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purplesurveys · 3 years

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1 - Are you one of those people who can watch TV shows and movies over and over again without getting bored? Yeah this is pretty much my approach to all of my favorites. if a show or movie is able to join that club, then I automatically have no problem watching it over and over. Case in point, Friends for TV shows and The Proposal for movies.

2 - If you drink coffee, do you like it plain or would you rather have something like a latte or something flavoured? I never take coffee black. I mean I’ve had a few sips of it from friends’ cups before, but it just made me miserable loooool.

3 - How did you used to dress ten years ago? Do you dress in a similar way now? Ten years ago I was 12 and had no fashion sense whatsoever. I just put on whatever hand-me-down I got or whatever my mom would get me when she’d go window shopping. Didn’t really start putting in effort in my outfits until the end of high school.

4 - When you’re grocery shopping, do you buy known brands or are you happy to go with the generic store version? Known brands, because most of the time they end up having a better quality as well.

5 - Do you have a close relationship with any of your cousins? I’m super close with only one cousin, the eldest one on my mom’s side. He’s pretty much like an older brother to me and my siblings. Everyone else on my mom’s side is too young for me to get truly close with; my cousins on my dad’s side are too shy and also live too far away for me to be able to keep up a close relationship with them.

6 - Who was the last person to sleep over at your house? Does this person stay over often or was it more of a one-off? Gabie, I think. She stayed over a lot before, but obviously not anymore.

7 - Does bad weather put you off going out if you’ve got plans to do so? Have you ever cancelled plans due to the weather? Only if a typhoon is really strong; like now, and how they actually had to cancel work today because of the power outages everywhere and because residents in other cities are already being brought to evacuation centers where they can be safe. I had no idea work suspensions were a thing lmao so I was glad to read the message today; I didn’t know how I was going to work with only data and limited battery for both my phone and laptop (power’s been out in our house since 1 AM). :(

8 - When you’re on vacation, do you prefer doing the typical tourist things, or would you rather explore somewhere off the beaten track? I will enjoy a tourist thing or two, but otherwise I’d focus on the less-explored or less-visited attractions. It’s usually the museums or historical landmarks, which is a shame.

9 - Did your family travel a lot when you were younger? From the time I turned 11, which I think was the time my dad got a good promotion and money got a lot better at home. We’d go for vacations locally and abroad every time he was home, which was every 5-6 months.

10 - When was the last time you went shopping for clothes? Did you get anything decent or find any bargains? Around March, I think. Yeah, I found two tops that were both bargains.

11 - Is it true that accessories can make or break an outfit? For sure. With me, it’s bags.

12 - What is your worst memory from high school? What about the best? The absolute worst that I can remember was when we had to role-play as our chosen character in the novel we were taking up in Filipino class; and for some wild reason I chose the most extravagant, bitchiest, flamboyant character...for whom I do not have even the slightest acting chops. When I got to the front of the classroom that’s when I realized my mistake, blanked out, realized I wasn’t going to be able to act as her, and fumbled for the next five minutes.

My favorite bits from high school were the lunch periods I spent with my friend group. Even if we don’t talk anymore, I’m just grateful I was able to find a home in a group in high school.

13 - Is there any trait in a potential partner that would be a total dealbreaker for you? Right now my biggest dealbreaker is if they aren’t Gabie...lol. Other than that, I imagine being hugely turned off by poor hygiene.

14 - Do you insist people use coasters if they’re putting drinks down in your house? No. I wish we did have coasters as I find them aesthetically pleasing haha, but my mom doesn’t find them necessary

15 - Have you ever been arrested? Were you guilty of whatever it is you were arrested for? Never been.

16 - Name five items on the shelf nearest to you: I don’t have shelves in my room.

17 - After meals, do you wash dishes up right away, or do you leave them in the sink and do a whole days worth at once? I leave them in the sink and soak it with water and dishwashing soap for an hour or so, so that by the time I get back to it it’s easier and quicker to wash. So I do leave them, but I don’t wait until I have 4353894753246 dishes to wash by the end of the day.

18 - What websites do you find yourself spending the most time on? These days I’m primarily on Google Suite, honestly. Work eats up my week.

19 - Do you still download music and TV shows? No. Nearly all media I consume these days is thanks to an online subscription. The only exception is YouTube, I think.

20 - Does your phone have a good battery life? How long does it last before you need to charge it again? I don’t know how it fares compared to other brands, but I’m generally okay with my phone’s battery life. It lasts around 2-3 hours if used continuously, but if I’m out all day and on the go, it can last a whole day with me.

21 - When was the last time you hit snooze? Yesterday.

22 - Did you ever play The Sims? Which expansion pack was your favourite, if you had any? I did play The Sims a lot before – mostly Sims 2 on the PS2, Sims 2 Pets on the PSP, and Sims 4 on the PS4. I never explored the expansion packs too much, though.

23 - Are there any popular film series or TV shows that you just don’t get the appeal of? Game of Thrones and any Marvel movie.

