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Flat Icon Pack (January 2014)



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Icon Set Details

We just can’t get enough of href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/web-design/best-flat-icon-sets-2013/">flat design icons so here are another 20 flat-designed icons on daily items. If you are looking for some fresh, minimalist design icons for your next project – be it web or poster or infographic designs – this would be extremely useful. Sized at 512x512px, this set of 20 icons come in .png, .psd, as well as .ico formats. They are totally free for both commercial and non-commercial use, enjoy! style="line-height: 1.5em;">class="meteor-icon" style="font-size:13px !important;">
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Package Details

  • File Format: .png, .ico, .psd
  • License: href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/" target="_blank">Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
  • Download Size: 2.02 MB
  • Icon Size: 512 x 512 px
  • Number of Icons: 20
  • Release Date: January 03, 2014
  • Designer: Probal Kumar D.
  • style="line-height: 1.5em;">Released by: Web Hosting Secret Revealed (WHSR)

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Take Action Now

Download Jan 2014 Flat Icon Sets (.png, .ico, .psd; 512x512px) here.

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style="text-align: center;"> * Please support our designers by sharing and linking back to this page, thank you.


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WHSR Hand-Picked WP Theme Collection (Magazine Style, Jan 2014)



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For this month WHSR hand-picked WP theme collection, we dived into Theme Forest marketplace and hand-picked some of the best, freshly released, WordPress magazine theme. If you are looking for new WordPress themes that are not seen elsewhere; this post is for you. We love every single theme listed below and think they worth well above their price (which range at – /theme). Have fun!

Ook – Magazine/Portfolio Style

style="text-align: center;">class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8253 border" alt="wptheme_ook" src="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_ook.jpg" width="750" height="1123" srcset="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_ook.jpg 750w, http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_ook-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" />

Theme Details

  • style="line-height: 1.5em;">Developer: AN-Themes
  • Price: /regular license
  • Release Date: January 10, 2014
  • Last Update: –
  • ThemeForrest Rating: – (no rating yet)

Core Features

  • 4+ columns, widget ready, tested for WordPress 3.8
  • Responsive; compatible with all major updated browsers
  • WooCommerce 2.0.x ready
  • Schema rich snippet review microdata ready
  • Built-in gallery slider feature + JS Fancybox slider ready

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href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/themeforest/ook" target="_blank">Download & Demo

style="line-height: 1.5em;">Columnis – Personal Blog/Magazine Style

style="text-align: center;">class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8261 border" alt="wptheme_columnis" src="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_columnis.jpg" width="750" height="1012" srcset="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_columnis.jpg 750w, http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_columnis-222x300.jpg 222w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" />

Theme Details

  • style="line-height: 1.5em;">Developer: ILLID
  • Price: /regular license
  • Release Date: January 10, 2014
  • Last Update: January 12, 2014
  • ThemeForrest Rating: 5 stars (based on 3 inputs)

Core Features

  • 3 columns, widget ready, tested for WordPress 3.8
  • Responsive; compatible with all major updated browsers
  • style="line-height: 1.5em;">Built-in shortcodes generator
  • 8 different post formats – Image, Aside, Gallery, Standard, Quote, Link, Audio, and Video.

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href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/themeforest/columnis" target="_blank">Download & Demo

The News Time – Magazine Style

style="text-align: center;">class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8270 border" alt="wptheme_newstime" src="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_newstime.jpg" width="750" height="1890" srcset="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_newstime.jpg 750w, http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_newstime-119x300.jpg 119w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" />

Theme Details

  • Developer: Kopa Theme
  • Price: /regular license
  • Release Date: January 10, 2014
  • Last Update: January 10, 2014
  • ThemeForrest Rating: – (no rating yet)

Core Features

  • 4+ columns, widget ready, tested for WordPress 3.8
  • Responsive; compatible with all major updated browsers
  • Visual shortcode generator plus custom fonts with 600+ Google fonts
  • Forum support at Kopa Theme website

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href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/themeforest/newstime" target="_blank">Download & Demo

