The entire Bluehost platform is built on open source technology and we’ve long supported the open source community to help it thrive. In that tradition, Bluehost took a major leadership role in the 2013 OpenWest Conference, a regional IT conference focused on free and open source software. The development, quality assurance, product/project management, and Bluehost Open Source […]
Read More
The Ultimate Guide to Supercharging Your WordPress Blog
Nobody likes a slow website. Poor website performance results in fewer visitors. For online merchants, slow-loading pages lead to shopping cart abandonment and loss of sales. Underlying the experiential problems, website performance has a huge impact on SEO and search rankings. When your page rank falls, the number of visits decrease, and your revenue stream […]
Read MoreBluehost Presents Operational Case Study at OpenStack Summit
Since the beginning, Bluehost has been built with open source technology. You could say it’s in our blood. So to expand our products and to support our customers with the best hosting services possible, we have been pioneering implementation of new, cutting edge OpenStack technology. Recently, several members of our admin team attended the 2013 […]
Read MoreData Center Update
Last night we experienced some issues in our data center that affected a portion of our clients. We wanted to take a moment to let you know what happened. At approximately 6:22 PM MST our primary Data Center experienced an electrical transient. An Automatic Transfer Switch on one of our legs of power failed, causing […]
Read MoreWhy Our Increasing Reliance on Hosting is a Good Thing!
A decade ago, many people were content to hire someone to assist with tasks they couldn’t easily manage on their own. Whether it was paying an electrician to install light fixtures, a doctor to diagnose disease or a housekeeper to help keep the floors clean, many people found it necessary or just plain practical to […]
Read MoreUse Viewbix to Add Links to Your Video
Video is a great way to enhance your website, especially if you’re a business. But even the most viral video is wasted if it doesn’t encourage people to take some form of action. We’ve found a new tool that makes calls-to-action even better: Viewbix. It overlays calls to action right onto your video making them […]
Read MoreClean up Online Business Listings with Yext
The size, capacity, and possibilities of the Internet are infinite. But with such a vast medium, it’s becoming more and more difficult to track of everything being said about your business. It’s even more difficult to control how and where your information is displayed. So how do you tackle this problem? Keep reading to find out! […]
Read MoreTo our customers affected by Sandy
We’ve received many inquires from our customers as to whether our Bluehost headquarters has been affected by the storms caused by hurricane Sandy. Thankfully, our offices are located on the opposite coast and our servers and our staff are clear of the hurricane’s path. However, our customers in the Eastern United States are affected by […]
Read MoreCustomer Spotlight: Sarah Metzger
We love our customers, and we’re not just saying that! Genuine customer service is one of our foundational principles here at Bluehost. We strive to do whatever we can to help our clients succeed. Typically we do this over the phone, but every so often we are lucky enough to meet a client in person […]
Read MoreChoosing a Web Host for your online business
Web hosting is one of the most important decisions you make as you begin the process of building your website. But what is hosting exactly? And how do you decide which host to go with out of the hundreds available? Think of hosting as your website’s home. Without web hosting, your website wouldn’t be online […]
Read More