The Internet is filled with great rivalries. Digg vs. Reddit. Apple vs. Microsoft. Facebook vs. Myspace. Sadly, there are very few good ways to settle them. After all, which side you come down on is usually a matter of personal taste and not something that can really be based on fact. However, one site dares [...]
If you are wondering whether your site can handle the stress of a traffic spike, there are two ways you can find out. First, you can wait around for Digg, Reddit or a similar site to pick up something on yours and send a slew of people your way, possibly crashing your server and causing [...]
While it is true that “the cloud” is not a place in the physical world but merely a buzzword for making stuff available for access via the Web, everything that exists in the cloud also exists somewhere in the physical world as well, or, in the case of content delivery networks, in multiple places in [...]
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. [...]