Solaris

style="text-align: center;">class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8266 border" alt="wptheme_solaris" src="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_solaris.jpg" width="750" height="1573" srcset="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_solaris.jpg 750w, http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_solaris-143x300.jpg 143w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" />

Theme Details

  • Developer: Well Themes
  • Price: /regular license
  • Release Date: January 10, 2014
  • Last Update: –
  • ThemeForrest Rating: 5 stars (based on 3 inputs)

Core Features

  • 3 columns, widget ready, tested for WordPress 3.8
  • Responsive; compatible with all major updated browsers
  • “Users Rating” feature integrated + 15 custom widgets
  • Translation ready, .po and .mo files included

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href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/themeforest/solaris" target="_blank">Download & Demo

Media Edge – Magazine Style

style="text-align: center;">class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8276 border" alt="wptheme_mediaedge" src="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_mediaedge.jpg" width="750" height="966" srcset="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_mediaedge.jpg 750w, http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_mediaedge-232x300.jpg 232w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" />

Theme Details

  • Developer: Well Themes
  • Price: /regular license
  • Release Date: January 4, 2014
  • Last Update: January 4, 2014
  • ThemeForrest Rating: 4.33 stars (based on 6 inputs)

Core Features

  • 3 columns, widget ready, tested for WordPress 3.8
  • Compatible with IE7 and above plus all other major updated browsers
  • Compatible with Buddy Press 1.8.x
  • Flexible Article Like system

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href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/themeforest/mediaedge" target="_blank">Download & Demo

Parade – Blog/Magazine Style

style="text-align: center;">class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8274 border" alt="wptheme_parade" src="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_parade.jpg" width="750" height="1568" srcset="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_parade.jpg 750w, http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_parade-143x300.jpg 143w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" />

Theme Details

  • Developer: Aude Media
  • Price: /regular license
  • Release Date: January 12, 2014
  • Last Update: –
  • ThemeForrest Rating: – (no rating yet)

Core Features

  • 2 columns, widget ready, tested for WordPress 3.8
  • style="line-height: 1.5em;">Responsive; compatible with style="line-height: 1.5em;">IE 9 and above plus other major updated browsers
  • Audio post format using Sound Cloud or Mix Cloud embedded code
  • Infinite scrolling option available
  • Translation ready, support .po/.mo files

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href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/themeforest/parade" target="_blank">Download & Demo

Flat News – Magazine Style

style="text-align: center;">class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8271 border" alt="wptheme_flatnews" src="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_flatnews.jpg" width="750" height="1782" srcset="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_flatnews.jpg 750w, http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_flatnews-126x300.jpg 126w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" />

Theme Details

  • Developer: Tiennguyenvan
  • Price: /regular license
  • Release Date: November 6, 2013
  • Last Update: December 27, 2013
  • ThemeForrest Rating: 5 stars (based on 5 inputs)

Core Features

  • 3 columns, widget ready, tested for WordPress 3.8
  • Responsive; compatible with all major updated browsers
  • Auto thumbnail picker plus Google Fonts support
  • style="line-height: 1.5em;">Translation ready, one-click RTL support

Jerry’s note: This theme, Flat News, is not exactly a 2014 theme but I think for those of you who are looking for magazine style theme would love this. It’s a well-designed magazine theme and the devloper (Tiennguyenvan) provides excellent customer support. So, this is why I am featuring his work on this list.

