VPS Hosting Articles

VPS Hosting Comparison: Linode vs GoDaddy VPS

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GoDaddy.com and Linode.com both have strong industry records for reliable and affordable VPS hosting, but which of them is better for you? A simple VPS comparison of their features, pricing, payment, and customer support may help you discover which hosting option is ideal for your unique needs.

Features and Infrastructure

Linode VPS hosting options include a variety of valuable tools for amateur and professional web developers, including lush access for SSH, multiple Linux distribution support, boot configuration profiles, network usage graphs, automatic crash reboots, and support for multiple IPs. Read More…

Why Should I Upgrade to VPS Hosting?

Virtual private server hosting allows webmasters complete control over a dedicated sub-section of their web server. In effect, this offers developers the ability to have their own private server, but incur none of the high costs or maintenance of owning one.

Like a Dedicated Server, But Not

VPS hosting allows you to be isolated from separate domains hosted on the same server. This means that if other domains are abusing the server, being attacked, or over-using the server’s resources, it will have absolutely no impact on you and your website. Having a virtual dedicated server also allows you dedicated mail, FTP, and MySQL capabilities. Read More…

VPS Hosting Comparison: myhosting VPS vs HostGator VPS

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HostGator is an award-winning website hosting service located in Texas, offering “green” website hosting for eco-friendly users. myhosting is a Canada based hosting option with its own fair share of awards. Both offer VPS website hosting, and both have an A+ accreditation from the Better Business Bureau. But how do these services stand up to a VPS hosting comparison?

Services and Infrastructure

In terms of their infrastructure and reliability, myhosting.com and HostGator.com’s VPS service are nearly identical. Both offer you a 100% uptime guarantee for your website and will compensate you for brief service interruptions. Both use state of the art hardware including HVAC units and power generators to ensure that their guarantee will work, as well as redundant network protections for your data. Read More…

Interview with the VPS.net Team

VPS, cloud hosting and hosted apps, that’s what VPS.net’s favorite territory. This UK-based VPS company has been in the hosting business since 2006 and has since specialized in cloud hosting solutions for businesses of all kinds. Today, VPS.net has servers running in over 20 locations around the world with support for a whole range of popular web apps including WordPress and Magento. We were eager to learn more about the company and got an interview with the team’s Bill Rossell. Read More…

Interview with LiquidWeb on Storm Platform Powered VPS Hosting and Heroic Support

Liquid Web is a company that is truly passionate about great hosting solutions coupled with top-notch customer support. This hosting provider is famous for running all of its data centers by itself and managing all aspects of their business by themselves, making sure that they have full control so they can fulfill all expectations that their customers have. Liquid Web values great customer and technical support so highly that it registered its “Heroic Support®” slogan and created its own fit and sporty-shaped customer support mascot.

We recently had an interview with Stefan Nava, Sales Engineering and Business Development manager at the company and got to learn more about what drives this company and its team. He also shares a few great tips for anyone considering VPS hosting and gave us a few hints at what’s coming at LiquidWeb in the near future. Read More…

What’s The Best WordPress VPS Provider

There comes a time in the life cycle of every WordPress blog when shared hosting just doesn't cut it anymore. As your blog grows in popularity, serving webpages to an increasingly larger audience places tremendous strain on system resources. On a shared hosting service this results in poor performance, which can slow down your site, cause pages to load incorrectly, and eventually drive away your visitors (besides negative SEO effects since page speed is a crucial factor in determining SERP rankings). Read More…

VPS Hosting Comparison: VPS.net vs HostGator VPS

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Choosing the right VPS hosting service can be a daunting task, making the right choice is crucial to your business. So here's a comparison of sorts of two very popular VPS hosting services: VPS.net and HostGator.com. Both VPS.net and HostGator offer some great services and at reasonable prices.

Features Galore

Both VPS.net and HostGator offer some amazing offers or plans for both customers and resellers. The best thing about what VPN.net has to offer is the wide range of server locations that you can enjoy. With servers located in 13 different locations around the world, you can have your server hosted in the location that your business plans to target. HostGator, on the other hand, offers a wide variety of packages that cater to every kind of VPS hosting need. Read More…

VPS Location Matters

It is tempting to immediately buy the cheapest VPS that offers ample security, space, speed and features. However, it is also essential that you pay attention to where your servers are physically located. Physical location seems like it should not play much of a role in your site's success, but it certainly does.

Optimal Connections Increase Rankings

If your primary readership or customer base is in the United States, choosing a server in Southeast Asia or Europe is probably not the best decision. Any problems with the ocean cables will immediately be reflected in the connectivity of your server. Additionally, the overall Internet traffic where the server is located will receive priority over foreign connections. Your users could experience slowness, frequent timeouts or “page cannot be reached” messages. Not only will this annoy your users, but Google and the other search engines will start docking your sites for it. That translates into lower rankings, because part of the algorithm that determines your rank is how fast your content loads for users. Read More…

The Best Forex VPS Hosting Solutions

While you can do forex trading on your personal computer from home, most serious forex traders opt for VPS hosting solutions instead. You know that forex markets are fast and unforgiving, and even the slightest computer problem can end up costing you big time. Home traders are liable to endure power failure, computer crashes, or ISP connection problems, which can completely cripple your forex trading. Read More…

Choosing VPS Hosting for Drupal

When choosing how to host your Drupal website, you have to select between the shared and non-shared hosting dichotomy. While non-shared hosting has traditionally implied the use of a dedicated server, the emergence of Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting has given the power and customizability of a dedicated server to users who can’t afford one. But in choosing between shared hosting and VPS hosting, which is better for your Drupal site? Read More…