Regular readers know that I actively promote AN Hosting. Everything I own online is hosted with them and they provide me with the service and support that I need. They are the virtual backbone of my business. Occasionally, AN Hosting offer time limited deals that are simply too good to miss. [...]

A couple of days ago I started to receive some odd comments. All of them were written in the same style, by apparently different people none of whom left a web address. They all had one thing in common. Every one was praising Dreamhost, saying what a wonderful host they were and [...]

Dreamhost have done it again. Imagine you are a blogger with a ten year blogging anniversary coming up in the next few months. Then, for no valid reason and with no notice, Dreamhost cancels your account and refuses to give you access to any working backups. And, to make matters worse, the [...]

I’m very happy to announce that Upstart Blogger is now back online after yesterdays difficulties. Credit where credit’s due, AN Hosting were fantastic in sorting this whole mess out. They took the site offline and out of harms way, took care of the problem and then loaded a backup copy of Upstart Blogger [...]

Upstart Blogger is currently all over the place, little bits scattered here and there. Things could get a little shaky around here until everything is fixed and nailed down. It’s going to be tricky but thankfully the hosting super heroes at AN Hosting are on the case. More news when I get [...]

Upstart Blogger has one of the most famous Dreamhost sucks stories online. In case you haven’t already seen it you can read it here.
Before I took over Upstart Blogger in December last year I too had been stunned by the absolute stupidity of the Dreamhost employees. Those wonderful Dreamhost employees who grin and [...]

In the spirit of the season here are five simple new year’s resolutions to boost your blog traffic.

If you are not already using Wordpress to manage your blog now is the time to start. Blogger is a newbie choice, Moveable Type is more complicated than it needs to be, and the new kids on the [...]