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href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/themeforest/flatnews" target="_blank">Download & Demo

Lead Press – Magazine Style

style="text-align: center;">class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8268 border" alt="wptheme_leadpress" src="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_leadpress.jpg" width="750" height="1550" srcset="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_leadpress.jpg 750w, http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_leadpress-145x300.jpg 145w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" />

Theme Details

  • Developer: Tiennguyenvan
  • Price: /regular license
  • Release Date: January 1, 2014
  • Last Update: January 10, 2014
  • ThemeForrest Rating: 3.6 stars (based on 5 inputs)

Core Features

  • 3 columns, widget ready, tested for WordPress 3.8
  • Responsive; compatible with IE 9 and above plus other major updated browsers
  • 20+ customizable shortcodes + 9 custom widgets
  • Google Adsense ready
  • Support RTL language

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href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/themeforest/leadpress" target="_blank">Download & Demo

Ereven – Blog/Magazine Style

style="text-align: center;">class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8269 border" alt="wptheme_ereven" src="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_ereven.jpg" width="750" height="1862" />

Theme Details

  • Developer: Everis Labs
  • Price: /regular license
  • Release Date: January 10, 2014
  • Last Update: January 10, 2014
  • ThemeForrest Rating: – (no rating yet)

Core Features

  • 4+ columns, widget ready, tested for WordPress 3.8
  • Responsive; compatible with IE 9 and above plus other major updated browsers
  • Read for translations
  • Built-in jQuery sliders

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href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/themeforest/ereven" target="_blank">Download & Demo

Portal – Gallery/Portfolio/Magazine Style

style="text-align: center;">class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8264 border" alt="wptheme_portal" src="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_portal.jpg" width="750" height="386" srcset="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_portal.jpg 750w, http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wptheme_portal-300x154.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" />

Theme Details

  • Developer: Shindiri Studio
  • Price: /regular license
  • Release Date: January 13, 2014
  • Last Update: –
  • ThemeForrest Rating: 5 stars (based on 3 inputs)

Core Features

  • 4+ columns, widget ready, tested for WordPress 3.8
  • Responsive; compatible with all major updated browsers
  • style="line-height: 1.5em;">Compatible with BootStrap 3
  • Built-in 4 different sets of social media icons
  • Drag & drop page editing + 4 different built-in post formats.

Jerry’s note: Portal is not entirely a magazine-style WP theme but it’s just too beautiful to be ignored. Portal’s theme layout is highly customizable so theoretically you can build any sort of sites with this theme. The theme comes with 6 pre-designed layout templates – which I think it’s a huge plus for those who are too lazy to customize their site theme.

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href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/themeforest/portal" target="_blank">Download & Demo


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Web Hosting Uptime Review (September 2014)



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This is a short  uptime scores update on some of the hosting services we are tracking right now. In summary, we have one perfect score for the past 30 days (100% uptime) – SiteGround; and plenty of others scoring above 99.98% (16 hosts to be exact). So here you go – the best 5 uptime score for month September. In case you wish to compare the results, here’s the link to our previous href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/hosting-updates-news/web-hosting-uptime-review-august-2014/">August uptime review.

SiteGround Hosting Uptime – 100%

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About SiteGround

First founded in 2004 by a group of IT enthusiast, SiteGround is a web hosting company with over ten years of experience providing shared hosting, cloud hosting and dedicated servers. Now run by Tenko Nikolov, SiteGround currently services more than 250,000 domains worldwide with 120 employees and three data centers located at US, Europe, and Singapore. They have datacenters in all three of these locations and utilize CentOS, Apache, MySQL, PHP and WHM/cPanel for their servers. No matter the server location SiteGround provides high performing and stable machines, offering server set-up, software updates, and machine monitoring. The company is also notable in that it has developed custom software solutions for account isolation, monitoring & reaction, and speed-optimization of its servers.

The SiteGround company maintains a “Philosophy of Handcraft”. This means that they provide high-quality services specially crafted to every client’s unique set of individual needs. In other words, there is no one size fits all package. Instead, SiteGround chooses hardware, crafts server architecture, and develops custom software solutions in a way that is innovative and specially tailored to clients’ needs.

For more information about the company and for some insight into its services be sure to check out my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/siteground/">SiteGround review as well as href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/interviews/web-host-interview-qa-with-siteground-ceo-tenko-nikolov/" target="_blank">my interview with SiteGround’s CEO.

