Category SEO Web Hosting

Moving site to new web host

How do you move a site to a new web host without affecting your search engine rankings?

Keep Blogspot blog or move?

You have a well-ranking, solid-PR Blogspot blog, but now you want to move to WordPress and put the blog on its own domain. Should you transfer theĀ Blogspot content to Wordpress? Should you continue posting to Blogspot? Or, would it be better to just leave the Blogspot blog alone and start the WordPress blog from scratch?

Do you need a dedicated IP address?

Your site is on a shared hosting service and, for some reason, you can’t seem to get it ranked high enough. Somebody suggested getting a dedicated IP address. Would itĀ help?

Unique C-class IP address myth

One of the latest “guru” recommendations is that you need to put each of your sites on a different C class IP address class. However, the truth of the matter is that most “gurus” don’t have a clue what a C class IP address is and, in most cases, there is no need to worry […]

Acquiring “account suspended” site

You came across a site that is for sale and you consider buying it. But, when you click on the URL there is a big sign that says “account for domain xyz.com has been suspended.” Who put up the sign? Is it bad? How does it affect your decision to acquire or not to […]

MidPhase (AN Hosting) review: disappointing

I just heard somebody complaining about their experience with MidPhase shared hosting, having their site down a couple of hours every month. Unfortunately, I had the exact same experience with ANHosting.com, which is part of MidPhase (seems like they are the same thing with different name only).
They have a super-fast and very helpful support, but […]