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Value posts
Arguments about hosting companies rather than instructions — who owns them, what they really cost, where the marketing diverges from the invoice. The guides are the practical half.
The renewal price trap, with actual numbers
4 September 2026
What ten popular hosts really cost over three years once the introductory discount expires — and why the cheapest advert is often the most expensive plan.
GoDaddy, assessed honestly
30 August 2026
It is fashionable to sneer at GoDaddy. Some of that is deserved and some of it is snobbery — here is which is which, and when it is genuinely the right choice.
The £4 Hetzner box versus £30 managed hosting
16 August 2026
A cheap VPS will outperform hosting that costs eight times as much. Whether you should buy one is a question about your time, not your budget.
When free hosting is the right answer
14 July 2026
Cloudflare Pages, Netlify and Vercel will host a site for nothing, faster than anything you can buy. The catch is what they cannot run, and the licence terms nobody reads.