The almost perfect (99.99% Uptime) – WP Engine, InMotion Hosting, RoseHosting, and A2 Hosting

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Tracking list getting bigger and bigger

We have just added HostMetro and IX in our tracking list not long ago. And we are adding more – CoolHandle is the latest newcomer (thanks Adam – appreciate the free account). So stay tuned and come back again next month for more uptime information.

Note: FYI, RoseHosting, A2, and InMotion Hosting are in my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/compare-best-five-hosting/">Top 5 Web Host Picks.


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Web Hosting Uptime Review (April 2014)



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March – April 2014 is the month of 100% uptime. I have got two sites scoring 100% uptime (InMotion, WP Engine) for the past 30 days and 8 sites coming extremely close at above 99.95% uptime (Rose Hosting, SiteGround, FatCow, iPage, Media Temple, HostMonster, BlueHost, InMotion Hosting – shared hosting).

Here goes the uptime chart for the Top 3 host in month March/April – InMotion (VPS), WP Engine, and Rose Hosting.

#1 InMotion Hosting (VPS-2000) – 100% Uptime

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Based in both Carlifonia and Virginia, InMotion Hosting (title="http://www.inmotionhosting.com" href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/inmotion-business" target="_blank">http://www.inmotionhosting.com) has been around for more than a decade (established in year 2001). The company offers a wide range of different hosting solutions – shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting plans. What you are seeing in the chart is the uptime record of this site – WebHostingSecretRevealed.net and it scores a perfect 100% for the past 30 days.

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Read my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/inmotion-hosting/">InMotion Hosting review.

#2 WP Engine – 100% Uptime

id="attachment_9368" style="width: 760px" class="wp-caption aligncenter">class="size-full wp-image-9368" src="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/wpengine-uptime-march-april-2014.jpg" alt="WP Engine Hosting Uptime (March - April 2014) " width="750" height="272" srcset="http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/wpengine-uptime-march-april-2014.jpg 750w, http://whsr.webrevenueinc1.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/wpengine-uptime-march-april-2014-300x108.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" />class="wp-caption-text">WP Engine Hosting Uptime Score (March – April 2014): 100%

WP Engine is a very special web host company that focuses only on one niche: WordPress Hosting. Its entire hosting system runs literally on a WordPress platform (no cPanel, domain manager, phpAdmin, etc). If your site is not running on WP, you will have to host your site elsewhere.

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#3 Rose Hosting

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Rose Hosting (title="http://www.rosehosting.com" href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/rosehosting" target="_blank">http://www.rosehosting.com/), a Missouri-based hosting company, is one of the earlist VPS hosting providers in the market. Attached is the uptime chart for Rose Hosting for the past 30/7/1 day(s) – as you can see, this host is extremely reliable and consistent.  To enjoy a recurring 25% discount on their shared and VPS hosting plans, simply apply coupon code ‘WHSR’ when you make your order.

Track with WHSR Uptime Monitor

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Do you know that our very own Uptime Monitoring system is now live?

The system provides a easy and convenient way to track your website uptime (10 domains per account!) and get alert when your site goes down.

href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/uptime/">Go, signup now (it’s totally FREE!).

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style="line-height: 1.5em;">Two new hosts were added into my tracking list in March – Maecy Hosting and Arvixe. Both companies were kind enough to spare us a free trial account (big thank you to you guys!) Stay tuned for more uptime details and hosting reviews in near future. 


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Web Hosting Uptime Review (May 2014)



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Here’s a quick post on our monthly hosting uptime review. Quite a number of the web hosts I tracked fell below 99.9% uptime for the past 30 days. I’ve picked the top 3 and some of the popular hosts results and posted it here. Hope this could be a good reference for those who are looking for a web host. If you need more help, check out more at my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/compare-best-five-hosting/">Top 5 Picks and as always I am here ready to href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/contact-us/">answer your emails.

Best Uptime Scores May 2014

#1 – Rose Hosting (Shared Hosting) – 100%

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About Rose Hosting – RoseHosting.com belongs to Rose Web Services LLC, a privately owned St. Louis, Missouri based company, founded in 2001. The company practices no-overselling policy hence shoppers can rest assured that they are getting exactly what they paid for.

