How to Become a Social Media Manager Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting A social media manager is a person responsible for managing all the social media accounts for an individual, brand, or company (entity). People in these roles typically work hand-in-hand with the entity they represent in order to ensure all social media posts and content are on brand for that entity and consistent with their style and tone of voice. Continue reading –>
Favorite SEO Blogs from Around the Web Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting In the search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) world, it’s often difficult to know to where to turn, and what projects to tackle. So much is required to form a well-rounded search strategy. There’s the technical considerations, making sure your site is adequately crawl-worthy, the softer skills like content generation, and keyword targeting. There’s a mix of both harder and softer skills. Once you’ve identified a good strategy, what kind of data will you measure and how will you know if the data you’ve chosen to measure indicates what you think it does. Continue reading –>
Understanding How to Get a Dedicated Server for Gaming Updated on June 4, 2024 by InMotion Hosting While most modern online video games provide their own servers, some games such as Minecraft or Valheim allow users to create servers on 3rd party services. By creating your own dedicated gaming server, you can set up a persistent online gaming environment for you and your friends to use whenever you want. In this article, we will discuss the purpose of dedicated gaming servers and explore some of the benefits of setting up your own server. Continue reading –>
Text Vs Blocks Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting You have no doubt noticed that the WordPress approach to content creation is changing. The emphasis has shifted more toward on-page editing in the browser. This essentially means blocks over text. The pros and cons of taking a content first approach as opposed to an all-in-one design and content approach can produce different results. Each approach provides unique opportunities as well as trade-offs. Continue reading –>
RIP: Brackets Text Editor Reaches End Of Life Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting The Brackets text editor, a “modern, open source text editor that understands web design,” is reaching its end of life, and will no longer be supported by Adobe. However, the life of the project, to whatever extent possible, may continue on the original GitHub page, which will remain open. Continue reading –>
WordPress Costs Over Long Term Growth Updated on March 19, 2025 by InMotion Hosting WordPress is a great content management system to get your website started and support you as your business grows. As you probably already know, WordPress is free software. This means it’s free for you to use the software, but many goods and services associated with managing a website carry their own costs. In this article, you’ll see how website costs can be budgeted, so you can make informed financial decisions. Continue reading –>
Rank Math SEO Plugin Review Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting There are a lot of SEO helper tools on the market. And it’s getting more difficult to try them all. In this article, you will get a closer look at the Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress and how it can help your website pages and posts make a better showing for search engines. Continue reading –>
Stolen Content: How to Find and Remove It Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting A popular question we see asked is “How to find and remove stolen content?” If you come across your content on another website it’s a natural response to wonder how it got there and what you can do to get it taken down. Continue reading –>
Citing Sources in Blog Posts Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting Citing sources gives your work an extra layer of authority. It doesn’t do all of the work for you, but with the power of a simple citation you can import virtually unlimited bodies of knowledge into your own work without having to cover all that ground yourself. You can point to the experts, reference the gurus, and at the very least provide extra context to the information you are presenting. Continue reading –>
What is RAID? Redundant Array of Independent Disks Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting When trying to decide the best storage configuration for your server, you may have come across the concept of RAID. RAID is fairly common in modern server configurations and offers redundancy for stored data. In this article, we will explore the concept of software RAID and hardware RAID and discuss how these technologies work. Continue reading –>
2021 Make WordPress Hosting Team Reps Announced Updated on January 23, 2024 by Guest Contributor The 2021 Make WordPress Hosting Community team announced new team representatives on March 30 following a nomination process and request for feedback. The Hosting Community team was established to help create a community for hosts and hosting companies that host WordPress. The team works to improve the WordPress’ end-user experience in various hosting environments through industry collaboration and user education. Continue reading –>
What is LiteSpeed? Updated on January 22, 2025 by Carrie Smaha In addition to web server software such as Apache, there are other web server software options available. One of these alternatives is LiteSpeed Web Server. Unlike Apache, LiteSpeed is proprietary software and is not free. In exchange for this increased cost, LiteSpeed offers better performance and newer features than similar web server software. Continue reading –>
Data Center Automation Overview Updated on May 3, 2024 by InMotion Hosting While reading about current web hosting technologies, you have likely seen mention of automation being used in data center operations. Data center automation is becoming increasingly popular for large-scale data centers and offers clear benefits for both hosting providers and end users. By automating the deployment of operating systems, software packages, and server configurations you can increase productivity, reduce overhead, and provide a more reliable experience overall. In this article we will explore the concept of data center automation and discuss some of the benefits of automating data center operations. Continue reading –>
What is IPMI? Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting One of the underlying technologies of many data center operations is IPMI. IPMI stands for Intelligent Platform Management Interface and allows remote users to interact with servers independently of the server itself. Tasks such as installing operating systems that normally require physical proximity to the server can be performed remotely using an IPMI. Continue reading –>
What are KVM Switches? Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting One of the most convenient aspects of modern computing is the ability to interact with your computer using keyboard and mouse inputs and video outputs. While this is common for personal computers, it is slightly less common for web servers. Using a KVM Switch, a user can directly interact with a server using a conventional keyboard and mouse and receive video output on a monitor. In this article, we will discuss the concept of KVM switches and explore the benefits of using this technology. Continue reading –>
