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Are you about to start your website? Have you searched the whole Internet for tips and tricks, differences between this and that, or the things/platforms/services to start with? Well, chances are you’ve bumped into the following terms couple of times already – web hosting vs web builder.

So, what is the difference between web hosting vs web builder? Which comes first? And do you need both for your website? This article will provide the answers.

Let’s get started.

Fast, secure, and exceptional hosting plans are just some general terms that scratch on the surface of the BGOcloud benefits we offer to you, our clients. Knowing that we are trusted by thousands of people across the globe, our goal has extended far beyond simply providing “just another space on the market” for storing and building websites. We strive for flexibility in our hosting plans, for diversity in services, for support whenever customers need it, making the transition or the getting-started process a lot easier.

In the last couple of years, relying on and using MikroTik CHR has become one of the best ways to create, route and secure your very own virtual network. While considered to be an industry-favorite hardware company, MikroTik undoubtedly offers a lot of benefits, but it also has a few things to wrap your head around. Some great others tricky.

So, in this piece we will cover the 5 most important MikroTik things you must know. Topics to be discussed:

So, you want to start a website or an online business. You already have a secured domain name and it’s now time for you to decide on a hosting provider to get your server space. But what should you opt for? Is it ok if you choose a shared hosting? Or is it better to spend a bit more on a VPS hosting service? Sometimes it could be a tough decision to make. To help you decide which web hosting will better serve your project and goals, the hosting experts at BGOcloud prepared this quick Shared Hosting vs VPS Hosting Guide. It will cover the basics, the pros and cons, the best use cases, and key factors to consider before you make up your mind.

In this quick BGOcloud guide, you will read about three key pillars – WordPress hosting + web security and how to get both of them right with the help of top WordPress security plugins. For the purpose of this article, we will also highlight some of the best practices concerning your website’s protection.

Your domain name is more than just a way for online users to access your website. It is a representation of your business identity. People usually put a lot of thought when figuring out the most appropriate domain name. The goal is to make it easy to remember, quickly associated with what they do, and distinguishable from others. You wouldn’t like, then, to have yours stolen or compromised in some way, would you?

To help you protect your domain, we have tested and gathered 5 best practices and some do’s and dont’s which you can explore in the sections below.

Websites, laptops, tablets, servers, and all other devices that connect to the internet have an Internet Protocol (IP) address that enables them to find and communicate with one another. How would you feel, then, if you had to remember and type longer and newer alphanumeric IP addresses like 2400:cb00:2048:1::c629:d7a2 every time you wanted to go to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or any other website? Not very happy, I presume. But thanks to the Domain Name System (DNS) you don’t have to.

There are more than 1.9 billion websites in the world right now. Did you know this? Which only proves how fast-paced the sector is. To remain among the top-notch hosting providers without risking staying behind with all that’s happening, we’ve packed the best web hosting trends in 2022-2023 that such hosting providers (must) follow.

Accessibility, reliability, and speed – these 3 things seem to be the key requirements for pretty much anything on the Internet. And especially for cloud-hosted routers. In fact, according to the 2021 Cloud Managed Services Market Size And Forecast, the cloud-managed market that reached $39.83 billion in 2020 will grow to more than $117.65 billion by 2028. What sustains this growth, then, and why cloud-hosted routers like MikroTik keep gaining traction like never before?

To cast more light on CHR (cloud-hosted routers + MikroTik in particular) and show you why they are worth it when creating, routing and securing your very own virtual network, we will look at:

Loading please wait. This is perhaps one of the most frustrating things your page visitor can get. And a frustrated page visitor usually results in a never-again-returning website user. Optimizing page speed, then, becomes business critical.

Things got a bit more complicated especially for web masters and SEO experts when Google rolled out 3 new metrics to its Core Web Vitals update. And as of May 2021, page loading speed became a direct ranking factor for all pages (NOTE: Google first announced that page speed applies as a SEO ranking metric for mobile search engines in 2018).

So, how exactly does the speed of your web pages affect SEO? And most importantly, what does web hosting have to do with it?