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#2 InMotion Hosting (VPS 2000) – 99.99%

 

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About InMotion Hosting – Based in both Carlifonia and Virginia, InMotion Hosting has been around for more than a decade (established in year 2001).

InMotion Hosting offers a wide range of web hosting services (shared/vps/dedicated) in dozen of different packages. The company is best known with its superior customer service (the company is BBB Accredited since 23/6/2003 and scores A+ with BBB Busines Review at time of writing) and is rated as one of the top hosting providers by many well-known hosting review sites. As such, experienced webmasters/bloggers normally regard InMotion as the web host for businesses and corporate users – you know, people who do not mind paying a little extra for better reliability and after-sales supports.

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#3 SiteGround Hosting (Shared Hosting: Grow Big) –  99.96%

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About SiteGround Hosting – First founded in 2004 by a group of IT enthusiast, SiteGround is a web hosting company with over ten years of experience providing shared hosting, cloud hosting and dedicated servers. Now run by Tenko Nikolov, SiteGround currently services more than 250,000 domains worldwide with 120 employees and three data centers located at US, Europe, and Singapore. They have datacenters in all three of these locations and utilize CentOS, Apache, MySQL, PHP and WHM/cPanel for their servers. No matter the server location SiteGround provides high performing and stable machines, offering server set-up, software updates, and machine monitoring. The company is also notable in that it has developed custom software solutions for account isolation, monitoring & reaction, and speed-optimization of its servers.

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Other Popular Hosting Uptime Scores

Besides the top 3, here are the uptime records for a few other popular brands. href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-reviews/">Do check out the details in my reviews if you wish to learn more.

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Track Host Uptime with WHSR Uptime Monitor

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Do you know that our very own Uptime Monitoring system is now live? The monitoring system provides an easy  way to track your website uptime (10 domains per account!). You will be alerted via email when your site goes down.

href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/uptime/">Go try it out now (it’s totally FREE!).


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What’s New on WHSR this month? (Feb 2014 Update)



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Winter is still hanging on and much of our readership has felt the cold temperatures. The polar vortex has caused record lows across much of the United States map and some areas have seen record snowfall. Still, even with the extreme weather, February has been a productive month around WHSR. Jerry Low, WHSR’s founder, started the month with a Chinese New Year Celebration while I spent a long weekend in Nashville, Tennessee celebrating my 24th wedding anniversary with my husband and some close friends. Amidst all the celebrating, WHSR published some truly helpful guides for our readers.

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Web Hosting Guide

If you’re looking for information on just what type of hosting you need for your website, you’ll want to check out Jerry Low’s infographic href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/web-hosting-guides/shared-vps-dedicated-cloud-hosting/">Shared vs. VPS, Dedicated, and Cloud Hosting. Then, once you decide on a hosting platform, find out the href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/web-hosting-guides/seven-of-the-silliest-web-hosting-features/">7 Silliest Web Hosting Features and why you probably don’t need them, including “unlimited hosting space”. We’ve talked before about how having unlimited website space is not truly possible as all servers have some sort of limitation. Once your server is chosen, check out Jerry Low’s review of href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/wordpress-blog/elegantthemes-com-review-everything-you-need-to-know-about-elegant-themes/">Elegant Themes and see what the pros and cons are of using one of their themes to design your site.

Social Media & Web Marketing

February was also a month where we took another look at how you can grow your site through blogging and social media. We featured a guest post about the href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/socialmedia-marketing/10-must-follow-social-media-pinterest-boards/">top 10 Pinterest boards you must follow if you’re serious about using social media to promote your business, including SocialMedia.nl Infographics and Facebook Marketing Tips. Speaking of guest posts, our regular contributor Luana Spinetti wrote a piece on href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/web-copy-writing/time-to-wear-the-editors-hat-9-reasons-why-guest-posts-are-a-clever-idea/">why guest posts are a clever idea that will make you look at guest posts in a completely different light.

