14 articles on hosting & management, written by the BearHost team.
Web hosting fundamentals, cPanel walkthroughs, and the operational side of running a website — backups, migrations, DNS, email forwarding, and the things you only think about when something breaks.
These guides answer the questions hosting customers actually ask: how to choose between shared/VPS/dedicated, what cPanel can do for you, how to migrate without downtime, what 99.9% uptime actually means, and the cheapest reliable hosting plans available in 2026.
Best for first-time site owners, small business teams, and anyone evaluating whether their current host is the right fit.
A practical guide to evaluating WordPress hosting plans beyond headline prices. Learn what PHP versions, WP-CLI access, staging environments, and auto-updates matter, how to calculate total cost of ownership, and what hidden fees to avoid.
Understand why renewal price hikes are the biggest hidden cost in web hosting. Learn how to calculate total cost of ownership, spot deceptive pricing, and find UK hosting with genuinely transparent pricing that stays the same at renewal.
Match hosting to your traffic, budget, and growth projections. Compare shared, VPS, and dedicated plans with real cost analysis and upgrade timing guidance.
Send emails from you@yourdomain.com instead of Gmail. Compare cPanel email, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365, plus configure MX, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC.
Data centres consume 2-3% of global electricity. Learn what green hosting means, how to verify claims, understand PUE ratings, and reduce your digital carbon footprint.
Web hosting stores your website on a server so visitors can access it. Learn how it works, compare hosting types, and find out what to look for in a provider.
Edge computing pushes processing closer to users, cutting latency by 10-100ms. Learn how CDNs, serverless edge, and traditional hosting compare for UK businesses.
Choose UK-based servers, insist on free SSL and daily backups, and check renewal prices. Practical guide for 5.7 million UK SMEs picking the right hosting provider.
VPS hosting gives you dedicated CPU, RAM, and storage. Learn the 4 signs you have outgrown shared hosting and how VPS compares in performance and cost.
Cloud hosting distributes your site across servers for redundancy; traditional hosting offers predictable performance. Compare scalability, pricing, and reliability.
Shared hosting costs £2-15/mo, VPS £5-60/mo, dedicated £40-300+/mo. Full 2026 pricing breakdown with hidden fee alerts and total cost of ownership tips.
Even 99.9% uptime allows 43 minutes of monthly downtime. Learn how uptime is measured, what SLAs guarantee, common causes of downtime, and how to monitor your site.
A 1-second delay cuts conversions by 7%. Learn how hosting speed impacts SEO rankings, bounce rates, and revenue, plus how to test and improve your site performance.
Side-by-side comparison of shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting. Traffic thresholds, pricing, performance benchmarks, and clear guidance on when to upgrade.
