With the upcoming release of Drupal 8 on November 19th, Drupal users have something extra to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. After all, it’s been almost 5 years since the release of Drupal 7.0. While Drupal 7 included many improvements and new futures compared to its previous versions, the same can be said about Drupal 8. What are some of these improvements?

Fix all thin content. Check. Use disavow tool to remove bad links. Check. What’s next on the SEO checklist? Learn about RankBrain and why it has become the third-most important Google ranking signal.

As an A2 Hosting customer, did you know you can earn a $50 hosting credit for referring new customers to us? It’s all a part of the A2 Hosting Refer-A-Friend program. Best of all, you don’t even have to sign up for the program! Each A2 Hosting customer already has a Refer-A-Friend link found right in the Client Area of their My A2 Hosting account. That means whenever you have a friend, customer, family member, neighbor or colleague who needs hosting, you can just send them your Refer-A-Friend link and earn your $50 hosting credit!

Google has begun to roll out algorithm updates intended to remove hacked site spam from their search results. The goal of these updates is to help keep their searchers and users safe by removing these potentially harmful sites from their search results.

It’s been just over a year since we launched A2 Optimized WordPress. The goal of A2 Optimized WordPress was to take the guesswork out of how to get the fastest page loads and most secure settings. It is safe to say A2 Optimized WordPress has been a success with optimized WordPress sites loading up to 6X faster than non-optimized sites. A2 Optimized WordPress is available on all of our Hosting packages and we have since have made it available to all WordPress users regardless of their host (with a few feature limitations).

Ghost has launched its first major interface update in two years. I personally can’t believe it’s been that long since Ghost was launched and took the blogging software audience by storm. This update is exciting news especially if you’re a current Ghost user, or you’ve tried it in the past but didn’t think it was quite ready for prime time. Some of the new features you’ll see in this version of Ghost include:

You just launched a new site for your small business. Congrats! You may be a bakery, a dog salon or an ice cream shop. Now the trick is getting the word out. Focusing on SEO is a great way (and in most cases entirely free) to promote your website and more importantly your business. After all, over 90% of consumers use the internet to find local businesses. Here are a few relatively quick tasks you can complete in a day or two to help those consumers find you.

At A2 Hosting, we’re all about making sure you get the fastest page load speeds possible. That way your audience can have an excellent user experience when they visit your site. Your audience’s experience is a big part of the puzzle for you to be successful, but you need an audience in the first place.