When you’re ready to write up a few blog posts of your own, our article on href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/blogging-tips/how-to-pick-the-right-tools-and-trends-for-your-blog/">How to Pick the Right Tools and Trends for Your Blog will help you figure out your goals for your blog, what fits the overall tone of your site and what your readers are looking for. You’ll also want to check out my article href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/blogging-tips/top-10-most-visited-websites-and-how-you-can-benefit-from-them/">Top 10 Most Visited Websites and How You Can Benefit from Them for a look at how to integrate these popular sites into your overall media marketing campaign.

Promote Infographic on WHSR today!

Finally, we are now open to helping companies get the word out through their infographics. For only , you can get your href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/advertise-here/">infographic posted on WHSR, which will help get out facts and information to our readership and promote your business at the same time.

February may be a short month, with only 28 days in it, but you can see that it has been a full month for WHSR. As we wrap up February, we’re looking forward to March, St. Patrick’s Day, the arrival of spring and many more useful and informative articles from our contributors.

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Top 7 Things I Learned at the iRetreat 2014 Blogger Conference



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Here is a wrap up of the top things I learned while attending iRetreat 2014.

1. Photography: Shoot into the light.

When you have a nice product to showcase and review, what is the best way to show in a photo?

Workshop leader Amy Renea of href="http://www.anestforallseasons.com/" target="_blank">A Nest for All Seasons, had some great advice: place it in front of a window (blinds down) to shoot. When you do this, the product will be backlight and appear dark, so you’ll need to adjust your exposure compensation. This is a very important term in photography that refers to adjusting your camera to get the right amount of light onto the subject. To adjust, find the “exposure value” on your smartphone or camera’s menu. Use “+” to make the image lighter on your darker background. (Using “-“ makes it darker.) This will help eliminate the darkness and nicely balance the image. Now, shoot the product straight on. As an added tip, remember that brands already have flawless shots. They are looking for something unique and eye-catching from bloggers, and want to see the product being used as intended. For example, if you’re shooting a Margarita glass, DO put a fancy drink in it with salt on the rim!

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Dig deeper: Need more tips? href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/blogging-tips/graphics-is-not-my-thing-part-1-take-better-photos/" target="_blank">Check out my guide on how to take better photos.

2. Partnerships: Use them to build reach.

The opening keynote, presented by Vera Sweeney and Audrey McClellan of href="http://www.gettinggorgeous.com/" target="_blank">Getting Gorgeous and Fashion Forward, was dedicated to the topic of building partnerships, which is great for better exposure and more brand appeal. More than that, though, a partner can be a great support for your blog and business. If you put a Twitter party together, for example, you can share the tweets and not overwhelm your audience who does not want to attend with information they don’t need. You can share pitching responsibilities, each one catering to a brand she prefers or knows better. And not only do you grow reach by crosslinking articles, you can share a combined Instagram account, join a Pinterest group, add yourself to a Twitter list – all great ideas in reaching more people. Naturally you’ll have support from a trusted resource when you need, as long as you build your relationship on trust and honesty. Vera and Audrey set up their LLC right from the start, so when you are looking for a partner, be sure not just to find the right fit that complements your site, but hammer out the legal details in advance.

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Dig deeper:  href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/socialmedia-marketing/building-a-networking-group-for-social-media-exposure/" target="_blank">Discover more tips on building a network with like-minded people.

3. Professionalism: You’re always auditioning.

Although this quote came from Audrey, it was a sentiment that was expressed throughout the conference, from both bloggers and brands. Audrey and Vera made it clear that they never stop working – even on vacation. Brands are always watching what you do, say and put online – or offline. Do not think you’re safe from scrutiny when you’re in real life. Always conduct yourself professionally and keep certain standards in mind. For example, true brand loyalty is a great idea. If you are a brand ambassador for one product that you actually use, don’t even review another. Vera shared how she painfully had to turn down some lucrative contracts because of this – but her integrity remained intact and that was worth it. And speaking of contracts, always have one so you can avoid the problem of not getting paid for a gig.

