Selecting a web host is a challenging experience for a web designer, or anyone else making their own website. There are a great many web hosts out there, and it can be hard to tell the difference. The obvious differences–such as price–are typically small and don’t mean much in the long run. What does an extra dollar a month mean, if it results in faster load times? What do a few more megabytes more matter, if the server is frequently down? Unfortunately, the important questions are very difficult to tell without personal...
read moreMeasuring website speed is important for any web designer. Google uses website loading speed to rank webpages, although they state “fewer than 1% of search engine queries are affected.” Loading times matter. Even small differences in load times can cause users to leave your site, or to not spend as much time on your site enjoying your content as they might otherwise. A small difference for people with high-speed connections can be quite profound for people with slower connections. Figuring out how fast your website is is actually...
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