24 - As a child, did you receive pocket money or an allowance? How much did you get? Was it dependent on you doing chores of some kind? Eh, not really. I didn’t receive an allowance of any kind until I was in high school when I started to be given P100 (roughly $2) a day, which was enough for snacks and lunch. No, I didn’t do chores to get the money.

25 - Do you think your parents did a good job of raising you? Would you do anything differently with your own kids? They taught me manners, showing respect, and different values like recognizing my privilege, giving to the poor, understanding my enemies in school, etc. But my childhood seriously lacked emotional maturity, physical affection, and, generally...just being treated like a kid; and I definitely feel the effects from these until today. I was already yelled at from age 5, and that has made me afraid of anyone who ever so slightly raises their voice. I’d do a lot of things differently with my own kid/s.

26 - If something is bothering you, do you have to fix it right away? Not always. Sometimes I run away from it first.

27 - Are there any household jobs you enjoy doing? If so, what’s the reason that you enjoy those things? This isn’t much of a chore as washing dishes or cleaning the bathroom, but I love making my bed. It gives me a sense of productivity and accomplishment, and it’s honestly a form of self-care. I always have the option of letting my bed stay messy and then feeling like shit about it the whole day, so when I do make my bed and fold up my blanket and everything, it gets a little easier to pat myself on the shoulder.

28 - Do you still live in the area you grew up in? Would you like to live somewhere else one day? Where would you go? Yeah, we literally just moved to the village right next to the one I grew up in. I’ve lived here nearly all my life, so I can’t wait to move someplace else. In the city, preferably; with skyscrapers and the constant sound of traffic, construction, and people walking. I feel I’d be happier there.

29 - Do you smoke, drink or do drugs? How old were you the first time you tried those things? Do you want to quit? I drink, vape, and smoke, but I’m not reliant on any of these. I had my first drink at 18, and I smoked and vaped for the first time when I was 21. No, I don’t have plans to quit.

30 - What’s one thing that really grosses you out? Is it something you have to deal with anyway? How do you cope? Cockroaches. Sometimes we’ll see a cockroach roaming around the house, but it’s super rare so I wouldn’t say I regularly deal with them. I cope by yelling for my mom or dad to come kill it, ha.

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yamguchii · 7 years

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Hey!!! Im planning to do an exchange and i know that u did one for tsukkiyama (i entered it myself) and i wanted to ask how you paired people up and if u urself joined and how u paired yourself up. Thanks in advance thisll really help me!!! All the love ❤️

hi anon !!!honestly there isn't much to how i paired ppl up !! i looked at what they requested + their dislikes & tried to find someone tht was similar so no one would be too out of their comfort zone when it came to making gifts!!for example, if someone liked fluff & had an aversion to angst (me as hell), i wouldn't pair thm up w someone who Loves angst & Only Angst, ya feel ?? i kno there r probably generators out there & w/e to make pairs for u, but i thought it would be better to do it myself !! you defo want to avoid making any of ur participants uncomfy with what they hav to make !!!oh and i actually didn't join in the tskym exchange myself as i knew i would be kind of busy w school & etc !! i only planned to join if there ended up being an odd number of participants or smth came up! honestly, i would kind of advise against joining it in fear of accidentally being biased but rlly it's ur decision !! if u know you won't be biased with how u match urself, then go right on ahead! i don't rlly hav a lot of advice on this, so if anyone has any ideas, tell me !!also i don't kno if u were asking for the technical stuff as well, but i'll say it anyways just in case !! i would strongly recommend using google forms to collect everyone's applications; it seriously helps pairing ppl up in the long run. after u close the survey frm receiving any more answers, there's a button where it'll take all the data & put it into a neat lil google sheet for u !! it's a lot easier than copy-pasting all the info into a separate word doc :0AND YEAH...!! tht's all tht's coming to mind rn,, if u need any more help or clarification, feel free to message me !! i'd be happy to help !!! good luck anon 💕💞

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onlinemarketingcourses · 5 years

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Which Is The Best WordPress Hosting? 7 Hosts

Choosing the best WordPress hosting for your site is critical.

And the most important thing you need to consider is…

How fast it is!

Why?

Because if your website loads slowly, you will suffer from-

Lower search engine rankings

Higher bounce rates

Lower page view numbers

Lower conversion rates

And last but not least…

A SLOW WEBSITE = LOWER PROFITS!

Your websites speed is critical to the bottom line of your business.

And all of that starts by making sure you choose the best WordPress hosting for you.

PRO TIP: With WordPress hosting- “best” does not mean “most expensive”

Keep reading and you’ll understand exactly what I mean…

Because the tests below will help you save $1,080 this year.

Which Is The Best WordPress Hosting?

Choosing the best WordPress hosting is easy.

You want to make sure that the host you choose-

Is super fast on the front and back end

Loads your website quickly globally

Takes security seriously (automatic backups & SSL)

Offers great support

Provides value for money

The problem is, that is much easier said than done.