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Dig deeper:  href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/blogging-tips/from-blogger-to-freelance-writer/" target="_blank">Learn how to go from blogger to paid professional writer.

4. Video:  Just do it.

Video is a critical component to success today. The best thing to do? Just get started – now. Don’t worry about it being perfect or looking beautiful. It’s more important to be authentic and have fun with a topic you love. Pick a humorous or whacky thumbnail when you’re posting to YouTube because it will stand out better. And if you’re worried about video or inept at editing, href="https://vine.co/" target="_blank">Vine is a great option for short, sweet videos to get you started.

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Dig deeper: Once you’re started, href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/socialmedia-marketing/maximize-the-power-of-video-on-pinterest/" target="_blank">learn how to integrate video into Pinterest to maximize your exposure.

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5. Brands: How to impress them.

The first morning of the conference started with a panel, “Working with Brands” sponsored by Rite Aid. The critical question, “What are brands looking for?” was answered with a host of viewpoints.

Most brands are looking for numbers (how many followers you have) – or engagement (comments, shares and likes) – or a good story – or all three! The fact is, the more you can bring to the table, the more appealing you are for brands. At the roundtable discussions the next day, we discussed brand loyalty – again. The fact is, sticking to one brand and giving them regular shout outs on social media will attract their attention, depending on the brand, but equally sharing shout outs for their competitors can drive them away. While the brand reps at the conference understood the need we may have to use competing brands, upper management frowns on this kind of engagement from bloggers. In the meanwhile, pick and focus on the brands you love the most and start sharing about them. In addition, make sure your blog has a nice page flow with few ads, impeccable grammar, research your numbers and do your best to build traffic. Also keep in mind that sponsored content should be no more than 20-30% of your blog’s content.

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Dig deeper: Want to learn more about impressing brands? Check out my article on href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/blogging-tips/how-to-make-money-blogging-becoming-a-product-reviewer/" target="_blank">how to get started as a product reviewer.

6. Content: Growth and engagement strategies.

This session, hosted by Joel Bullock, the href="http://www.thecoastercritic.com/" target="_blank">Coaster Critic, was my favorite. He got right into it by telling the audience that if your blog was a work of fiction, your readers are the heroes – not you. Instead, you are the person helping them achieve their goals. You task is to educate or inform readers by helping them solve problems, answering common questions and sharing your unique knowledge. Posts that solve include tutorials, shopping guides, and showing how to do or solve something difficult. You can find those problems that need solving from your own readers, researching Google Trends and asking friends and family in the your niche. Another great way to get content ideas is by researching Amazon book reviews. Find books with good reviews but didn’t address some key issue – that issue is your topic. Joel also told us to pay attention to hot button issues and present them in a way that’s not judgmental but allows both sides to share their opinion.

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Dig deeper: Read “href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/web-business-ideas/tips-to-create-a-rock-solid-content-strategy-for-your-business/" target="_blank">Tips to Create a Rock Solid Content Strategy for Your Business” to learn more.

7. Publishing: How to get published.

Estelle Erasmus of “href="http://musingsonmotherhoodmidlife.com/" target="_blank">Musings of Motherhood & Midlife” gave some solid advice on getting started as an author in “Getting Published in a Crowded Marketplace “. Writing an ebook establishes reputation, builds credibility and opens writing opportunities. Join a solid writer’s group for feedback, ideas and reviews of your own ebook ideas. Reach out to brands to write for your niche. A good way to get published is by contributing to anthologies. While they don’t pay very much, they do build credibility. Find them through joining organizations in your field or niche (such as food organizations for a foodie blogger). Find places seeking submission now, such as href="http://www.chickensoup.com/" target="_blank">Chicken Soup for the Soul, href="http://www.goworldtravel.com/" target="_blank">Go World Travel, href="http://www.brainchildmag.com/" target="_blank">Brain, Child, or href="https://www.publishingsyndicate.com/submissions/nymb_submit_guidelines.html" target="_blank">Not Your Mother’s Book.

