Guides
Answers, not filler
Each guide sets out to answer one question properly — what causes the problem, how to tell which cause you have, and what to do about it.
What is a CDN, and do you need one?
A CDN moves your files closer to your visitors. Whether that helps depends entirely on where your visitors are.
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How to choose a web host
Most hosting advice is a list of features. Here is a way of deciding which of those features you actually need.
3 min read
What is TTFB, and why does it matter?
Time to first byte is the one metric that separates "my hosting is slow" from "my website is heavy".
3 min read
What are nameservers?
Changing nameservers is not like changing a DNS record. It hands over the whole address book.
3 min read
What is DNS, and why does it break things?
DNS is the address book of the internet. Most "my website is down" emergencies are actually DNS.
4 min read
Does changing web host affect SEO?
Changing host is not inherently an SEO risk. Changing URLs, breaking redirects or losing pages during the move absolutely is.
3 min read
What is managed WordPress hosting?
Managed WordPress hosting is not just hosting with WordPress pre-installed. Here is the real difference.
3 min read
Shared hosting vs VPS: which do you actually need?
A VPS is not automatically faster than shared hosting. It is more *yours*. Those are different things.
3 min read
How much should web hosting cost?
The advertised price is rarely the price you pay in year two. Here is how hosting pricing really works.
4 min read
Why is my WordPress site slow?
Most "slow WordPress" advice tells you to install a caching plugin and hope. Here is how to find the actual bottleneck first.
4 min read