So to find out who really offers the best WordPress hosting…

I setup 18 test blogs across 7 popular managed WordPress hosting providers.

And then I ran 6 tests across each of those 18 blogs-

Speed of loading from different locations around the world

Ability to cope with a plugin-heavy WP blog

Ability to handle a heavy simultaneous traffic load

How each hosts hardware benchmarks

Support speed & quality

Value for money (very surprising result!)

Note: I chose the cheapest plan with multiple sites. Cheaper plans are available.

Kinsta – Who are the current host of this blog

Cost: 2 websites, $60 monthly, $600 annually

CDN: Yes – KeyCDN included

WPX Hosting – The previous host of this blog before Kinsta

Cost: 5 websites, $24.99 monthly, $249.99 annually

CDN: Yes – WPX Cloud included

WP Engine – My host before WPX Hosting (it wasn’t great)

Cost: 5 websites, $115 monthly, $1150 annually

CDN: Yes – MaxCDN>Stackpath included

SiteGround – Specifically their managed WordPress hosting option

Cost: unlimited website, normally $19.95 monthly, $239.40 annually

CDN: No – Free CloudFlare recommended

Hostgator – The managed WordPress Hosting package

Cost: 3 websites, $27.95 monthly, $335.40 annually

CDN: No – Free CloudFlare recommended

Liquid Web – Again, their managed WordPress hosting offering

Cost: 10 websites, $99 monthly, $1,188 annually

CDN: No – Free CloudFlare recommended

Amazon EC2 – Not a managed WordPress host, but a DIY wildcard alternative

Cost: Unlimited websites, $14.99 monthly, $179.88 annually

CDN: No – Free CloudFlare recommended

So with WPEngine & LiquidWeb being the most expensive of all of them by a long way.

You would expect them to be the clear winners…

Right?

WRONG!

Not even close.

How I Tested WordPress Hosting Speed

I setup a total of 18 test sites across each of the 7 hosts.

Hosts that included a CDN as part of their package had 2 sites installed on them (WPXHosting, Kinsta & WP Engine).

Hosts that ask you to use a free CDN like CloudFlare had 3 sites installed on them (Siteground, Hostgator, Amazon EC2 & LiquidWeb).

All of the sites are hosted in the USA.

Then I created 3 different types of blog on 1 host and cloned that across each host using this plugin–

Blog Type #1 Image Heavy

Cronus Theme 11 photos 2,000 words

Blog Type #2 Plugin Heavy

Cronus Theme 30 plugins No text/images

Blog Type #3 CloudFlare

Blog Type #1 Plus Free CloudFlare CDN

And to help make things a little easier for you…

You can see the live versions of all of test blogs below-

Siteground

HostGator

LiquidWeb

Amazon EC2

WPX Hosting

Kinsta

WP Engine

Feel free to click through to any of them and run your own tests!

But if you’re too lazy to do that…

Here are the results of my 6 tests-

Test #1 – Image Heavy Site Loading Speed

In this test:

I took the Blog Type 1 (image heavy) install for each host and ran it through GTMetrix twice.

Often a sites content is cached on the hosting server and CDN.

So I ran 2 passes of GTMetrix to make sure all caches were primed.

Then I tested each site from 7 global locations and averaged out the results.

This is what it looks like-

USA

Canada

Australia

China

Brazil

India

Tested From Vancouver, Canada.

Tested From London, United Kingdom.

Tested From Sydney, Australia.

Tested From Hong Kong, China.

Tested From Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Tested From Mumbai, India.

Test #1 Conclusions

But it’s fair to say that all of the hosts performed within acceptable levels in Canada and North America (except for Amazon EC2).

It’s only when you start taking a global look at things do you see dramatic differences in the load times.

But having globally fast loading times is critical in the modern economy.

Test #2 – Plugin Heavy Site Loading Speed

A plugin heavy site can cause huge problems when it comes to load times.

And it’s easy to get carried away!

This blog has 56 active plugins at the time of writing-

And plugins can have such a big impact on load time…

WP Engine maintains a list of plugins that are banned on their platform.

So for the Blog Type 2 (plugin heavy) installs, I installed 30 popular plugins with no other content whatsoever.

Thrive Architect

Yoast SEO

Smushit

Contact Form 7

All In One Schema

WooCommerce

TinyMCE Advanced

Really Simple SSL

MailChimp for WordPress

Insert Headers and Footers

Redirection

WP Statistics

AMP for WordPress

Google Analyticator

WP Sitemap Page

WP-Polls

WP Google Fonts

Cookie Notice for GDPR

Social Media Share Buttons & Icons

Quiz & Survey Master

PDF Embedder

WP Project Manager

ManageWP Worker

Code Snippets

Tablepress

PrettyLinks

bbPress

WordPress Download Manager

Business Directory Plugin

This test is different because we are testing the computing power of the host, rather than the speed of delivering static image files.

Then I tested each plugin heavy install from 7 global locations & averaged out the results-

USA

Canada

Australia

China

Brazil

India

Tested From Vancouver, Canada.