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Dig deeper: Learn more about getting started at “href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/web-business-ideas/using-micro-books-to-build-brand-recognition/" target="_blank">Using Micro-Books to Build Brand Recognition.”

The Importance of Conferences

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This is just a small sampling of the topics covered and what I attended. iRetreat 2014 also featured sessions on public relations, pitches & proposals, affiliate and Adsense marketing, getting on air, using traditional media, blog design and more. But more importantly, bloggers need to regularly attend conferences like this not only to sharpen their skill set and network, but to get inspired, move their blog into a business or write and share more effectively. I did not attend a blog conference last year – and I feel as though I missed out because now I have more direction and focus for my blog as a business in the year to come. If you’ve never been to a conference, iRetreat is intimate, clique-free and enjoyable. It’s a perfect place to dip your foot into the conference waters when you are taking your blog to a professional level.

Personally, I’ve already bought my ticket for iRetreat 2015 – what about you?


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Web Hosting Uptime Review (August 2014)



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This is a quick uptime roundup on some of the web hosts I am currently tracking (read previous uptime reviews href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/hosting-updates-news/web-hosting-uptime-review-may-2014/">here, href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/hosting-updates-news/web-hosting-uptime-review-april-2014/">here, and href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/hosting-updates-news/host-uptime-march-2014/">here). In summary, we had two perfect uptime record for the past 30 days – FatCow and WP Engine; while most of the rest flirting around 99.8% – 99.97% in uptime, which is not too bad in my opinion.

Here are the charts and my comments.

WP Engine Uptime Score – 100%

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FatCow Uptime Score – 100%

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InMotion Hosting – 99.92% (Surprise Surprise)

After an unbelievably long record of 100% uptime (1,638 hours and 57 minutes to be exact, equals to 68.25 days), my InMotion Hosting finally went down on August 21, 2014 due to an internal server error. In result, the web host recorded a 99.92% uptime for the past 30 days.

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HostMetro – 99.6%; IX Web Hosting 99.92%

There are two newcomers in my tracking list – Host Metro, and IX Web Hosting. Host Metro recorded a 99.6% uptime for the past 30 days. According to Host Metro manager – they were constantly above 99.9% before this, the significant downtime was due to server configuration errors – href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/host-metro/">read my review to learn more. In relative, IX Web Hosting was doing much better – the web host recorded 430 hour and 51 minutes uptime duration before going down for 2.5 hours in August. In result, IX scored 99.92% uptime from July 13th – August 14th. The following are the uptime chart recorded from Uptime Robot.

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RoseHosting – 99.87%

RoseHosting is one of the few in my list that does not oversell. Rose was 99.87% up for the past 30 days. According to Uptime Robot, the web host accumulated 55 minutes of downtime in August, 2014 so far.

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Other Web Hosting Services

Here are the uptime scores for bunch of other web hosting services that I am tracking.

The Good – WebHostingHub (99.9%), SiteGround (99.96%)

After two awful months, WebHostingHub is now back on track. The web host recorded only 15 minutes of downtime for August so far and hit a 99.9% uptime for the past 30 days. As for SiteGround – well, these guys are above 99.95% ever since I started tracking them so there isn’t much to say.

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The Bad – Arvixe (99.89%), iPage and A2 Hosting (both 99.7%), BlueHost (99.43%)

BlueHost recorded 4 hours of downtime after a long 431 hours of 100%-up record. I have no idea what caused the server outage; but as you can see it affected the site uptime score badly. The other few that scored below their usual uptime scores are iPage, A2 Hosting, and Arvixe.

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Wrap Up + Shameless Plug

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Do you know you can track site uptime using our Uptime Monitor?

The monitoring system provides a convenient way to stay alert on your site uptime/downtime (10 domains per account). href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/uptime/">Sign up here, now.

And that wraps up for our August Uptime Reviews. Note that there are quite a number of hosting services not included in this post. To find out more about them, you can href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-reviews/">check out my full hosting review list here.


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