

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CPU time, also known as processing time, is when the central processing unit (CPU) is used to process instructions in a program. This contrasts with the system that is waiting for input or output operations. Your web pages are constructed and sent by the server’s CPU, whether the pages are static or dynamic. More CPU resources are used when your web pages are served dynamically from a script or database. This is because the visitor’s pages must be processed in accordance with the data. It loads the web template, gets the data for that specific page from the database, runs any modules or plugins you have installed and serves the page to your visitors. The CPU’s time is limited and shared by all websites on a web server. If one site uses the CPU in excess, It deprives other websites on the same server and even if the website is hosted on the server on its own, the website’s performance will decrease if it uses too much CPU and users won’t be served properly. In the worst-case scenario, Your server might crash and your website will go down. To avoid this, web hosts monitor the CPU usage of their site with shared web hosting plans. This avoids issues when a website is using CPU time too much and has adverse effects on other websites. To reduce CPU usage on your server, there are some rules you can follow: Third-party web apps should be upgraded to the most current stable release, such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, or any other management software or scripts on your account. This applies to your add-ons and plugins as well – ensure they are up-to-date. Make sure your website is clean. Remove any outdated or inactive add-ons or plugins. If you developed your own scripts, try lessening the number of PostgreSQL/MSSQL/MySQL queries and adjusting them to reduce processing time.   You must first determine the cause of high CPU usage in order to reduce it on your hosting account. This may seem difficult. This is especially true if you are using third-party web apps. These could include blogs or content management systems or forums that you haven’t developed yourself. There are some things you can do to help you get started and then eventually fix the problem.   If you have multiple websites, find the website most likely to be the cause of high CPU usage If you have more than one website in your account, it is worth determining which one is most visited and drives the most traffic. This is why CPU usage is so high. Your CPU can be affected by simultaneous hits to all your websites. Visit Live Stats You can find out which subdomains and domains are generating the most traffic in the Bandwidth Stats section and consider moving it to a different host or optimizing it.   Look deeper to identify CPU-intensive files. Once you’ve determined which website generates the most traffic via Bandwidth Stats, visit the Live Stats Traffic Section. The traffic statistics for the subdomain or domain can be viewed at the moment. Find the file that brought you the most traffic. This can be found by looking at the Total URLs per Kbytes table and Top 10 apps. Find any PHP/CGI script files. It could be responsible for high CPU usage if it generated a lot of traffic. If so, consider optimizing it.   Identify malicious visitors Check out the monthly statistics of your subdomain or domain. Look for the visitors that brought in high amounts of traffic and analyze their traffic patterns, as you might be a target for a DOS or a DDOS attack. Once you identify a malicious visitor, block their IP address/ range. The list can be found at Top 10 of XX Sites by Kbytes. It will return a hostname, an IP address, or a domain. Once you have identified the host, block them from your website.

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Shared hosting, VPS, Web Hosting

VPS vs Shared hosting – Top Key Differences

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If you decided to start a website, and you need to find the best hosting option which suits your needs, don’t worry we’ll talk about the two most popular hosting options, Shared hosting vs VPS hosting.   What is shared hosting? Shared hosting is a type of web hosting where a server hosts multiple websites. Many users use the resources of a single server, which lowers the cost. Each user gets a part of the server where they can host their websites’ files. Imagine shared hosting like sharing an apartment with other people, so you’ll share the same server resources, like CPU, disk space, and memory with other users who are on the same server. Shared hosting is the most affordable way to host your website online. But, Unfortunately, your website might get slow with a high traffic load, and this happens because of the limited resources. [themify_layout_part slug=”web-hosting-discount”] What is VPS? VPS stands for Virtual Private Server. VPS also is one of the popular hosting types. VPS is about providing you with private resources on a single server with multiple users. With VPS you’ll still be sharing a single server, but it’s more secure and stable than shared hosting where you don’t get private or dedicated resources; all of that ensures that these resources are always available to you.   When to choose shared Hosting? – You’re starting a blog or personal website. – You’re starting a small or average company website. – You don’t know much about dealing with servers. – You have a small budget.   When to choose VPS hosting? – You want to expand your business. – You expect a high traffic load for your website. – You have a bigger budget and planning to invest in your website.   Shared Hosting Pros and Cons : Pros: – More friendly hosting solution for beginners. – Have a standardized setup. – The most affordable hosting solution Cons: – It has limited resources. – Gets slow when handling high traffic load by your website or any other website on the same server. – You have limited access to the server back-end.   VPS hosting Pros and Cons: Pros: – VPS hosting has more bandwidth, memory and easily scalable. – Not affected by other websites’ traffic. – Faster and stable than the shared hosting. Cons: – Have a slightly higher price. – Need more technical experience to manage it well.   Shared hosting vs VPS hosting To conclude, shared hosting is the most affordable solution when it comes to hosting because you’re sharing a single server with other websites. You will have limited resources, but you’re able to host a small website without spending too much money. VPS Hosting, on the other hand, gives you more control, more freedom, and more performance. You don’t have to worry about high traffic or limited resources. However, it’s a bit more expensive.   Finally, When to upgrade your hosting plan? You might be wondering about when is the best time to upgrade to VPS hosting if you already have a shared hosting plan. You can answer this question by asking your self these questions: – Do I want more control over managing my server?– Will I get a high traffic load in the future?– Will I host more than one website in the future? At the end of the day, all of the hosting solutions are good, but the purpose of this article is to explain how to choose the best hosting plan for you, which of them suits your needs more than the other. We hope that this article was useful to you.

