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July 1, 2025

Your not alone.

If you’re reading this, you’ve likely already taken the first step toward something big—launching your idea into the digital world. And we want you to know, you don’t have to do it alone. At Better Buy Hosting, we’re more than just a hosting provider. We’re your partner in this journey. With reliable uptime, fast-loading servers, generous storage, built-in security, and a wide range of hosting plans to fit any budget, we’re here to make sure you have the tools you need to grow confidently online.

Maybe you’re just browsing right now, and that’s totally fine. But when you’re ready to start or upgrade, we’d love to show you how Better Buy Hosting can support your goals—whether it’s through our affordable shared hosting, powerful VPS plans, or full-scale dedicated servers. We’ll be right here when you need us, with a hosting solution that actually makes your life easier.

Thanks for stopping by—and stay tuned. We have so much to share. Welcome to the Better Buy Hosting family. Let’s build something great together.

— The Better Buy Hosting Team 🖥️💙

Robert Davis
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July 1, 2025

WELCOME

Welcome to the Better Buy Hosting Blog – Your New Home for Web Wisdom

Better Buy Hosting offers reliable, secure, and affordable web hosting solutions for individuals, small businesses, and growing websites. With a full range of hosting services—including shared hosting, VPS, WordPress hosting, and dedicated servers—our platform is optimized for speed, uptime, and ease of use. We provide unlimited bandwidth, free SSL certificates, and 24/7 customer support to help you launch and manage your website with confidence. Whether you’re building your first blog or scaling an eCommerce store, Better Buy Hosting delivers high-performance hosting backed by real support and transparent pricing. Choose Better Buy Hosting for web hosting you can trust—fast, flexible, and built to grow with you.

— The Better Buy Hosting Team 🖥️💙

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June 26, 2025

Cloud flare Zaraz steps up: general availability and new pricing

Zaraz is Cloudflare’s server-side tool manager—it offloads analytics, marketing pixels, chatbots, and other third-party scripts to Cloudflare’s edge network, dramatically reducing page bloat, improving performance, and bolstering security castelis.com+3blog.cloudflare.com+3blog.cloudflare.com+3.

💰 New, Transparent Pricing Structure

Cloudflare introduced a fresh, simplified pricing system that’s predictable and generous:

All features—like Consent Management, ecommerce tracking, custom endpoints, Managed Components, and more—are fully available across all plans.

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June 26, 2025

Cloud flare Radar’s new BGP origin hijack detection system.

Cloudflare Radar now includes a powerful BGP origin hijack detection system, available on the Radar Alerts dashboard and via API. This update helps network operators, security teams, and researchers detect and respond to malicious or accidental hijacks in real timeen.wikipedia.org+15blog.cloudflare.com+15reddit.com+15.

What Is a BGP Hijack?

BGP origin hijacking occurs when an Autonomous System (AS) announces IP prefixes it doesn’t actually own—intentionally or accidentally. This can lead to traffic interception, redirection, or even total blackholing of legitimate internet trafficblog.cloudflare.com+3en.wikipedia.org+3blog.cloudflare.com+3.

How Cloudflare’s System Works

The detection pipeline comprises three stagesarxiv.org:

  1. Prefix Origin Change Detection
    Cloudflare watches BGP update and withdrawal messages to identify any unexpected changes in the origin AS for IP prefixescloudflare.tv+9blog.cloudflare.com+9blog.cloudflare.com+9.
  2. Hijack Identification
    The system analyzes these origin changes against known legitimate routes. If a prefix’s origin AS is abnormal or unauthorized, it flags a potential hijackcloudflare.tv+13blog.cloudflare.com+13blog.cloudflare.com+13.
  3. Alerts & Reporting
    Once confirmed, the hijack event is logged, alerts are generated, and users can view details via Radar’s interface or API. Operators can subscribe to notifications to stay informeddevelopers.cloudflare.com+2blog.cloudflare.com+2blog.cloudflare.com+2.

Under the hood, a Rust-based IP prefix trie efficiently records historical origin AS data from live BGP streams, enabling rapid detection without complex databasesblog.cloudflare.com.

Why It Matters

  • Improved Security & Visibility: Operators gain instant awareness of routing anomalies threatening their networks.
  • Proactive Risk Management: Early detection empowers teams to coordinate responses before damage occurs.
  • Accessible & Scalable: Built into the free Radar dashboard and API, this tool offers enterprise-grade features to all users.

In Action 🔧

When the system detects, say, an unfamiliar AS advertising your IP range, Radar generates an alert with details like timestamp, affected prefix, suspect AS, and validation status. This lets you quickly trace the issue and take corrective action or notify your upstream provider.

Radar’s API enables automated integration:

nginxCopyEditcurl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/bgp/hijacks/events?involvedAsn=YOUR_ASN&format=json"

Operators can parse these alerts to automate responses or enrich existing monitoring dashboardsarxiv.org+13radar.cloudflare.com+13blog.cloudflare.com+13blog.cloudflare.com+8developers.cloudflare.com+8blog.cloudflare.com+8.

Final Thoughts

Cloudflare Radar’s BGP origin hijack detection marks a major step forward in securing internet routing. With real-time detection, structured alerts, and easy access via API, it helps safeguard both small networks and large ISPs from accidental misconfigurations or malicious routing.

If you’re hosting mission-critical infrastructure—whether on shared, VPS, or dedicated plans—this is a tool you’ll want in your toolkit. Keeping an eye on routing anomalies ensures your users reach your site reliably and securely.

Want help integrating this with your monitoring systems—or optimizing infrastructure on Better Buy Hosting for that next level of reliability and control? We’ve got you covered!