Tested From London, United Kingdom.

Tested From Sydney, Australia.

Tested From Hong Kong, China.

Tested From Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Tested From Mumbai, India.

Test #2 Conclusions

Like the first test, WPX Hosting is the winner here.

Although it is a marginal win over WP Engine.

It’s worth bearing in mind that the tested page had absolutely zero content.

And the slower hosts seem to have started choking with the higher number of requests.

Test #3 – WordPress Performance Tester Benchmarks

The WordPress Performance Tester plugin is specifically designed to stress test WordPress hosting servers.

It does that by running a number of tests-

Math – 100,000 math function tests

String Manipulation – 100,000 string manipulation tests

Loops – 1,000,000 loop iterations

Conditionals – 1,000,000 conditional logic checks

MySql – basic mysql functions and 1,000,000 ENCODE() iterations

$wpdb – 250 insert, select, update and delete operations

And then outputs 2 performance metrics-

Execution Time – how long it took to do all of those tests (lower is better)

Queries Per Second – how many queries per second processed (higher is better)

I ran each of the Blog Type 1 (image heavy) installs for each host through the plugin.

And these were the results…

Test #3 Conclusion

As you can see 2x of the more budget friendly hosts WPX Hosting & Siteground performed incredibly well here.

But interestingly:

The more expensive hosts like Kinsta, LiquidWeb and WP Engine failed to perform.

That is the exact opposite of what I would expect to happen…

You would think those extra $$$ translate into better hosting hardware and setups!

But the data is telling a different story.

Test #4 – Load Impact

Next I wanted to know:

How would each host perform under stress from 500 simultaneous visitors?

However I had a huge problem:

Most hosts automatically block tests like this because it reseambles a DDOS attack.

But it was critical that I conducted anonymous testing because I didn’t want the hosts to know I was testing them.

So I created a new page on each Blog Type 1 (image heavy) install with 1,000 words-

Then I set Load Impact to work by sending 500 simulated visitors to load each page on each host.

This is how it played out-

Host Maximum Page Load Time (lower is better) Maximum Requests Handled (higher is better) Test Result WPX Hosting 0.371 seconds 3,370 View Result Liquid Web 2.56 seconds 599 View Result WP Engine 3.57 seconds 2,430 View Result Amazon EC2 10.1 seconds 305 View Result

Test #4 Conclusion

From the tests I was able to complete-

WPX Hosting was the hands down winner here – it wasn’t even close.

And although WPEngine, Amazon and LiquidWeb were slower…

They did not collapse under the testing and remained online.

As for the other hosts I had problems testing with-

Kinsta – LoadImpact was reporting a problem with overloaded Amazon VPS’s

SiteGround – Either the hosting failed or they automatically blocked LoadImpact

HostGator – Fell down during testing , the site went offline with a 503 error

And while I would have loved to get a result for them…

It would have brought attention to my testing & I wanted to test anonymously.

Perhaps in the future I will be able to run this test again for the missing hosts.

Test #5 – Hosting Support

Speed of your website is one thing.

But speed (and quality) of support is another.

And given that the tested hosts are self proclaimed “WordPress Experts”…

I wanted to put that to the test.

So I opened an identical support ticket with each host to see-

How long it took to respond

If they would fix the problem for me

Here is the support ticket I sent to each host-

Hi Support,

I am not a very technical person and need help with the setup of this redirect on my site hosted with you thanks:

hostingtest2.space – all pages except hostingtest2.space/wp-admin

to redirect to

hostingtest2.space

Thanks in advance.

Matt

It’s not a super easy problem to fix…

But it’s not super difficult either.

Any WordPress expert should be able to tackle it.

In my opinion the easiest way to solve this problem is with a .htaccess edit like this-

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(/wp-admin|.wp-login.php.) [NC] RewriteRule (.*) http:/hostingtest3.space//$1 [R=301,L]

But:

There is always more than one way to skin a cat!

Test #5 Conclusion

As expected – the test results varied wildly here.

Some hosts took full control and deployed a solution on my behalf…

Where as others… didn’t.

Here is how they performed-

WPEngine

Siteground

Liquidweb

Hostgator

WPXHosting

Kinsta

Amazon

WP Engine

There was 14 minute delay on live chat support initially-

And ultimately…

They said it wasn’t possible to do-

Eric Roiz: This unfortunately wouldn’t be something that can work with a WordPress setup. With the way that WordPress loads out it’s content that wouldn’t be able to work

Matthew Woodward: Can it be done in the htaccess file?

Eric Roiz: No, it’s not a matter or being able to redirect or not, but rather that the way the sites individually load their content, that wouldn’t be able to work

Matthew Woodward: OK Eric, I appreciate you trying. Thanks and have a good day there.

It wasn’t that the WP Engine Support Agent didn’t necessarily want to do it for me.

But he certainly didn’t know how to do it.

Siteground

Live chat response was pretty fast!

