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How much does a website actually cost in 2026?

DIY builders, freelancers, agencies, and why AI-assisted building has quietly rewritten the maths. An honest breakdown, with real numbers.

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Guides

Static sites: the most boring way to never get hacked

Most small-business websites don't need a database, a login page, or 34 plugins. The most secure site is the one with nothing to break into.

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Guides

What to do if your WordPress site gets hacked

A calm, practical checklist for the morning you open your site and something isn't right: from first signs to full recovery.

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Automation

Three automations most small businesses are missing

Three repetitive tasks that almost every small business does manually, and how much time you'd get back by letting software handle them.

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Guides

A backup you haven't tested isn't a backup

Everyone has a backup. Hardly anyone has ever restored one. Here's the difference, and how often you should actually be checking.

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Guides

SPF, DKIM, and DMARC: in plain English

Three acronyms that decide whether your business email actually arrives. Here's what they are, why they matter, and how to check yours is set up properly.

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Product

Introducing SiteShift: Streamlined Website Migrations

We've built SiteShift, a platform that automates website, database, and email migrations between servers with real-time monitoring and one-click retry capabilities

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