Get acquainted with essential industry terms that are the building blocks of understanding, from familiarizing yourself with cPanel and Linux to unraveling the intricacies of WordPress and beyond. Our glossary is your key to navigating the web hosting landscape with confidence, whether you’re a seasoned webmaster or a curious beginner seeking to enhance your understanding of this dynamic digital realm.
A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is something of a ‘cure-all’ for solving various issues on your website. CDNs are said to improve everything from site speed and security to account bandwidth usage. How is it that one upgrade can affect so much of a site’s performance? It all comes down to what CDNs actually do: get your site’s static content physically closer to your site’s visitors by distributing that content to other servers.
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In recent years, virtual private server (VPS) hosting has been a sweet spot between the affordability of shared hosting and the power of a dedicated server. The introduction of cloud infrastructures has taken that concept and extended it even further. The possible uses for Linux VPS Hosting are almost endless.
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If you’re looking for a free and easy way to improve your website’s SEO, it’s time to become familiar with canonicalization and canonical URLs.
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A permalink is the full web address (URL) for a webpage. It has earned that name because it is a permanent link and is not expected to change as long as that web page is published on the internet.
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Often referred to as “control panel,” cPanel is an interface for customizing and making changes to your hosting account with InMotion Hosting.
Simply put, cPanel is a Linux-based control panel that provides users with a dashboard that allows them to manage a range of elements on their site.
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Platform as a Service, also known as PaaS, provides its users with a “pay-as-you-go” software interface for developing and deploying applications.
PaaS is most useful in automating repetitive or extraneous setup tasks (like installing and configuring software libraries) so developers can save time and resources. Distributing your development tools in this fashion can have a significant effect on your whole development team workflow.
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Customer relationship management (CRM) gives you an interface for connecting with customers (old and new) to properly nurture a mutually beneficial relationship.
First and foremost, contacts. CRM is all about managing a list of customer contacts. These contacts may be names, email addresses, phone numbers, and more. The more information you have about your customers the better. Would you like to reach out to a customer on their birthday and send a nice message? CRM helps you do that.
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A blog is technically an index of web pages (usually referred as “posts”) typically displayed in reverse chronological order (newest first).
Originally, blogs were a way for people around the world to share a digital log of activities, interests, and various media (like image galleries). In many ways, smaller blogs have remained a form of digital diary. However, most high-profile blogs in recent years have been incorporated into larger marketing strategies.
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Linux (or, the Linux kernel) is an open source software project that powers a wide variety of computing applications. Many of the world’s most popular websites run on Linux-powered software. The Android phone operating system runs on a modified version of the Linux kernel.
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The easiest way to think of a virtual machine (VM) would be as a computer within a computer. Current technology and processing power now allow for easy creation of virtual computing environments within a “host” computer. Read on to learn what this means and how you can take advantage of this technology.
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In order to better understand what an API is, it’s easier to first ask: What is not an API? An API can be many things, but these are a few things it cannot be:
You’re likely hearing a dizzying variety of new terminology flying around from “infrastructure as a service” to “hybrid cloud” and many more. It’s really quite simple to understand what colocation is without the cloud-related buzzwords. Yet, colocation and cloud are not unrelated concepts. This article will help you clear up the differences between these concepts and what they can mean for your business.
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Welcome to our blog post on “What is a Dedicated Server?” Here at InMotion Hosting, we understand the importance of finding the right hosting solution to meet your unique needs. In this article, we will jump into the world of dedicated servers and assess the benefits they bring to your online ventures. A dedicated server offers unparalleled power and control by providing an entire server solely dedicated to your business or personal use. We’ll explore the advantages of dedicated hosting, including enhanced performance, scalability, and security, as well as how InMotion Hosting’s dedicated server solutions can empower your online presence. Get ready to unlock the full potential of your website with our in-depth exploration of dedicated servers!
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Every day, it seems that there are frightening new announcements about how easy it is to be hacked and how much of your data may already be in the hands of cyber-criminals. Malware, ransomware, data breaches, Trojan viruses — all these terms have now become part of our vernacular; indeed, these are the kinds of computer problems that make IT experts start to sweat.
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If you have a website, you have a call to action (CTA), whether you realize it or not. At the most basic level, a CTA is a design element that entices the visitor to take a certain action, whether it’s signing up for an email list or purchasing a product.
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