But the support team wasn’t willing to apply the change for me and wanted me to read an article and use their tool myself:

Martin T.: Sure, we do have a tool just for that and an article dedicated to it as well: https://ift.tt/1qT7ma2

Matthew Woodward: I always s**** up things like this and would greatly appreciate you doing it for me thanks.

Martin T.: I would be able to assist you if you’re facing any difficulties, but don’t worry it’s really easy and you can’t really mess anything up 🙂

Matthew Woodward: I always find a way!

Matthew Woodward: And it will take me along time to go through the article and understand the exact steps.

Martin T.: It’s ok

Martin T.: Believe me it’s really easy and you can’t mess anything up as the redirects can always be removed 🙂

Matthew Woodward: I guess it’s not your policy to do stuff like that. It’s OK I understand.

Martin T.: As customer support representative we’re here to help whenever you’re facing any difficulties, of course, I would love to assist you with any difficulties that might come up when trying to manage your account with us 🙂

Matthew Woodward: Sure Martin, I appreciate that and have a good day there. Bye for now.

I did take comfort in the fact that if I applied the changes myself and messed them up, that the SiteGround support team would help me out if I did mess it up.

Liquid Web

Accessing live chat was very fast and the support agency was willing to help.

Although he stated that it wasn’t their normal policy-

“that is out of the scope of our support. normally that would fall under your responsibility. but as a courtesy i can attempt that. just keep in mind that we don’t normally do this.”

And as Liquid Web are one of the more expensive hosts, I was pleased to see them take control of requests like this.

Hostgator

Hostgators live chat response was very fast.

However:

Their solution failed when tested and the subsequent workaround seemed much more complex-

While it was overly complex, they did demonstrate that why were willing to take control of requests rather than palming them off on support documents.

WPX Hosting

WPX Hosting were the most impressive of the bunch.

Not only did they answer almost immediately but they also completed the request for me in about 10 minutes-

Luchezar: I have set the redirection as requested, can you please test on your end and see if it’s working?

Please clear your browser’s cache. Just press CTRL + F5 or use Incognito Mode (CTRL + SHIFT + N) for Chrome and (CTRL + SHIFT + P) for Firefox.

For reference, please check this article: https://wpxhosting.c…er-cache-chrome-firefox-edge-/

Matthew: Sure, one moment. Yes that works. Thank you and have a good day there. Bye for now.

You can’t ask for a better customer experience than that!

Kinsta

Kinsta (my current host) have always offered great, responsive support that takes control of issues.

They responded quickly to the live chat, but it seemed this issue stumped them – even though I have challenged them with much more complex issues in the past.

The Kinsta agent spent a very long time (2 hours+) trying to fix it but couldn’t get it working fully-

But they were committed to the resolution and prepared to invest significant time to help.

Amazon

Amazon is not a managed service like the other hosts here and is strictly do it yourself

I know from past experience that you have to submit a ticket/email and they reply within 24 hours typically.

However, if their hardware is working- they expect the user to do everything in terms of configuration and software so their service wasn’t relevant for this test.

And out of those 3-

It was WPXhosting that solved the problem the quickest and with minimum fuss.

However:

WPEngine & SiteGround seriously fell short here

Their “WordPress experts” were not able to solve the problem.

Test #6 – The Free CloudFlare CDN

4x of the hosts I tested did not include any kind of CDN-

SiteGround

LiquidWeb

HostGator

Amazon EC2

And it is common advice for hosting companies to recommend you setup the free version of the CloudFlare CDN.

Supposedly this will help increase site speed.

But is that really true?

To find out I cloned the Blog Type 1 (image heavy) install to a new domain on each host and then activated the free CloudFlare CDN-

Then I tested each of these installs with GTMetrix from 7 different global locations.

And the results were very interesting…

WordPress Hosting Features Compared

So far we have focused purely on speed, reliabiliy and support.

But what about other hosting features…

As you can see:

There really isn’t that much difference between them on the face of it…

Except for price!

It’s only with the nitty gritty testing that you see huge differences in quality of service.

The Worst Things About Each Host

Regardless of which host you look at, each of them have their own cons.

The best wordpress hosting for me, isn’t necessarily the best WordPress hosting for you.

For example:

WPX Hosting is clearly the fastest, but if you need phone support…

They aren’t right for you.

So here is what I didn’t like about each of the managed WordPress hosting options-

WP Engine

WPX Hosting

No phone support

No Git support

Servers are only available in USA and UK

Back end control panel could be easier to use

Hostgator

Terrible trust score

No CDN on base plan

No free SSLs, only paid

No staging area

Long list of banned plugins

Automatic backups are a paid upgrade

Terrible loading speed from non-US locations (see above tests)

Liquid Web

Very expensive

Not exactly the quickest based on my testing

No CDN on base plan (but free Cloudflare CDN worked best of tested hosts here)

No free email, costs $10 monthly extra + $1-$3 per email address

No discounts for annual subscription

Kinsta

No phone support

Expensive for multiple websites

No email support – additional costs with Google Apps etc

List of banned plugins

No live chat for pre-sales questions

No free migration on the base plan

SiteGround

Pricing virtually triples in year 2

No staging area on base plan

After first month, no monthly payment option

No real CDN on base plan (free Cloudflare doesn’t count)

Amazon

Not really a WordPress host

You need to configure everything

Very technical, requires command line

No CDN

No automatic backups

Support is for their hardware only

No cost saving reason to choose Amazon over dedicated WP hosts

Wrapping It Up

While it is usually true that “you get what you pay for” in life..

