The Pros and Cons of Automating Your WordPress Website Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting Running regular updates is one of the best things you can do for your WordPress website: they help improve security and speed, fix bugs, and add new features. Not to mention automated website backups, which keep your site safe. But for many website owners, updates are something that often gets pushed onto the backburner.Continue Reading
The End of Google+: What it Means for Your Website Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting This past October, Google announced that they will be shutting down their social network, Google+, for consumers after a data leak. To some this was a shock, and others, not so much. The reasons that Google gave for shutting down included the lack of use and overall security. They claimed that “Continue Reading
Can Your Website Handle the Traffic Volume on Black Friday Updated on December 30, 2025 by Guest Contributor Black Friday is a HUGE day in e-commerce. In fact, many merchants can expect to see three times more traffic than usual. That’s a huge number! To ensure the best customer experience possible, retailers need to be ready to quickly expand their infrastructures to meet demand.Continue Reading
How Secure is Your Website Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting There’s an old saying that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. This goes for websites as well. Do you know just how strong and secure your website truly is? There are several things you can do to make sure that your website is as secure as possible. Many small businesses report that their websites get attacked a few times every single day. Hackers are poking and prodding their defenses looking for any opening that will give them a foothold to do some serious damage.Continue Reading
What to Look For When Comparing WordPress Hosts Updated on December 9, 2024 by Guest Contributor It can be a tricky proposition when it comes to choosing a WordPress host from among the many options that are currently on the market. You have to take into account the different platforms and types of hosting options even before you begin to look at the individual companies that are offering hosting solutions.Continue Reading
Choosing Between cPanel and Plesk – Web Hosting Control Panels Updated on May 13, 2025 by InMotion Hosting When it comes to the control panel you should use for web hosting, the debate usually comes down to cPanel vs Plesk. These two control panels have been the leading administrative web panels for years, and they give users the best options when it comes to managing their websites. Continue Reading
Marketing Tips for Non-Profits – Learning from the Best, Charity:Water Updated on January 23, 2024 by Guest Contributor When a coffee company wants to sell coffee, they put together a budget just for marketing so that they can run ads, mail flyers, hire content marketers, and find stores to place signs. This all costs money, and can get expensive. What if you didn’t have the marketing budget? How could your organization survive?Continue Reading
Save Money and Increase Productivity by Running a VoIP System on Your Dedicated Server Updated on April 17, 2024 by InMotion Hosting Could your dedicated server actually help you to save money? The immense power and adaptability of InMotion Hosting’s Dedicated Server solutions mean they can provide unparalleled control, performance, and security for your website. But, there are so many other things these systems can do that few of us have ever really stopped to consider. One idea could actually help you save money on your phone bills every month!Continue Reading
Speed vs. Security: 5 Things to Expect From Your WordPress Host Updated on January 28, 2025 by Guest Contributor As they do when shopping for a car, WordPress hosting customers face a bevy of questions when determining which plan to drive off the lot. How fast do you want to go? How comfortable is the ride? What safety measures will protect you in case of a crash?Continue Reading
SSD vs HDD Hosting: What’s the Difference Updated on April 2, 2026 by InMotion Hosting When selecting a fast hosting solution, you must consider many factors. Among them: choosing the right type of storage – SSD or HDD. Historically, hard disk drives (HDD), also known as magnetic storage devices, have been the most common type of storage available. These drives have been around for decades and can store large amounts of data very cheaply. Magnetic storage devices include hard disk drives, magneto-optical drives (e.g. CDROMs, DVDs) tapes, and floppy disks. Continue Reading
5 Tips For Bing Ads eCommerce Advertisers Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting As an online retailer, how do you bring more customers to your website? Especially, customers that are ready to buy. That’s exactly the question that Mountaineer Brand asked itself just over a year ago. Selling natural handmade beard supplies such as oils, balms and shaving products, the small brother-sister team brought on an SEM agency in July 2015 to help the company reach more shoppers.Continue Reading
Coding a Revolution: Code District and its Mission Posted on May 12, 2015 by Guest Contributor With the advent of coding becoming a Presidential Initiative and a growing extension of the S.T.E.M curriculum to get school children versed in the sciences and computer languages, it should be no surprise to anyone that we are amid a digital revolution. But all of these initiatives will fail if we, Generation X, lack the knowledge to understand what our children will very likely be fluent in: coding. It’s a collective effort that needs ‘doers,’ and a small company called Continue Reading
Breathe New Security Features into your Website with SSL Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting Almost every day I hear the term ‘SSL Certificate’ strewn about in conversation with customers. Most people inquiring about whether we provide SSL certificates are generally interested in some sort of eCommerce solution. I hesitate to delve deeper into the true powers of SSL encryption often times, but the advantages of being a proud owner of a SSL are overly abundant!Continue Reading
Open Source Central: Joomla 3.1 and Articles Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting Please don’t be intimidated by Joomla!. Please. Give it a try, do some research; take your time to learn something new. I know you can do it. I believe in you. What you’ll end up discovering is something awesome.Continue Reading
Digital Security: Keeping Your Website Safe Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting I like to play, and make jokes, and say silly things in an attempt to keep this blog relatively light. But, I think for this post, we need to buckle down and get serious for a second. Don’t run off! I’m not going to bore you, I just think we need to take a second and talk about site security.Continue Reading