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Your WP Guy Turns 6!
It’s Your WP Guys Birthday! I just wanted to jump on here because today’s a pretty big deal and I’ve got to really work on celebrating whenever there’s things that happen. Today is Your WP Guys sixth birthday. I took the leap six years ago to to just jump into doing WordPress only related work.…
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What Is the WordPress Database and How Does It Work?
Considering there are over 1.5 billion websites worldwide, it’s never been more important to have an exciting website. However, the pressure of building a site that holds a candle to the competition, while also keeping track of updates can feel overwhelming. Thankfully we have an amazing platform called WordPress that we can utilize. What we…
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What Does a Website Host Actually Do?
There are currently more than 1.5 billion websites on the internet. Let that sink in. A lot goes into getting a website up and running from the initial concept to the site going live. One of the most important elements is the hosting service. The hosting service that you use for your website will make…
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The Top 5 Differences Between Managed Hosting and Maintenance Plans
Imagine that you are the owner of a small business. Woah, really? Is my Mom super proud? Anyways..back to the scenario. You have been using a shared hosting plan for your website, but you’ve been getting more and more traffic, and your site is starting to slow down. You’ve also been hearing a lot about…
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What is a Landing Page?
Recent statistics reveal that businesses that create over 30 landing pages will achieve seven times more leads than companies that have less than ten landing pages. What is a landing page? It boosts sales, but what else is it boosting? Besides my company’s self esteem. Keep reading to learn what a landing page is, why…
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What is a Subdomain?
According to Google, its search index contains hundreds of billions of web pages. Did you say Billions? *Lifts Evil pinky finger to mouth* While this number is undoubtedly overwhelming, your website only needs to compete with a small fraction of these web pages for a spot in Google’s top 10 search results for a keyword.…
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Best Company To Register Your Domain Name With
The first step towards getting your website up and running is choosing the right domain name registrar. This is who will most likely become your web hosting partner as well. This sounds dramatic but…how will I know if they’re the one? Well, the right registrar should have additional features apart from low prices that will…
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Why Do We Need DNS Servers?
When you type a domain name (e.g., www.microsoft.com) into the address bar on a browser, such as Firefox or Edge, it finds the website by communicating with a specific type of server known as a domain name system (DNS) server. The browser sends out a DNS query a DNS server answers it. ORDER UP! Wait,…
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What is an Alias Domain or Domain Alias?
We’ve all done it – logged onto our computer to visit a website that we were so sure we knew the URL of. We confidently typed idefinitelyknowmystuff.com into the URL bar, only to find the “site can’t be reached.” The site we were so sure of was actually idefinitelyDONTknowmystuff.com. Face Palm. Or, perhaps we’ve typed…
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How to Quickly Find Your Domain Registrar
Most people who create blogs or websites choose to register a domain name. A domain registrar is responsible for selling and managing domain name registrations. Since the process of registering your domain name is typically completed early in the process of starting your site, it’s easy to forget your domain registrar. Fortunately, there are a…
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