That isn’t true when it comes to choosing the best wordpress hosting.

WP Engine ($115/mo) & Liquid Web ($99/mo) are the most expensive but also failed to perform.

HostGator were also consistently poor.

That leaves SiteGround, Kinsta and WPX Hosting to consider.

Kinsta and WPX Hosting performed consistently faster than Siteground.

But Siteground did hold steady throughout all of my testing.

I suspect if you added a quality CDN to SiteGround rather than the free CloudFlare suggestion they would perform much better.

But that’s an extra cost and Kinsta & WPX Hosting already include good CDNs for free.

So if I was going to rank them…

The Best WordPress Hosting Is…

WPX Hosting – Cheap but also the fastest with the best support

Kinsta – Solid performance, fantastic support & the current host of this blog

SiteGround – Budget friendly and fast but support was lacking

The great irony of these results is that…

WPX Hosting used to host this blog (I famously ditched WPEngine for them).

Then 2 years ago…

I moved the blogs hosting over to Kinsta because I needed-

A server level backup/restore system

A staging area

Access to new technologies like HHVM (which is now deceased)

But:

Since I moved this blog to Kinsta…

The WPX Hosting team have added a bunch of new features such as-

Their own backup/restore system

A staging area

A free custom CDN called “WPX Cloud”

In fact I still have 9 sites hosted with WPX Hosting including my SEO agency site and my black friday deals site (neither of which have WPX Cloud activated right now).

Where as Kinsta are currently hosting this blog and my SEO course.

But as they say:

The proof is in the pudding.

And based on all of my testing and personal experiences…

The best WordPress hosting is WPX Hosting (assuming you don’t need phone support)

And remember this:

A faster website will result in-

Higher search engine rankings

Lower bounce rates

Higher page view numbers

Higher conversion rates

And most importantly…

HIGHER PROFITS!

So don’t waste your time and money with a slower host.

Who do you think the best WordPress host is right now?

I would love to know!

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cstesttaken · 7 years

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Major Changes Come to Content Marketing World 2017

A few months after every Content Marketing World, I review each and every survey response about the event. In 2016, about 800 of the 3,600 attendees completed the survey. I always start with the good stuff – what did you like best, who was your favorite speaker. It’s like watching a video with both babies and puppies at one time.

Then, I find a quiet place to go through all the constructive feedback. Don’t get me wrong, I love hearing all the ways that we can improve or where we didn’t quite hit the mark. But I have to say, it does sting a bit. When you put everything into an event, one that is planned over a year in advance, and some people don’t like it, it hurts. It’s like whatever the opposite is of watching a baby/puppy video.

But I digress. (And yes, this post digresses from our articles’ usual prescriptive focus. Of course, it offers a universal lesson for all content marketers – listen to your audience and give them what they want.)

I have a notebook full of every piece of critical feedback from the year before, and then I categorize the issues to identify consensus around big issues that we need to tackle for the next year. That’s what this post is about – a list of what you (our audience) believe that we (CMI) need to cover more seriously in 2017, AND what we are doing about it.

(This a shortened list of key topics for Content Marketing World 2017. The full list is too long to include today. We will be adding it and more to the event site, , shortly. We host an event-specific blog on the site to share event-related stories, news, etc.)

Diversity

I covered this issue in depth in November (Tackling Diversity in the Marketing World). That post was one of the toughest posts I’ve ever had to write. I edited it a dozen times. After it was published, I was contacted by a number of event producers who are not taking this issue as seriously as we are. The CMI community has been supportive about us moving in this direction, and we are starting to make an impact.

You should have noticed different voices on the CMI blog. Our editorial team has done a fantastic job of reaching out to new contributors. It’s just a start, but we are making an impact.

As for Content Marketing World 2017, we are about 80% of the way through agenda planning. I’ve had the privilege of working with a number of industry leaders who have helped shape this agenda with our twofold goal, as I shared in November:

First, there are women and people of color already out there who are amazing, accomplished speakers. We need to stop ignoring them. Second, there are talented marketing experts that may want to speak, but have, to this point, not reached out to us. We want to reach these people as potential speakers as well.

We have made a serious dent in bringing new voices to the 2017 event and there is no doubt in my mind that the 2017 speaking lineup is our best ever, creating the most valuable experience possible for our attendees.

Advanced courses

You asked for more advanced courses, and you will receive more advanced courses. In addition to providing a workshop on advanced content marketing measurement, we are committing to at least two advanced classes per breakout time (we have 14 concurrent breakouts this year). Sessions this year include advanced analytics, advanced email conversion, advanced data visualization, advanced structured storytelling, and advanced SEO and reporting (just to name a few).

