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News & Interviews

The HostingAdvice team dishes out a daily dose of technology news, product reviews, and profiles of the industry’s movers and shakers. Follow us as we interview executives, engineers, and early adopters of cutting-edge technology.

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Hyperscalers Pour $20B+ Into APAC, Opening Door for Web Hosts

Hyperscalers Pour $20B+ Into APAC, Opening Door for Web Hosts

Three of the world’s largest cloud providers — AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud — are actively investing more than $20...

By: Jordan Sprogis
6/17/2025
Own Your Stack? Virtualization Could Save You Thousands

Own Your Stack? Virtualization Could Save You Thousands

Virtualizing servers can save U.S. web hosts up to $4,500 per 1U server annually, according to ENERGY STAR and the...

By: Jordan Sprogis
6/17/2025
44% of Hyper-Growth Firms Rely on Managed Hosting for Stability

44% of Hyper-Growth Firms Rely on Managed Hosting for Stability

Nearly 45% of the fastest-growing companies say managed hosting is essential for stability, and 27% have already...

By: Jordan Sprogis
6/17/2025
WordPress Growth Stalls at 0.4% YOY as Hosts Go SaaS

WordPress Growth Stalls at 0.4% YOY as Hosts Go SaaS

WordPress’s growth has officially plateaued: Its share grew just 0.4% (43.2% to 43.6%) from 2022 to 2025. It's a stark...

By: Jordan Sprogis
6/16/2025
6 out of 10 Businesses Have Experienced Hosting Problems

6 out of 10 Businesses Have Experienced Hosting Problems

A Liquid Web report found that 61% of surveyed hyper-growth businesses (HGBs) say they have experienced hosting and...

By: Jordan Sprogis
6/16/2025
Mass June 12 Outage Leaves Thousands of Users Without Access

Mass June 12 Outage Leaves Thousands of Users Without Access

Massive simultaneous outages occurred across Cloudflare, Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure on Thursday, June 12, disrupting...

By: Jordan Sprogis
6/12/2025
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Studies

The HostingAdvice team of research and technology experts conducts our studies through nationwide surveys and in-depth data analysis. Our studies cover a range of trending topics and deliver original, reliable data you can’t get anywhere else on the web.

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More Than Half of Americans Don’t Know What Web Hosting Is

More Than Half of Americans Don’t Know What Web Hosting Is

More than 33,000 new domains are registered daily across the internet. Given that staggering number, and the fact that...

By: Lynn Cadet
6/4/2025
73% of IT Leaders Are Leveraging Two or More ‘Alt’ Cloud Providers

73% of IT Leaders Are Leveraging Two or More ‘Alt’ Cloud Providers

Over the years of covering the world of technology, I’ve preached about the perils of putting all your digital eggs...

By: Joe Warnimont
5/27/2025
76% Want Control Over Social Feeds—Not Algorithm Guesswork

76% Want Control Over Social Feeds—Not Algorithm Guesswork

It turns out, people prefer their social media to have features that lesser-known "decentralized" social networks, like...

By: Lynn Cadet
5/14/2025
75% of IT Leaders: Tech Tariffs Will Hurt Bottom Line Through 2027

75% of IT Leaders: Tech Tariffs Will Hurt Bottom Line Through 2027

With Trump’s new tariffs, IT departments across America are left to deal with the reality of tumultuous economic...

By: Joe Warnimont
5/12/2025
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Leverage our ever-growing database of programming tutorials, website advice, and how-to guides for your next project.

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How DevOps Speeds Up Development

How DevOps Speeds Up Development

I admit — I had no idea there was (and still is) a fair bit of confusion surrounding the exact definition and...

By: Sead Fadilpasic
4/14/2025
A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing the Right Text Editor

A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing the Right Text Editor

I used to have a bad habit of opening HTML and other coding files in Microsoft Word. Eventually, I was told to use a...

By: Joe Warnimont
4/9/2025
Understanding Agile in Product Development

Understanding Agile in Product Development

Do you ever feel like projects are overwhelming, with all the tasks and subtasks that require completion? Product...

By: Christian de Looper
3/27/2025
What Is Cybersecurity?

What Is Cybersecurity?

In 2023, Microsoft launched a report that stated one simple, yet shocking fact: basic security hygiene can protect...

By: Sead Fadilpasic
3/20/2025
Is Your Website Slow? Here’s How Core Web Vitals Can Fix It

Is Your Website Slow? Here’s How Core Web Vitals Can Fix It

When I think of Core Web Vitals, I’m immediately reminded of this time when I discovered one of my websites had been...

By: Joe Warnimont
3/13/2025
GDPR Explained: What Every Website Owner Needs to Know

GDPR Explained: What Every Website Owner Needs to Know

I fondly remember the great GDPR email apocalypse of 2018. It was May 28 and half of my LinkedIn network was getting...

By: Sead Fadilpasic
3/6/2025
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Hosting Reviews

The HostingAdvice team dishes out a daily dose of technology news, product reviews, and profiles of the industry’s movers and shakers. Follow us as we interview executives, engineers, and early adopters of cutting-edge technology.

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Cheap Hosting Reviews

Cheap Hosting Reviews

Save money without sacrificing quality. The top cheap hosting plans feature ample resources, 24/7 support, and affordability.

 Dedicated Hosting Reviews

Dedicated Hosting Reviews

For high-traffic projects that need optimum hardware performance, shop dedicated server hosting providers.

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VPS Hosting Reviews

Browse our reviews of the top virtual private server providers and access the most scalable, reliable hosting resources.

 WordPress Hosting Reviews

WordPress Hosting Reviews

If WordPress is your platform of choice, our assessments of the web's favorite WordPress hosts should be your first stop.

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Media Appearances

HostingAdvice.com is regularly relied upon by leading national news outlets to provide expert commentary on various hosting topics. Below are a few select appearances where you can find our resources referenced and experts weighing in on the latest industry news.

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Evolving US consumer protection laws: A recipe for confusion?

As new U.S. consumer privacy regulation passes state-to-state, this is creating...

Consumer Affairs

The top 10 scams of 2023

As we count down our farewell to 2023, ConsumerAffairs looks back on a year of some...

US News & World Report

Stumped for gifts? How AI can help

Giving just the right things to friends and relatives shows you considered their...
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