About the Author

Jordan Sprogis is a creative writer and tech researcher who has been working on online content for the better part of a decade. She holds a bachelor's degree in professional writing from Western Connecticut State University and has devoted much of her career to crafting content for various web verticals, including CyberSpyder and The Echo. Since joining HostingAdvice, Jordan has combined her storytelling ability with her fascination for advancements in technology to pen over 500 articles geared toward industry pros and newcomers alike.

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Every Independent Web Host Eventually Gets “The Call.” That Might Not Be Bad News.

Every Indie Host Gets "The Call"; Here's What One Said Yes To

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/24/2026
There was a time, not too long ago, when “independent host” was a flex that you could build an entire brand around — you know, with selling points like... read more »
What the World Cup Can Teach Hosting Providers About Surviving Traffic Surges

What the World Cup Can Teach Hosting Providers About Surviving Traffic Surges

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/23/2026
Ah, what a beautiful time in America: The Scots are in Boston. The English are road-tripping from Dallas to New York. The Portuguese have turned Providence into... read more »
AI Agent Security: Why Hosting Providers Can't Rely on Traditional Tools Anymore

Agentic AI: When the Call Is Coming From Inside the House

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/22/2026
Hosting providers have spent decades meticulously learning how to protect themselves and their tenants from many outside threats. Things like DDoS attacks and... read more »
GoDaddy’s Been the Daddy of Domains for 29 Years. Here’s What It Sees Next

The Daddy of Domains Knows Your Next Client

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/19/2026
Walton Goggins has a theory about daddies. “What makes a daddy?” he asks. “Maybe it’s just being the very best at what you do.” If you ask GoDaddy, it’s been doing... read more »
From Zoos to Geothermal Drilling: The Obstacles Facing Data Centers in June 2026

The Weirdest Data Center Fight's Happening Right Now

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/18/2026
The data center industry’s biggest obstacle the past few years has been whether there’s enough demand to go all in on AI. Could developers build fast enough to keep... read more »
What WordPress Agencies Want Most From Hosting Providers in 2026

WordPress Agencies Have a Hosting Wishlist. Are You Prepared?

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/17/2026
In today’s new digital era, WordPress agencies are acting as a hosting provider…just at a different level. They’re the ones managing hosting, maintenance, security... read more »
What OpenAI's Subpoena Means for Website Owners Using ChatGPT APIs

OpenAI’s Subpoena: What Website Owners Need to Know

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/16/2026
It turns out that embedding a chatbot that tells users anything they want to hear comes with more legal problems than some hosting providers may have realized. Last... read more »
WordPress Adds AI Plugin Reviews, Slowing Auto-Updates by 24 Hours

WordPress Adds AI Plugin Reviews, 24-Hour Delay to Auto-Updates

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/11/2026
Remote attackers managed to gain access to more than 20,000 WordPress sites in April. The breach was traced to malicious code that was hidden inside 31 plugins... read more »
Apple's Foundation Models Framework Is Free, But Web Hosting Providers Should Read the Fine Print

Apple Says the Cloud Is Optional; Hosting Providers Should Read the Fine Print

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/10/2026
iPhone chips have apparently gotten so powerful that they can now run small AI models directly on the phone. To that, Apple says the cloud is now optional. The... read more »
SMBs Are Losing Two Full Workdays a Week to Admin Work, and Web Hosts Are Partly to Blame

SMBs Spend 2 Days Per Week on Admin. Can Hosts Help?

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/10/2026
Did you know that nearly 1 in 4 small business owners (SBOs) are spending 16 or more hours a week on administrative tasks? That’s two entire workdays gone every... read more »
The Hidden Risk in Enterprise Modernization Isn't the Software

This is Why Modernization's Biggest Risk Isn't the Software

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/8/2026
Think about the last time you built a Jenga tower. Maybe it was at your kid’s birthday party or a night out at the brewery with some colleagues. Maybe you haven’t... read more »
Does Every Hosting Company Want to Be a Website Builder? We Asked Hosting Executives What They Think

Here’s Why Hosting and Builders Are Becoming the Same Business

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/4/2026
For those who remember the 1990s and early 2000s, building your own website was not that common — it usually marveled responses like, “Wow, how’d you do that?” and... read more »
Most Website Traffic Is Now Bots; Here's What Hosting Providers Are Doing About It

What Are Hosts Doing About Bot Traffic?

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/3/2026
Some time in 2024, the internet underwent a metamorphosis where bots — which were once just blockable nuisances — began generating more than 50% of all global web... read more »
Hosts Aren't Asking Whether to Leave cPanel Anymore; They're Asking What to Replace It With

Where Are Hosts Going After cPanel?

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/3/2026
“Pricing update that will take effect on…” For many hosting providers, that’s all they need to read. They already know that the rest of the message is just... read more »
Good News: Data Center Outages Are Down. Bad News: Ask Again Next Year

Good News: Data Center Outages Are Down. Bad News: Ask Again Next Year

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/2/2026
When Uptime Institute’s 2026 Data Center Outage Analysis dropped a couple weeks ago, it had what looked like silver linings for the web hosting and data... read more »
Let's Break Down Wix's Reasons For Laying Off 20% of its Workforce

Let's Break Down Why Wix Is Laying Off 1,000 People

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/2/2026
Wix CEO and co-founder Avishai Abrahami posted a message to X on May 28 and sent it to all 5,277 employees simultaneously. The company will be cutting about 20% of... read more »
Google Says People Love AI Mode, but Some Are Heading to DuckDuckGo Instead

Why DuckDuckGo Is Suddenly Everywhere Right Now

By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/1/2026
DuckDuckGo, the privacy-first search engine, just reported that its AI-free search engine jumped nearly 28%. It also reported that U.S. app installs increased by... read more »
Agentic AI Is Everywhere Right Now, and Almost Nobody Is Actually Running It

Agentic AI Is Here. Is Anyone Using It?

By: Jordan Sprogis • 5/28/2026
In the span of four weeks in April, four major IT management vendors launched what they’re each calling agentic AI platforms. Kyndryl went first on April 2... read more »
Server Refresh Cycles Face New Pressure as Hardware Costs and Supply Delays Rise

Do You Actually Have to Replace Your Servers So Often?

By: Jordan Sprogis • 5/27/2026
Has anyone priced a server lately? The landscape is…depressing. Memory prices have doubled — in some cases quadrupled — over the past six months. Server orders from... read more »
Are AI Agents Showing Us Email’s Biggest Infrastructure Problem?

Showdown Time — AI Agents vs. Email Infrastructure

By: Jordan Sprogis • 5/26/2026
The International Data Corporation (IDC) expects more than 1 billion AI agents will be actively deployed across enterprise workflows by 2029, performing more than... read more »
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