Writing

Maybe more than any other topic, you asked for more classes on writing (which I loved). This year, we have added a marketing writing boot camp pre-conference workshop, as well as a full-day track dedicated to writing led by speakers like Ann Handley, Jonathan Kranz, and Michelle Park Lazette – all writers and/or journalists.

Agency education

I guess the agency marketers felt left out last year, so we are rectifying that by adding a standalone workshop and a full-day content marketing agency track.

Print integration

Yes, believe it or not, many of you asked about how to integrate a consistent print magazine with the rest of your content marketing. Lucky for you, we’ve added a pre-conference workshop on just that.

Hardcore strategy

Content Marketing World 2017 features more breakout sessions on building a strategy than ever before, including:

How to Document and Test Your Content Marketing Strategy

How the Enterprise Marketing Department Can Build and Scale Media

Structuring Content for Dynamic Storytelling

Building a Strategy with Insight into your Buyer Persona’s Decision Mindset

Interactive content

A number of attendees requested information on how to build quizzes, calculators, and other interactive assessments into their content marketing plans. So we added.

HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: Interactive Content: The Good, Bad, and Wicked Cool Quizzes and Games

Automotive and transportation

We always have a number of marketers from the automotive and transportation industries, but have never made them a focus. This year, we’ll be adding a post-conference lab for them.

Sports and entertainment

Here’s another big area where we simply haven’t given enough attention. In 2017, we are adding sessions from Adidas, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Cleveland Indians, and a post-conference lab on the topic.

Account-based marketing

ABM is all the talk today, and if you want ABM, we’ll have it in the form of a pre-conference workshop (from the one and only Ardath Albee), as well as multiple sessions covering the how-to of this topic.

Influencer marketing

Yep, we have a track dedicated to influencer marketing this year, as well as a special pre-conference workshop on creating an influencer marketing strategy from A to Z (with Lee Odden).

HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: An 8-Step Process to Use Influencers to Elevate Your Brand

More brand-side speakers

CMWorld 2017 features presentations from Google, IBM, CBC, Arrow Electronics, Rockwell Automation, Cleveland Clinic, Monster.com, Xerox, City of Sacramento, Business Insider, Travelers Insurance, Kawasaki, HCSS, Lincoln Electric, BNY Melon, Zillow, LinkedIn, Dell, Schneider Electric, GE, Citrix, HarperCollins, Lowe’s, adidas, SecureWorks, Marriott, Pepsi, and many, many more.

Add a day

Yes, one of our most requested items was adding another day of conference time. Every year, we provide one day of pre-conference workshops, two days of conference sessions, and a day of post-conference industry lab workshops. Well, this year, conference sessions will be on Wednesday, Thursday AND Friday morning. We didn’t quite go three days, but we added another half day of sessions before the industry labs begin.

Thank you for your feedback and support in helping us create the best learning experience for you. I’m truly looking forward to seeing you at Content Marketing World 2017 Sept. 5-8 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Want to get the lowest rate offered in 2017 for Content Marketing World? by March 3 for our super early bird rate and use the code BLOG100 to save $100 more.

Cover image by Joseph Kalinowski/Content Marketing Institute

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hotspreadpage · 7 years

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Major Changes Come to Content Marketing World 2017

Listen to your audience and give them what they want, says @joepulizzi. #CMWorld Click To Tweet

(This a shortened list of key topics for Content Marketing World 2017. The full list is too long to include today. We will be adding it and more to the event site, http://ift.tt/yz95fr, shortly. We host an event-specific blog on the site to share event-related stories, news, etc.)

Diversity

You should have noticed different voices on the CMI blog. Our editorial team has done a fantastic job of reaching out to new contributors. It’s just a start, but we are making an impact.

We have made a serious dent in bringing new voices to #CMWorld 2017, says @JoePulizzi. Click To Tweet

Advanced courses

Writing

Agency education

I guess the agency marketers felt left out last year, so we are rectifying that by adding a standalone workshop and a full-day content marketing agency track.

Print integration

Hardcore strategy

Content Marketing World 2017 features more breakout sessions on building a strategy than ever before, including:

How to Document and Test Your Content Marketing Strategy

How the Enterprise Marketing Department Can Build and Scale Media

Structuring Content for Dynamic Storytelling

Building a Strategy with Insight into your Buyer Persona’s Decision Mindset

Interactive content

A number of attendees requested information on how to build quizzes, calculators, and other interactive assessments into their content marketing plans. So we added.

#CMWorld attendees want to know how to build quizzes & calculators. We added sessions, says @JoePulizzi. Click To Tweet

HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: Interactive Content: The Good, Bad, and Wicked Cool Quizzes and Games

Automotive and transportation

We always have a number of marketers from the automotive and transportation industries, but have never made them a focus. This year, we’ll be adding a post-conference lab for them.

