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Wix Puts Its Full Site Builder, Hosting Included, Inside Gemini

Ryan Frankel

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Ryan Frankel

Ryan Frankel, CTO and Contributing Expert

Ryan began developing websites in the late '90s and has personally tested just about every web host and cloud platform worth trying on the market today. With a masters degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Florida, he leverages his extensive knowledge of hardware, software, and their engineering relationship to inform HostingAdvice readers of the technical implications of their hosting choices. Ryan's subject matter expertise includes, but is not limited to, WordPress, cloud infrastructure management, product UI/UX design, and popular web development languages such as JavaScript and PHP.

Jordan Sprogis

Editor: Jordan Sprogis

Jordan Sprogis

Jordan Sprogis, Contributing Expert

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.

Cristian Lopez

Reviewer: Cristian Lopez

Cristian Lopez

Cristian Lopez, News Manager

Cristian Lopez uses his Business Marketing background from the University of Illinois at Chicago to create comfortable environments for customers, clients, and colleagues to share their thoughts and ideas openly. From interviewing tech leaders to conducting UX market research projects, Cristian knows the importance of storytelling — a key variable for innovation and inspiration. His goal at HostingAdvice is to wow readers on the ever-evolving nature of the tech industry and bring his audience the most reliable and exciting content on all things hosting.

Wix Puts Its Full Site Builder, Hosting Included, Inside Gemini

For much of this year, investors basically wrote Wix a eulogy. If anyone could ask their chatbot for a website, then why would they need a website builder? After all, shares... Read More »

Are Registrars Reinventing Themselves — With Hosting As the Next Step?

Are Registrars Reinventing Themselves — With Hosting As the Next Step?

The internet’s fun uncle of domain registrars just hit a milestone. Porkbun — known for its self-aware quirky branding — has now sold more than 3 million... Read More »

South Holland Is About to Get Access to IOEMA’s Subsea Fiber Optic Cable

South Holland Is About to Get Access to IOEMA’s Subsea Fiber Optic Cable

A 1,600-kilometer (994 miles) fiber-optic cable is literally about to surface on the Dutch coast. The IOEMA Project, launched in 2023, is building a subsea... Read More »

Are Mid-Level Hosts Growing in a Cloud Ruled by Giants? This Provider Says Yes

Are Mid-Level Hosts Growing in a Cloud Ruled by Giants? This Provider Says Yes

For most independent hosts, competing in a cloud market held by trillion-dollar giants feels impossible — which may be why HostPapa is the only hosting company... Read More »

Carbon-Smart Hosting Set to Double by 2029, and Video Streaming’s to Blame

Carbon-Smart Hosting Set to Double by 2029; Streaming’s to Blame

A new report by The Business Research Company predicts that the carbon-smart hosting market — web hosting services that reduce the carbon impact of data centers... Read More »

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EU’s Push for Data Sovereignty Is Fueling the Bare Metal Cloud Boom, Report Says

Report: EU Push for Data Sovereignty Fuels Bare Metal Cloud Boom

A new Market Research Future reports that the bare metal cloud market is projected to hit $58.7 billion within the next 10 years, which is more than seven times... Read More »

Shopify Brings Agentic Commerce to ChatGPT — So What Happens to the Website?

Shopify Brings Agentic Commerce to ChatGPT, So What Happens to the Website?

Shopify just announced a partnership with OpenAI that enables direct buying inside ChatGPT. Instead of being redirected to a storefront, a shopper can open... Read More »

Bots Are 29% of Web Traffic, Hosts Face Pressure to Auto-Adjust for AI Agents

Bots Are 29% of Web Traffic, Hosts Face Pressure to Adjust for Agents

The internet has always been built for people, but in 2025, it looks a little different. More of its visitors aren’t human at all: Google, Meta, and ChatGPT... Read More »

Yet Another Record-Breaking DDoS Botnet Attack Was Just Reported by Cloudflare

Another Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Was Reported by Cloudflare

Cloudflare recently blocked yet another massive 40-second DDoS botnet attack at 22 terabits per second (Tbps) — a record-breaking number. The attack on Sept. 24... Read More »

Is Squarespace’s 2025 Refresh Built for the Gen Z Side Hustle Boom? Our First Look Says Yes

Is Squarespace’s 2025 Refresh Built for the Gen Z Side Hustle Boom?

Every year, Squarespace drops an annual bundle of new features and upgrades. This year, Refresh 2025 focuses on three key areas: more AI integration in daily... Read More »

GoDaddy Stock Shows Improvement After Gen-AI Push

GoDaddy Stock Continues to Improve After Gen-AI Push

GoDaddy’s stock has remained steady between $140 and $145 range, and a recent SWOT analysis from Investing.com points to the company’s generative AI tools as a... Read More »

AWS Just Answered Europe’s Concerns About Data Privacy With New $9.2B Sovereign Cloud Initiative

AWS Finally Answers Europe’s Data Privacy Demands

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and SAP are investing nearly $9.2 billion (7.8 billion euros) to build the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new infrastructure designed... Read More »

6,000 Shoppers Just Rated Hosting Performance Without Even Realizing It

6,000 Shoppers Just Rated Hosting Performance Without Even Realizing It

The new commerce insights report from WooCommerce and Klaviyo may primarily track the current state of eCommerce, but its survey of 6,000 respondents also... Read More »