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Digital Marketing, SEO, Shared hosting, Web Hosting

Does Shared Hosting Affect Your Website SEO?

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As we know, the SEO strategy is an essential key to the success of your website; however, SEO is not just about making your site mobile friendly, using the right keywords in the right place, and posting useful strong content for your audience; it also, there is a technical aspect to consider for your SEO strategy to succeed.   Will Shared Hosting harm your SEO? To understand this topic, we’ll put together the key points that you need to know about the relationship between shared hosting and SEO.   First of all, Shared hosting is not a ranking factor According to Matt Cutts, former head of search quality at Google, your hosting type/option is not a ranking factor in Google’s Algorithm because they understand that you can’t control who else is on your IP address: However, many factors have an indirect affection on your site ranking. For example, your hosting performance can affect your ranking.   Let’s dive into our list of the key points that you need to know about SEO and Shared hosting: Website Speed: The loading speed is an essential key to rank your website. If you have a slow-loading website, it will negatively affect your UX, plus it will affect your website ranking. Google said Page speed is a ranking factor. All of that because simply people don’t have the patience for slow websites. According to Google Research, most mobile users leave any page that takes longer than 3 seconds to load: So, if you’re on a host that ends up slowing down your website page loading, then that will affect your rankings.   Datacenter / Server location: Another critical point that could affect your website’s speed is the host server location or where your files are stored. Having a server that is very far from your users’ location may negatively affect your website speed.   But, you will be wasting your time trying to find a host near people living in different locations in the world. So, if your site attracts global traffic, then your server location will not be a big problem, or you can get around this by using a CDN. Just consider this factor if your target audience is mostly living in one country.   Learn more about Hostilica’s servers’ location.   Uptime and Downtime: Without surprises, you should already know that your website downtime and uptime both affect your Google rankings positively or negatively. If your website goes down for extended periods, it will affect visitors’ attraction because you will not reach the top of the SERPs (Search Engine Results Page) if this is your case. As with slow loading websites, users aren’t likely to revisit your site. For a better understanding of this topic, you can also take a look at these two articles: Downtime for the World’s Top-50 E-Commerce Websites Performance of the World’s Top 50 E-Commerce Websites   To understand how important your website’s uptime and downtime, you may need to take a look at the charts linked above of the Downtime of the world’s top-50 eCommerce websites. You need to know that Google continuously tries to shift its rankings algorithm to these sites that value their users and give them a better user experience. By the way, you should know that Hostilica’s servers guarantee 99.99% uptime.  [themify_layout_part slug=”web-hosting-discount”] Website Security: You must know that security breaches always cause SEO problems. Google research proved that security breaches can lead to technical difficulties that may prevent Google from correctly ranking your website pages. These are the top two security points that affect your website SEO:   HTTPS is an important ranking signal Blacklisting is also a significant key to your rankings.     If you want to go deeper into this topic, you may want to look at this article about the relation between SEO and your Website security.   So, that’s why it’s essential to choose a web hosting option that’s known to be secure because you don’t want your website SEO to go wrong because you chose a hosting option that leaves your site open and vulnerable to attacks.   Quick Note:  HOSTILICA not only guarantees you 100% secure shared hosting servers but also offers many security tools to help you achieve a high level of security on your website.   Final Thoughts   I guess it’s clear that choosing shared hosting as a hosting option will not ruin your SEO rankings. You can also see that on many websites that are on shared hosting servers but have a good SEO ranking result.   You just have to understand what are the factors that could affect your SEO rankings as we mentioned above. So as long as you keep these factors in mind, you will be good to go.   Rely on shared hosting from HOSTILICA [themify_layout_part slug=”web-hosting-discount”] Hostilica offers a variety of hosting options that are meant to suit your needs and are designed to support you in many directions, for example, Servers with 99.99% uptime, More secure with their security tools, and much more.  

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