Traffic Spikes: How to Handle Sudden Popularity
Most websites get steady traffic that grows slowly over time. Then occasionally, something happens. A press mention. A viral social post. A product launch. A celebrity tweet. Traffic that was a few hundred visitors per day suddenly becomes 50,000 visitors in an hour. That kind of moment is exactly when you want your site to […]
Website Maintenance Checklist: Monthly Tasks
The previous piece covered why website maintenance matters and what it generally includes. This piece gets practical. Here is a detailed monthly maintenance checklist with 20 specific tasks that keep most websites healthy. Some tasks only take minutes. Some take longer. Together they form a complete monthly maintenance routine. Adapt the list to your specific […]
Scalability: Hosting That Grows With Your Business
When you launch a website, you usually have no idea how big it will get. Maybe it stays small forever. Maybe it grows steadily. Maybe one piece of content takes off and your traffic jumps 50x in a week. The hosting choice you make on day one usually does not match the hosting needs you […]
Cross-Site Request Forgery: CSRF Attacks
Cross-site request forgery, usually called CSRF (pronounced “sea-surf”), is one of the less famous but more clever web attacks. It works not by breaking into a site, but by tricking the site into thinking a legitimate user wanted to do something they did not actually want to do. The attacker does not need access to […]
Website Maintenance: What It Is & Why You Need It
A website is not a build-it-and-forget-it project. Once your site is live, it needs ongoing attention to stay secure, fast, and functional. Software updates need installing. Security patches need applying. Content needs reviewing. Backups need confirming. Performance needs checking. Most site owners know maintenance matters but treat it as something to deal with when problems […]
Storage Space: How Much Do You Really Need?
Storage is one of the most overlooked specs in web hosting. Most users see a number (“50 GB SSD storage”) and either ignore it or assume bigger is better. The reality is more nuanced. Most sites need far less storage than hosting plans offer, and the type of storage matters more than the size for […]
Cross-Site Scripting: XSS Attacks Explained
Cross-site scripting, usually called XSS, is one of the most common web vulnerabilities. It works by tricking websites into displaying malicious scripts that run in visitors’ browsers. The scripts can do almost anything a normal script can do, which includes a lot of damage. XSS does not get the same attention as SQL injection or […]
Professional Email: Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365
If you have decided you need real business email at your own domain, the two biggest options are Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. Together they dominate the business productivity market. Almost every business of meaningful size uses one or the other. Both do similar things. Both include business email at your domain. Both include calendars, […]
Bandwidth Explained: How Much Does Your Site Need?
Bandwidth is one of those hosting terms that gets thrown around in marketing material without much explanation. Hosts advertise “unlimited bandwidth” or “100 GB bandwidth per month” and most users have no idea what those numbers mean for their actual site. The truth is that bandwidth is straightforward once you understand it, and most sites […]
SQL Injection: What It Is & How to Prevent It
SQL injection is one of the oldest web vulnerabilities and still one of the most damaging when it succeeds. It works by tricking the database into running commands the attacker chose rather than the commands the application intended. The attack has been understood for decades. The defenses are well-documented. Yet sites still get hit by […]