Sports and entertainment

Account-based marketing

Influencer marketing

Yep, we have a track dedicated to influencer marketing this year, as well as a special pre-conference workshop on creating an influencer marketing strategy from A to Z (with Lee Odden).

Yep, we have a track dedicated to #influencermarketing this year at #CMWorld, says @joepulizzi. Click To Tweet

HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: An 8-Step Process to Use Influencers to Elevate Your Brand

More brand-side speakers

Add a day

Want to get the lowest rate offered in 2017 for Content Marketing World? Register by March 3 for our super early bird rate and use the code BLOG100 to save $100 more.

Cover image by Joseph Kalinowski/Content Marketing Institute

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Major Changes Come to Content Marketing World 2017

Listen to your audience and give them what they want, says @joepulizzi. #CMWorld Click To Tweet

Diversity

You should have noticed different voices on the CMI blog. Our editorial team has done a fantastic job of reaching out to new contributors. It’s just a start, but we are making an impact.

We have made a serious dent in bringing new voices to #CMWorld 2017, says @JoePulizzi. Click To Tweet

Advanced courses

Writing

Agency education

I guess the agency marketers felt left out last year, so we are rectifying that by adding a standalone workshop and a full-day content marketing agency track.

Print integration

Hardcore strategy

Content Marketing World 2017 features more breakout sessions on building a strategy than ever before, including:

How to Document and Test Your Content Marketing Strategy

How the Enterprise Marketing Department Can Build and Scale Media

Structuring Content for Dynamic Storytelling

Building a Strategy with Insight into your Buyer Persona’s Decision Mindset

Interactive content

A number of attendees requested information on how to build quizzes, calculators, and other interactive assessments into their content marketing plans. So we added.

#CMWorld attendees want to know how to build quizzes & calculators. We added sessions, says @JoePulizzi. Click To Tweet

HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: Interactive Content: The Good, Bad, and Wicked Cool Quizzes and Games

Automotive and transportation

We always have a number of marketers from the automotive and transportation industries, but have never made them a focus. This year, we’ll be adding a post-conference lab for them.

Sports and entertainment

Account-based marketing

Influencer marketing

Yep, we have a track dedicated to influencer marketing this year, as well as a special pre-conference workshop on creating an influencer marketing strategy from A to Z (with Lee Odden).

Yep, we have a track dedicated to #influencermarketing this year at #CMWorld, says @joepulizzi. Click To Tweet

HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: An 8-Step Process to Use Influencers to Elevate Your Brand

More brand-side speakers

Add a day

Want to get the lowest rate offered in 2017 for Content Marketing World? Register by March 3 for our super early bird rate and use the code BLOG100 to save $100 more.

Cover image by Joseph Kalinowski/Content Marketing Institute

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lucyariablog · 7 years

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Major Changes Come to Content Marketing World 2017

Listen to your audience and give them what they want, says @joepulizzi. #CMWorld Click To Tweet

(This a shortened list of key topics for Content Marketing World 2017. The full list is too long to include today. We will be adding it and more to the event site, www.contentmarketingworld.com, shortly. We host an event-specific blog on the site to share event-related stories, news, etc.)

Diversity

You should have noticed different voices on the CMI blog. Our editorial team has done a fantastic job of reaching out to new contributors. It’s just a start, but we are making an impact.

We have made a serious dent in bringing new voices to #CMWorld 2017, says @JoePulizzi. Click To Tweet

Advanced courses

Writing

Agency education

I guess the agency marketers felt left out last year, so we are rectifying that by adding a standalone workshop and a full-day content marketing agency track.

Print integration

Hardcore strategy

Content Marketing World 2017 features more breakout sessions on building a strategy than ever before, including:

How to Document and Test Your Content Marketing Strategy

How the Enterprise Marketing Department Can Build and Scale Media

Structuring Content for Dynamic Storytelling

Building a Strategy with Insight into your Buyer Persona’s Decision Mindset

Interactive content

A number of attendees requested information on how to build quizzes, calculators, and other interactive assessments into their content marketing plans. So we added.

#CMWorld attendees want to know how to build quizzes & calculators. We added sessions, says @JoePulizzi. Click To Tweet

HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: Interactive Content: The Good, Bad, and Wicked Cool Quizzes and Games

Automotive and transportation

We always have a number of marketers from the automotive and transportation industries, but have never made them a focus. This year, we’ll be adding a post-conference lab for them.

Sports and entertainment

Account-based marketing

Influencer marketing

Yep, we have a track dedicated to influencer marketing this year, as well as a special pre-conference workshop on creating an influencer marketing strategy from A to Z (with Lee Odden).

Yep, we have a track dedicated to #influencermarketing this year at #CMWorld, says @joepulizzi. Click To Tweet

HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: An 8-Step Process to Use Influencers to Elevate Your Brand

More brand-side speakers

Add a day

Want to get the lowest rate offered in 2017 for Content Marketing World? Register by March 3 for our super early bird rate and use the code BLOG100 to save $100 more.

Cover image by Joseph Kalinowski/Content Marketing Institute

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