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June 26, 2025

The 100 Best WordPress Plugins (Including New AI Tools)

1. Page Builders & Design Enhancements

  • Essential Blocks, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Spectra, and Cornerstone top the list—providing intuitive drag-and-drop design controls, responsive templates, and performance-first architecture for building stunning layouts fr.wikipedia.org+5dreamhost.com+5denboer.eu+5.

2. SEO Optimization

  • Plugins like Yoast SEO and SEOPress streamline meta tags, content analysis, and XML sitemaps. Notably, Yoast recently added AI-driven SEO suggestions to help writers optimize on the fly fr.wikipedia.org.

3. E-commerce & Commerce Tools

  • WooCommerce remains the top choice for powering online stores, supporting everything from basic shops to advanced marketplaces .

4. Performance & Security

  • Speed plugins (e.g., caching and lazy loading), security essentials (firewalls, malware scanners), and backup tools are covered deeply in our top 100 list to help ensure fast, safe, and stable sites.

5. Analytics & Lead Generation

  • Comprehensive tracking plugins and customer interaction tools allow you to monitor traffic, optimize conversions, and capture leads directly within WordPress.

6. Localization & Admin Tools

  • Need a multilingual site or better admin UX? Our list includes translation plugins, dashboard enhancers, and utility tools to power productivity.

🤖 AI Tools: The New Frontier

The real excitement lies in plugins that incorporate artificial intelligence, enabling capabilities that were impossible or expensive until recently:

Reddit users have noticed the shift too:

“Best AI Tools” for content creation and marketing automation… it’s unreal how these plugins can generate drafts in minutes reddit.com.

🎯 Why It Matters

  • Efficiency & Speed: AI-powered plugins can generate content, suggest optimizations, and reduce manual tasks.
  • Improved User Experience: Enhanced design tools and automated assistants mean better-looking, more functional sites.
  • Scalability: From solo bloggers to growing businesses, the plugin ecosystem supports site owners at every stage.

📌 Final Takeaways

  • Explore the top plugins by category—page builders, SEO, e-commerce, security, analytics, and admin tools—for a well-rounded stack.
  • Don’t overlook AI plugins: they bring real added value, automating content creation, SEO insights, and customer engagement.
  • Review use cases, pricing, and compatibility, and always test plugins in a staging environment before rolling out on your live site.

At Better Buy Hosting, we recommend pairing these optimized WordPress setups with our hosting plans—whether shared, VPS, or dedicated. Our reliable servers, built-in SSL, and 24/7 support ensure your enhanced site performs reliably and securely. Stay tuned for deep dive posts on using specific AI plugins with our hosting services!

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June 26, 2025

Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Hosting an App for the First Time

Here are the essentials you’ll need to host your app properly:

  • A Hosting Plan: Choose between Shared, VPS, or Dedicated Hosting depending on the complexity and traffic of your app. For first-time apps, VPS is often the sweet spot.
  • A Domain Name: This is your app’s web address (e.g., myapp.com). It’s not required for mobile backends, but it adds professionalism and accessibility.
  • Server Environment: Depending on your tech stack, you might need PHP, Node.js, Python, or other runtimes. Better Buy Hosting supports a wide range of environments.
  • Database: Most apps use a database like MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB to store user data or app content. Choose hosting that allows easy database management.
  • SSL Certificate: This secures your app’s data in transit. We provide a free SSL certificate with all hosting plans.
  • Control Panel or Console Access: Look for hosting that gives you tools to manage files, databases, and security without headaches. All our plans come with intuitive control panels.

💡 Choosing the Right Hosting Plan

  • Shared Hosting is budget-friendly and great for small apps or prototypes but can be limiting in speed and scalability.
  • VPS Hosting gives you dedicated resources and more control—ideal for most new apps, especially if you plan to grow.
  • Dedicated Hosting is powerful but typically overkill for a first-time app unless you’re expecting high traffic from day one.

At Better Buy Hosting, we recommend starting with our Business VPS Plan, which gives you the power and flexibility to scale without complexity.

🛠️ Deployment Tips for Beginners

  • Use Git or FTP to upload your app files. We support both for fast, secure deployment.
  • Set up environment variables securely via your control panel or server config.
  • Enable automatic backups and monitor logs to catch issues early.
  • Test your app in a staging environment before pushing live to avoid surprises.

🧑‍💻 What About Mobile Apps?

If your app is mobile-based, hosting usually supports the backend services, such as login authentication, APIs, databases, or push notifications. Our VPS and dedicated servers are perfect for hosting RESTful APIs and real-time services (like using Node.js or Laravel for backend frameworks).

🔒 Don’t Forget Security & Support

First-time app developers often overlook hosting security. Our plans include:

  • Free SSL Certificate
  • Daily Backups
  • DDoS Protection
  • Firewall & Malware Scanning
  • 24/7 Customer Support to help if anything goes sideways

Security is built into our stack so you can focus more on development and less on worrying about attacks or downtime.

✅ Final Thoughts

Hosting an app for the first time can feel intimidating—but with the right tools, it’s surprisingly manageable. From choosing the right server type to deploying your code and managing databases, Better Buy Hosting is here to help you every step of the way.

We offer hosting solutions tailored for first-time developers, complete with full documentation, powerful features, and round-the-clock support. So whether you’re launching a basic scheduling app, a social platform, or a full-stack SaaS product—we’ve got the infrastructure to support your vision.

Ready to host your app with confidence?
Check out our VPS and Dedicated Hosting plans today and get started with your first app the right way—with speed, security, and support you can trust.

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