purely.website Insights

When you update your website, it's easy to feel nervous about clicking that 'Update' button. What if something breaks? What if visitors see a messy half-finished page? That's what a staging site comes in. A staging site is one of the most useful tools you can have when managing your website. It lets you make changes safely, test new ideas and publish updates with confidence. In this insight, we'll explain what staging sites are, how they work, and why every website owner should be using one. (more…)

We're excited to announce the addition of three brand new Top-Level Domains (TLDs) to our offerings: .free, .hot and .spot. These innovative extensions offer fantastic opportunities to enhance your business's online presence, helping you stand out. Choosing the right domain can significantly impact your visibility and audience engagement. With these new domains you now have more ways than ever to creatively represent your business and clearly communicate your selling points. Why Choose These New TLDS? The .free TLD Perfect for businesses that offer promotional deals or free trials. Using a .free domain tells your visitors they can expect exceptional value…

The cost variation among Top-Level Domains (TLDs) arises from a mixture of economic, technical, and policy driven factors. Below is a detailed breakdown of 5 reasons why some TLDs might cost more than others.   1. Registry Pricing Models Each TLD is managed by a registry operator, which sets wholesale prices charged to domain registrars. .com is managed by Verisign, which has a capped pricing model regulated by ICANN. .io, operated by the British Indian Ocean Territory registry, has no such price controls, allowing higher margins, this TLD often retails at £70/year. Premium TLDs such as .luxury, .rich, or .cars…

Whether you're launching a blog or building an eCommerce site, choosing the right CMS is an important step. At purely.website, we support a wide range of CMS platforms on our secure UK based web hosting. Here are five of the best CMS applications, fully supported on purely.website hosting packages. 1. WordPress Ideal for: Blogs, business websites, portfolios, eCommerce (with WooCommerce) Market share: Powers over 40% of all websites globally WordPress is the world’s most popular CMS, and for good reason. It offers unmatched flexibility, a vast plugin ecosystem, and an intuitive editor that makes content creation accessible for beginners and…

A slow website can frustrate your visitors, hurt your search rankings and can even lose you sales. That's why optimising your website's speed is essential. Google's PageSpeed Insights is a free tool that helps analyse your website's performance and provides recommendations to improve page loading times. At purely.website we offer fast, reliable hosting that improves your PageSpeed score right from the start. Let's take a closer look at PageSpeed to assess your site and boost its performance.   What is PageSpeed Insights? PageSpeed Insights is a tool from Google that measures your websites performance and usability on both mobile and…