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siteground.com
Company blog · siteground.com/blogwebsystems
siteground.com is the company blog at siteground.com, writing about web and systems. Since 2018, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Web host SiteGround, whose hosting and pricing pages come up in WordPress and hosting-cost discussions, and whose knowledge-base SSH key tutorial is cited. Comments link its product pages rather than praise its writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
Can't find 20 dollars a month for a managed wp? For 4 dollars a month you can. https://www.siteground.com/wpbeginner-managed 50 dollars a month seems extremely costly. For that amount $600 a year it would be cheaper to hire someone to self host for you.
Comment linking /wpbeginner-managed
on “What we've learned from building Ghost after 5 years and $3M”Submitted More Site Speed Gains with Brotli Compression Algorithm as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI don't know, these options look just as much as "swipe credit card, get started" as Shopify's options: https://www.siteground.com/woocommerce-hosting.htm?afcode=d5... * Until then, Shopify earns their keep (and margin)* That's fair. For business stuff I've swiped the credit card and paid for support as well. If the Shopify experience is easier than WooCommerce, etc. then I get it.
Comment linking /woocommerce-hosting.htm?afcode=d5848c3dbd9ad5d21d8e623ec04881b9&campaign=woocommercehosting
on “Shopify and the Power of Platforms”Submitted Siteground now operates on Google cloud as a story · 1 points
HN discussionNever underestimate how long a bad tutorial can float around: https://www.siteground.com/kb/how_to_generate_an_ssh_key_on_... This site isn't where I first saw this. This isn't the top hit for any search term I can come up with, but it is often on the first page of hits. So people do silly things without understanding what they're doing. (To give somewhat of a feeling for age here, the exact wording from that tutori…
Comment linking /kb/how_to_generate_an_ssh_key_on_windows_using_putty/
on “Improving Git protocol security on GitHub”This will probably be an unpopular answer, but if you are in a situation where you need to turn over management of the site to a team of non programmers (which this post doesnt sound like); Managed Wordpress + static site plugin and cdn caching. Managed Wordpress hosting is $4-$6/m from a reputable place[1], and then everything wordpress and below needs no maintenance. Youll have access control for which team member…
Comment linking /wordpress-hosting.htm
on “Ask HN: What is the cheapest way to make a website?”