I had my first major run-in with social media in June 2005. Slashdot had picked up a controversial story I had just written and it was flung onto the front page. Though it was a huge success in terms of getting attention and new readers to my site, it was a complete disaster for my [...]
Today Who Is Hosting This has a brand-new look. So we thought it’d be fun to look at how the site has developed over the last few years. 2007: Site Launches Site launched summer 2007 by Gordan Orlic and Stan Sredl. Stan now blogs at Mashable, while Gordan runs many Croatian websites, like
Pop Quiz: How fast does your site load? Under ten seconds? What about five? Does it make it there in two? One? Don’t know? You should! A fast site should be one of your top priorities. It’s one of the easiest ways to ensure that you get more visitors and that they stick around longer. [...]
Think you know how to punish your server? Think again. Running a blog and related applications, is nowhere near the most taxing thing you can do to your server. If you are really interested in making a run at burning down your data center, check out this list: (To be clear, I wanted to think [...]