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The Tech Industry's News Team

“Our news team has decades of experience interviewing the industry's leading innovators and reporting on the latest trends in web hosting.”

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

Ryan Frankel

By: Ryan Frankel

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 »

“The Human Element Remains WordPress’s Greatest Asset”: WordCamp Europe 2025 Showed Up in a Year of Uncertainty

WCEU 2025: Community, AI, and the Future of WordPress

Nestled along the Rhine River, more than 1,700 people traveled to Basel, Switzerland, for this year’s WordCamp Europe (WCEU) event, which took place June 5-7... Read More »

AWS, Azure, and GCP Pour $20B+ Into APAC Market, Giving Web Hosts a Direct Path Into the Fastest-Growing Region

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 billion into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region... Read More »

Own Your Infrastructure? Virtualization Can Save Hosts $2,500+ Per Server Each Year

Own Your Stack? Virtualization Could Save You Thousands

Virtualizing servers can save U.S. web hosts from $2,500 to as much as $4,500 per 1U server annually, according to Energy Star and the Uptime Institute. Since... Read More »

Nearly 45% of Hyper-Growth Firms Say Managed Hosting Is Essential 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 switched to cut costs, improve security, and... Read More »

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WordPress Annual Growth Slows to 0.4% as Other Hosts Chase SaaS Revenue

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 contrast with the two-year period from... Read More »

61% of Hyper-Growth Businesses Hit Server Snags; Here’s Where Hosts Can Help

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 server issues in the past year. Topping the... Read More »

Global Outage Leaves Thousands of Users Without Access to Dozens of Apps and Sites

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 tens of thousands of people’s access to... Read More »

1 in 3 Firms Say Hosting Is Priority #1 (And It’s Paying Off)

1 in 3 Firms Say Hosting Is Priority #1

New data from Liquid Web reveals that 1 in 3 companies ranked hosting as their top priority, and 88% of those who upgraded saw a measurable ROI. Objectively... Read More »

Over 38% of Google Cloud Assets Have Flaws, But Smaller Hosts Can Use That to Their Advantage

Hosts Can Capitalize on Google’s 38% Security Gaps

Google Cloud is leading the pack in its number of cloud vulnerabilities, with 38% of hosted assets having at least one security flaw, according to Hackread... Read More »

35% of Cloudflare Traffic Is Now Quantum-Safe; Should Hosting Be Next?

Cloudflare Secures 35% with PQC — Are Hosts Next?

Cloudflare has deployed post-quantum cryptography (PQC) protections across its entire platform, with more than 35% of its non-bot HTTPS traffic already... Read More »

Over 41% of Web Hosts Lose Customers to Industry Leaders Like Wix and Shopify — How Indie Hosts Can Adapt

Over 41% of Web Hosts Lose Customers to Wix and Shopify

More than 4 in 10 web hosting providers say they have lost customers to big-name platforms like Wix and Shopify, signalling a fundamental market shift toward... Read More »

Global eCommerce to Hit $6.8T by 2028—Web Hosts Urged to Evolve or Fall Behind

$6.8T Market Outlook Forces Hosts to Add eCommerce Tools

Web hosting providers are quickly adding eCommerce functionality to their platforms as online shopping races toward $6.8 trillion in sales by 2028, capturing a... Read More »