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When it comes to hosting a website, there are many factors to consider. An important decision you’ll make is choosing whether to use WordPress hosting (opens in new tab) or web hosting (opens in new tab). 

While both types of hosting will get your website up and running, there are some key differences that you should be aware of before making a decision. 

In this article, we will discuss the differences between WordPress hosting and web hosting so that you can make an informed decision about which type of hosting is right for you. 

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Tom Fanelli, CEO and cofounder of Convesio, a scalable WordPress hosting platform designed for mission-critical websites.

It’s an exciting time in the web hosting industry. A number of different technologies and social trends are reshaping the traditional ways of hosting a website. In this article, we’ll take a brief look at what some of these are—and what you can expect to see from hosts in the near future.

First, we can expect to see continued growth in e-commerce-optimized hosting. The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated e-commerce and introduced millions to buying everyday items online. Although the dramatic rate of growth has slowed in 2022, it’s still continuing to rise, albeit more slowly, as consumers gain comfort in purchasing online. It also looks like remote work…

Private cloud and dedicated servers are often mistakenly combined as one product, this is primarily because they both offer a complete server environment at a surface level. To the average server administrator, the differences are barely noticeable. For day-to-day operations, both can run the same software, utilise the same tools and if you’re used to using one system then you’ll seamlessly be able to switch to the other.  

Once you begin to strip it back and look at the inner workings for each, the real differences begin to shine. Neither solution is better outright than the other, instead they fit into their own respective niches. This is the important distinction businesses need to be aware of when looking to deploy either within their organisation. 

For decades now,…

Private cloud and dedicated servers are often mistakenly combined as one product, this is primarily because they both offer a complete server environment at a surface level. To the average server administrator, the differences are barely noticeable. For day-to-day operations, both can run the same software, utilise the same tools and if you’re used to using one system then you’ll seamlessly be able to switch to the other.  

Once you begin to strip it back and look at the inner workings for each, the real differences begin to shine. Neither solution is better outright than the other, instead they fit into their own respective niches. This is the important distinction businesses need to be aware of when looking to deploy either within their organisation. 

For decades now,…

Both .net and .com are domain extensions, used as the last part of your main domain name. For example, Forbes.com uses the .com domain extension. Both extensions can be used by any type of business but, traditionally, the .com extension was used for commercial businesses and .net was created for more tech-centered networking businesses. The .net extension is a good secondary domain extension to .com, but it could be a good first choice if your business is in the tech sector.

.net vs. .com

In today’s market, there isn’t much difference between .com and .net in the perceptions of potential site visitors. The .com extension might carry a bit more respectability for businesses but a .net domain extension is a good option. While it makes sense for tech companies…